WordPress speed optimisation: from 57/100 to 94/100

ByLukas Cech Updated on

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Výsledky optimalizácie rýchlosti načítavania webstránky www.podpodnikat.academy:

  • Woocommerce
  • The7 Theme
  • various Facebook plugins and scripts – chat window, FB pixel
  • +30 more plugins

We have reduced the load time from original 9 seconds to 4 seconds + recommended further steps that can reduce the page load time to less than 3s. These couldn’t be applied at the time, as sometimes other functionality is more important to the client – like FB pixel tracking or LayerSlider.

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