Tag: performance
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How to Troubleshoot WordPress 500 Errors Effectively
Think of a 500 status code as the internet’s cryptic way of saying, “Something’s broken, and we can’t pinpoint what.” These errors aren’t just frustrating; they can completely stop your revenue, erode customer trust, and inevitably lead to a flood of support inquiries. A single HTTP 500 error can take a membership portal offline, freeze…
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Is your website ready for the holiday traffic?
Holiday traffic is the best kind of problem, until it isn’t. When your campaign lands, your product gets featured, or that email goes out, the visitors you’ve worked so hard to attract can overwhelm an unprepared site. Slow pages, checkout errors, and outright downtime translate directly into lost revenue and trust. This post is your…
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Is Managed Hosting for WordPress Worth the Premium?
WordPress, while powerful, can hinder organizations without proper hosting and management. Server upkeep, performance, and security are time-consuming challenges that distract businesses from growth and product development. Below, we’ll explain managed hosting for WordPress, a solution that relieves these technical burdens by outsourcing infrastructure to specialists, allowing businesses to focus on core initiatives, promoting growth…
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Unlocking Better Performance with Google PageSpeed Insights
Most site owners treat website speed like a utility bill: they know it costs them money when it’s too high, but they rarely read the statement line by line. Google PageSpeed Insights hands you that statement, translated into clear, measurable numbers that affect revenue. The free tool runs a set of synthetic tests, grades each…
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Brewing Better Website Performance: How Object Caching Works
In the world of website performance, caching is a key ingredient to ensure content is delivered quickly and efficiently to visitors. Using a delightful cup of coffee, we can explore the nuanced layers of how caching works and its importance in running a successful website. A Quick Primer on Coffee and Caching Imagine each morning,…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Image Optimization in WordPress
If your WordPress site feels sluggish, odds are your images are the main culprit. On most sites, pictures are the largest assets on the page, often outweighing scripts and styles by a wide margin. The good news: you can optimize images dramatically smaller without making them look crunched, smeared, or pixelated. In this guide, we’ll…
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Why 400 Errors Happen and What You Can Do
When a page refuses to load and throws a “400 Bad Request,” it’s more than just annoying, but it’s also giving you a hint about what’s going on. The 4xx class of HTTP responses means the server thinks something is wrong with the request coming from the client (browser, app, script, proxy). A 400 error…
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Self-Hosted vs. Managed Platforms: Which One Wins for WordPress?
Your site has momentum. Traffic’s climbing, marketing is pushing harder, and the stakes are higher than they were when you launched on an inexpensive shared plan. Lately, though, the site feels slower, incidents take too long to recover from, and precious time is being pulled into “just keeping the lights on.” When you’re at this…
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How to Make a Mobile-Friendly WordPress Website That Converts
Mobile traffic isn’t “growing.” It already won. A recent analysis by Semrush found that, among their top 100 sites with the most visits, mobile traffic surpassed desktop traffic by 313%. The result of your mobile site not being up to par? Higher bounce rates, frustrated prospects, and lower return on every marketing dollar you spend…
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Upcoming PHP Changes at Pagely: 8.4 Rollout, 8.1 End-of-Life, New Zend Pricing
A year goes by fast in PHP land. Security timelines shift, WordPress keeps iterating, and suddenly that comfortable version you deployed on is the one holding things up. Here is how we’ll be handling the next wave of PHP transitions and, more importantly, what it means for development schedules, budget planning, and site performance.