Comments are making the Internet worse. So we got rid of them.
Comments are a unique and tightly integrated feature of blogging. But the Internet has changed. It’s an uglier, more cruel environment. Trolls are people who leave hateful or disrespectful comments for...
View ArticleDo you need WordPress search enhancement? Why?
“As the developer of Relevanssi, I have to agree with your premise: for most users, the WP default search is good enough, now that it can sort results by relevancy and not just date (that search was...
View ArticleAssessing speed overhead with P3 Plugin Performance Profiler.
WordPress works fine. But you need plugins to add extra features and functionality. Without plugins, WordPress is not worth as much. Plugins give you control over website functions and performance...
View ArticleShould I Use Generatepress or Astra theme with Elementor for mobile speed.
“I was thinking of using a theme like GeneratePress – or Astra. They seem to be the fastest but, now I’m unsure.” [pullquote]Free Elementor is 61 milliseconds and adding paid Elementor Pro delays...
View ArticleGutenberg versus Elementor: mobile speed – good or bad?
Before you read our post: read this one first offsite: https://gutenberghub.com/gutenberg-vs-elementor-html-bloat/ What’s the verdict on how Gutenberg editor affects WordPress load time? Some say...
View ArticleGoogle’s hypocritical policies affecting mobile speed.
Attempting to dictate the rules of speed quality, Google made the mobile Internet worse. How did they shoot their own foot? Well, it didn’t happen overnight. Google shot over and over again....
View ArticleHow deep are the hidden WP-Speed-Guru secrets? Shallow.
The WP Speed Guru promise: Pay $69 and learn how to make your site lightning fast. Baloney. So we decided to learn how deep these hidden secrets are. We suckered and paid. Here’s what you get in this...
View ArticleRemove WordPress child themes for mobile speed.
WordPress released core version 4.7 in early December 2016. The default Twenty Seventeen theme included a new Customizer CSS editor. The new editor allows the removal of child themes and related...
View ArticleUnder 1-second page speed with Twenty-nineteen theme – and heavy video.
Speed best-practices. Creative performance optimization. by PagePipe staff Shared hosting Twenty-nineteen theme This episode shows you how to speed up the default Twenty-nineteen WordPress theme. And...
View ArticleArtificial Hallucinations: ChatGPT’s mythic page speed recommendations for...
With all the noise about the benefits of AI, we thought we’d give ChatGPT AI a whirl. What would it recommend? Anything new or brilliant about improving webpage speed? The results are embarrassing....
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