{"id":696,"date":"2018-04-16T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/?p=696"},"modified":"2019-04-23T17:16:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:16:52","slug":"speed-up-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Up WordPress | Free Steps Working 100% Instantly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will be a post <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">made of pictures<\/span>\u00a0with optimal settings to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">follow<\/span><\/strong> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed up WordPress<\/span>. If you are a WordPress user you might have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">slow speed<\/span><\/strong> on your websites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It took me a while, and I was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very skeptical<\/span> at first about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">magical configurations<\/span> that would speed up WordPress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The thing that I want to tell you, is that you can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> go forward<\/span> and<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> just copy all my settings<\/span><\/strong>. <em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">None<\/span><\/strong><\/em> of them <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will cause problems<\/span><\/strong> on your sites and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the speed will<\/span> be a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> lot faster after you have finished<\/span> this long <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">configuration<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D696&#038;text=Google%20loves%20websites%20that%20load%20fast%21%20If%20your%20site%20loads%20very%20slow%20it%20will%20be%20harder%20to%20rank%20in%20the%20first%20spots%20of%20search%20results.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google loves websites that load fast! If your site loads very slow it will be harder to rank in the first spots of search results.  <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D696&#038;text=Google%20loves%20websites%20that%20load%20fast%21%20If%20your%20site%20loads%20very%20slow%20it%20will%20be%20harder%20to%20rank%20in%20the%20first%20spots%20of%20search%20results.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am using <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gtMetrix<\/a>\u00a0to test my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">websites speed<\/span>. But you can also use <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pingdom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pingdom<\/a> and at the end of the configuration,\u00a0you definitely won&#8217;t use <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">google speed insights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Google Speed Insights<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is less accurate than\u00a0gtmetrix, but it&#8217;s how\u00a0Google\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sees your website<\/span> via his <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/1061943?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crawlers<\/a>. So you want to make google speed insights <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">happy<\/span><\/strong> and achieve &#8220;<strong>GOOD<\/strong>&#8221; there for sure.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Speed-Up-WordPress.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speed Up WordPress\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Speed-Up-WordPress.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Speed-Up-WordPress.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Speed-Up-WordPress.jpg?resize=394%2C221&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you just started a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> site and you are going to test your site <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on gtMetri<\/span>x your speed can be pretty bad, even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">up to 10seconds<\/span> to load.\u00a0 (an ideal speed would be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">less than 1 second<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I strongly advise you to <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make an account<\/span><\/a> and test it <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a few times<\/span><\/strong> now with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gtmetrix<\/span>! Then, we are going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do the same <strong>at the end of this configuration<\/strong><\/span> to see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how much faster your website<\/span> loads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> RUN A SPEED TEST ON GTMETRIX NOW<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 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href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Speed_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Speed Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Caching_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Caching Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Page_Rules_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Page Rules Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Rule_1\" >Cloudflare Rule 1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Rule_2\" >Cloudflare Rule 2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Rule_3\" >Cloudflare Rule 3<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Network_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Network Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Apps_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Apps\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Cloudflare_Scrape_Shield_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >Cloudflare Scrape Shield\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_W3_Total_Cache_On_Your_Website\" >How To Install W3 Total Cache On Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_cache_General_Settings_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total cache General Settings optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_cache_Page_Cache_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total cache Page Cache\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Minify_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Minify\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Database_Cache_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Database Cache\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Object_Cache_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Object Cache\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Browser_Cache_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Browser Cache\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_User_Agent_Groups_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache User Agent Groups\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Referrer_Groups_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Referrer\u00a0Groups\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_Cookie_Groups_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache Cookie Groups\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_Cache_CDN_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total Cache CDN\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#W3_Total_cache_Fragment_Cache_optimal_settings\" >W3 Total cache\u00a0Fragment Cache\u00a0optimal settings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a 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ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP_Disable_Tags_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP Disable\u00a0Tags Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP_Disable_Admin_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP Disable\u00a0Admin Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP_Disable_SEO_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP Disable\u00a0SEO Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP_Disable_Others_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP Disable\u00a0Others\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_WP-Optimize_On_Your_Website\" >How To Install WP-Optimize On Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP-Optimize_WP-Optimize_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP-Optimize\u00a0WP-Optimize\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP-Optimize_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP-Optimize\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_Auto_Optimize_On_Your_Website\" >How To Install Auto Optimize On Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#AutoOptimize_Main_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >AutoOptimize Main\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#AutoOptimize_Extra_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >AutoOptimize Extra\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_WP-Smush_On_Your_Website\" >How To Install WP-Smush\u00a0On Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#WP_Smush_Main_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >WP Smush\u00a0Main\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Speed_Up_WordPress_And_Websites_Miscellaneous_Tips_and_Articles\" >Speed Up WordPress And Websites | Miscellaneous Tips and Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Improve_Time_to_First_Byte\" >Improve Time to First\u00a0Byte<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Remove_heavy_plugins\" >Remove heavy plugins<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Disable_trackbacks_and_pings\" >Disable trackbacks and pings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_PHP7_on_your_hosting\" >How To Install PHP7 on your hosting.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#How_To_Install_AMP_On_Your_Website\" >How To Install AMP On Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#AMP_For_WordPress_Advanced_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\" >AMP For WordPress Advanced Settings And Optimal Configuration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Re-Test_Your_Website_With_gtMetrix_Now\" >Re-Test Your Website With gtMetrix Now<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Step_To_Take_To_Speed_Up_WordPress_Is_To_Have_Cloudflare\"><\/span>First Step To Take To\u00a0Speed Up WordPress Is To Have Cloudflare<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will take me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too long<\/span> to explain why <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you need to have<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare<\/a>\u00a0on your website. But if you are planning on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">being cheap<\/span> and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> having an awesome performance<\/span>\u00a0just create an account with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span> now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> CREATE A CLOUDFLARE ACCOUNT<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100% free<\/span> for what we need, you can also upgrade if you want the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extra features<\/span> but for us, the<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> free version is enough.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cloudflare will give you a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> lot of awesome capabilities<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed<\/span> up WordPress to the max.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another thing that is very important is the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free SSL<\/a> also called <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HTTPS<\/span> protocol<\/strong> on your website. More than that also an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HSTS<\/a> protocol<\/span> that is an even<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> more secure.<\/span> It has\u00a0the advantage\u00a0of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not having a redirect<\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">origin server<\/span> from HTTP to HTTPS so that<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> your site will be faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P.S.<\/span><\/strong> The biggest speed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">optimizations<\/span> will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">accomplished in the nex<\/span>t section with a plugin called <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 total cache<\/a>. But<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> if you don&#8217;t configure Cloudflare<\/span>\u00a0the way we are going to configure it now, W3 total cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will not work<\/span>. If you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">questions<\/span> and you don&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">understand<\/span> something just <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">comment<\/span><\/strong> below and I will reply.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So let&#8217;s start to put some<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> nice pictures<\/span> you need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">follow<\/span> to configure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your website<\/span> so you can <strong>speed up WordPress<\/strong> to the next level.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_Cloudflare_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Install Cloudflare<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare installatio<\/span>n on your website is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dang easy<\/span>, all you have to do is to head to the Cloudflare\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> HEAD OVER CLOUDFLARE<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you are there you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">want to create an account<\/span> with your<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> best e-mail.<\/strong><\/span> You can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">add unlimited websites<\/span> to an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">account<\/span>,\u00a0 so what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I advice<\/span> is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make one single account<\/span> and secure it with a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multi-factor_authentication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2FA<\/a> to keep hackers away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have created an account and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">secured it!<\/span>\u00a0Click on &#8220;<strong>add new website<\/strong>&#8221; as shown in the picture below. And put in your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website URL<\/span>\u00a0without HTTP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-737 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-adding-a-website.jpg?resize=640%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare adding a website\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-adding-a-website.jpg?w=1259&amp;ssl=1 1259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-adding-a-website.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-adding-a-website.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-adding-a-website.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the screen and go forward<\/span> until you get to a point where Cloudflare will give you the URLs of your custom (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Name_server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NS<\/a>) Name Servers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then you need to go <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to your domain provider,<\/span><\/strong> and if you used <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmd hosting\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">TMDHosting<\/a> as I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recommend<\/span> to use, follow the picture. You can read more about TMDHosting <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/tmdhosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> GET TMDHOSTING TO HOST YOUR SITE<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-738 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/change-cloudflare-NS-server.jpg?resize=640%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"change cloudflare NS server\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/change-cloudflare-NS-server.jpg?w=1258&amp;ssl=1 1258w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/change-cloudflare-NS-server.jpg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/change-cloudflare-NS-server.jpg?resize=768%2C387&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/change-cloudflare-NS-server.jpg?resize=1024%2C516&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Domain<\/span>, find your domain,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> manage the settings<\/span>, and you will see the TMDHosting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NS servers<\/span> on the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> bottom left.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to replace <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those NS<\/span> with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ones given from Cloudflare<\/span>, doing this you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">allow Cloudflare<\/span> to manage the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain_Name_System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">of your domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So you will<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> not need anymor<\/span>e to go to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your domain provider<\/span>. This is very<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> handy if you have<\/span>\u00a0domains purchased in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">different<\/span> places.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But mostly, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will have access to Cloudflar<\/span>e <strong>awesomeness<\/strong>. Now let&#8217;s go to the practice, It is a very long post so grab water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It might take a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">few hours the first time for the NS to propagate<\/span><\/strong> and being able to use Cloudflare and all the tabs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>USE THE TABLE OF CONTENT ON TOP OF THIS ARTICLE IF YOU GET LOST! YOU WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE PICTURES!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Crypto_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crypto<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the overview tab,\u00a0 you can enable <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">developer mode<\/span> and see your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">API keys.<\/span> On <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">analytics<\/span>, you will see analytics on your domain. And on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DNS<\/span><\/strong> you can manage <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A records<\/span> and your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DNS in General<\/span>. The pictures below are related to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> how to speed up WordPress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crypto<\/span><\/strong> tab is the SSL tab! You need to have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HTTPS always on<\/span> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">preferably the HSTS<\/span><\/strong> activated with the settings as shown in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-crypto-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1861&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare crypto optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-crypto-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1072&amp;ssl=1 1072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-crypto-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=103%2C300&amp;ssl=1 103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-crypto-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C2233&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-crypto-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=352%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Speed_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speed<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Firewall<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Access<\/span> are interesting tabs but<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> we are not going to look at them<\/span> here in this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed<\/span> up WordPress tutorial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head to the<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Speed Tab<\/span><\/strong> and follow the picture below, here is where the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minification_(programming)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minification<\/span><\/a> will take place. Minifying code means that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your browser will need<\/span> less time to read the files that give<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> the look<\/span> to your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">site<\/span>. Also, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">brotli<\/span> is a monster that helps us achieve a better loading speed.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4023\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-speed-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1442&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare speed optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-speed-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1062&amp;ssl=1 1062w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-speed-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=133%2C300&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-speed-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1730&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-speed-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=455%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Caching_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Caching<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here make sure that you have &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always online<\/span>&#8221; ON, and I have put <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1 day as browser cache expiratio<\/span>n, you can put <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4 hours and it&#8217;s fine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-caching-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C964&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare caching optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-caching-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1093&amp;ssl=1 1093w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-caching-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-caching-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-caching-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=680%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Page_Rules_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Page Rules<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Workers<\/span> are <strong>paid<\/strong>, so we want just to speed up WordPress and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pay zero dollars righ<\/span>t? Just go to the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">page rules<\/span><\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the free Cloudflare plan, we have<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> 3 rules we can add!<\/span>\u00a0 If we want more, buying new rules is cheap. But we don&#8217;t care that much because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3 rules are more than enough<\/span> for <strong>now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first rule we are going to add is the &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forwarding URL<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; rule. This rule will help speed up WordPress because there will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only one request<\/span> to the origin server instead of the 4 possible ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you request a website Google will look at these versions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><code>http:\/\/mywebsite.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>https:\/\/mywebsite.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>http:\/\/www.mywebsite.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>https:\/\/www.mywebsite.com<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tell Google<\/span> that only one has to be available and it will be <code>https:\/\/mywebsite.com<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare page rules optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=993&amp;ssl=1 993w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Rule_1\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare Rule 1<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add the rule &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Forwarding URL<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The code for the top part would be\u00a0<code>www.yourdomain.com\/*<\/code>\u00a0Where you are going to replace<code>yourdomain.com<\/code>\u00a0with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> domain name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then we want to pick &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">301 permanent redirects<\/span>&#8221; and add\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/$1<\/code>\u00a0where you want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">replace<\/span> yourdomain.com with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> domain name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-one.jpg?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare rule one\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-one.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-one.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-one.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P.S<\/span><\/strong> This rule needs to be<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> deployed<\/span> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has to be always firs<\/span><\/strong>t, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can drag rules<\/span> up and down wherever you want.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Rule_2\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare Rule 2<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next two rules are of course <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> for WordPress users. They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will speed up your websit<\/span>e since the admin parts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are less important under<\/span> the eyes of Google.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The code you need to put <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might vary depending<\/span> on where you installed WordPress. In my case, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>my root<\/strong><\/span> folder is at,<code>\/blog<\/code> but in most of the cases is just at the end of the URL.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>In my case, the code would be\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-admin*\u00a0<\/code><\/li>\n<li>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most of the cases<\/span> would be\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourwebsite.com\/wp-admin*<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then add one rule at the time in this order as shown in the picture.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-711 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-two.jpg?resize=640%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare rule two\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-two.jpg?w=789&amp;ssl=1 789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-two.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-two.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Rule_3\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare Rule 3<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is more related <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to pictures and caching<\/span> pictures previews. It is very similar to the previous rule, so just follow the pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The code you need to put <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might vary depending<\/span> on where you installed WordPress. In my case, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">my root folder<\/span> is at <code>\/blog<\/code>, but in most of the cases is just at the end of the URL.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>In my case, the code would be\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourwebsite.com\/blog\/*preview=true*<\/code><\/li>\n<li>In most of the cases would be\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourwebsite.com\/*preview=true*<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-three.jpg?resize=640%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare rule three\" width=\"640\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-three.jpg?w=794&amp;ssl=1 794w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-three.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-rule-three.jpg?resize=768%2C613&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Network_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Network<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IPv6<\/span> compatibility is hard to nail without Cloudflare. You should<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> enable it<\/span> and put it ON for sure. Then follow the pics for the other config.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-network-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1135&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare page rules network configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-network-configuration-1.jpg?w=1026&amp;ssl=1 1026w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-network-configuration-1.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-network-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1362&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-network-configuration-1.jpg?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Apps_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Apps<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Traffic<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">customize<\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">paid<\/span> features, we want it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all free<\/span> so now I am gonna show you the apps installed via Cloudflare on <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marcodiversi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I find <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Google Analytics<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BackTop Button<\/span> nice to have! But there are tons of apps you can install and try. All of them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will load <a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/c\/5TzQwzMJ\/80-what-is-asynchronous-programming-and-why-is-it-important-in-javascript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asynchronous<\/a><\/span> so they will <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">slow down<\/span> your site and code will be injected like a medicine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-cool-apps-to-have.jpg?resize=640%2C994&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare cool apps to have\" width=\"640\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-cool-apps-to-have.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-cool-apps-to-have.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-cool-apps-to-have.jpg?resize=768%2C1192&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare_Scrape_Shield_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scrape Shield<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you should turn <strong>t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hem all ON<\/span><\/strong>! I have the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hotlink protection off<\/span> because I am using a software to do a certain thing that requires <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hotlink linking<\/span>. But this slows down my site for sure. If you are not doing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weird stuff<\/span> just turn it <strong>ON<\/strong> so you will speed up WordPress more than mine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-content-protection-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cloudflare page rules content protection configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-content-protection-configuration.jpg?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-content-protection-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cloudflare-page-rules-content-protection-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_W3_Total_Cache_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W3 Total Cache<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache.png?resize=111%2C111&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache.png?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a>I take for granted that your website <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">runs<\/span> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span> and you want to speed up\u00a0WordPress. One of the most powerful <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugins<\/span> that will help you make your website faster to load is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 total cache<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you did not already head over your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress plugin section<\/span> and search for &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W3 total cache&#8221;<\/span><\/strong>, install it and follow the pictures below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lazy<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you trust me enough,<\/span> you can download my<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> W3 total cache configuration<\/span> from the button below. (WordPress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not allow .json files<\/span>, so it&#8217;s on my Dropbox, click on direct download on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">top right of the window<\/span> that is going to open).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9uegg4ee3dcitce\/w3-total-cache-optimal-configuration-for-wordpress.json?dl=0\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> DOWNLOAD W3 TOTAL CACHE BEST CONFIGURATION<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have to go in the &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">general settings<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; tab, and then at the bottom page, there is &#8220;import configuration&#8221;, upload the .<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">JSON<\/span><\/strong> file you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have just downloaded<\/span> and you will be ready to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P.S.<\/span><\/strong> Under the &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">page cache<\/span>&#8221; tab, you will need to put your own sitemap URL, look at the pics below and\/or on the table of contents search for &#8220;<strong>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Page Cache<\/span>\u00a0Optimal Settings<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong><\/span> Also, you will need under &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extension<\/span>&#8221; grant your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare access<\/span>. You will have to go there activate Cloudflare and go into &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">settings<\/span>&#8221; and connect your Cloudflare <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">via API &#8220;authorize<\/span><\/strong>\/ reauthorize&#8221;. It &#8216;s easy, but if you don&#8217;t understand <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">comment<\/span><\/strong> below and I will help you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_cache_General_Settings_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">General Settings<\/span> optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to follow the picture, this is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best configuration<\/span> you can get for free and that will improve the speed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From this page, you can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">upload my optimal configuration file<\/span>, please read above for more details on what to modify if you upload this file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9uegg4ee3dcitce\/w3-total-cache-optimal-configuration-for-wordpress.json?dl=0\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> DOWNLOAD W3 TOTAL CACHE BEST CONFIGURATION<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you download the file and change just the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sitemap URL<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare permissions<\/span>, it will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">definitely faster.<\/span>\u00a0But you will not learn how to speed up WordPress with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W3 total cache plugin<\/span>. Here you will find all the pictures to follow to get the best out of your WordPress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4026\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-general-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C3386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache general settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-general-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1114&amp;ssl=1 1114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-general-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C4063&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_cache_Page_Cache_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Page Cache<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you decided to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">import my configuration file<\/span>, here is a section where you will have to add your website sitemap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at the picture and under &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cache preload<\/span>&#8221; you want to put your sitemap, in my case, it is\u00a0<code>https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/sitemap_index.xml<\/code>\u00a0but in most of the cases it will be\u00a0<code>https:\/\/yourwebsite.com\/sitemap_index.xml<\/code>\u00a0you need to replace yourwebsite.com with your domain name and add at the end of the URL\u00a0<code>sitemap_index.xml.<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On my site, WordPress is not installed in the root folder, that&#8217;s why I have <code>\/blog<\/code>. If you have installed WP\u00a0 like me just go forward and do the same otherwise you need just to add <code>sitemap_index.xml<\/code> at the end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4028\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-page-cache-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C2813&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache page cache settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"2813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-page-cache-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-page-cache-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=68%2C300&amp;ssl=1 68w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-page-cache-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C3376&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-page-cache-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=233%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Minify_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minify<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the picture, the biggest minification job has been done by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span> already, here is for the W3 total cache plugin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-minify-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1734&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache minify settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-minify-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1119&amp;ssl=1 1119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-minify-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=111%2C300&amp;ssl=1 111w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-minify-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C2081&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-minify-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=378%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Database_Cache_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Database Cache<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the pictures below, not a lot to do with this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-database-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C669&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache database cache settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-database-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=979&amp;ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-database-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-database-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C803&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Object_Cache_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Object Cache<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few little settings to adjust here, follow the picture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-objects-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache objects settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-objects-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=1110&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-objects-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-objects-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-objects-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=1024%2C717&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Browser_Cache_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Browser Cache<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This section is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one of the most important sections,<\/span><\/strong> here you can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technumero.com\/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remove<\/a> the query strings from static resources<\/span>. This is a very <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">common error<\/span> we get from <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gtMetrix<\/span><\/a> and it is useless to cache the URLs with &#8220;<strong>?<\/strong>&#8221; at the end. These URLs are not considered as real URL and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just slow down your site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the pictures<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> for good,<\/span> and if you did not decide to import my config file, make sure that all of these settings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">match mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4030\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-browser-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C2408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache browser settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-browser-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-browser-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=80%2C300&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-browser-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C2890&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-browser-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=272%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_User_Agent_Groups_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">User Agent Groups<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not<\/span> very much to do here, just look at the pic and adjust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-user-agent-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C753&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache user agent groups settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-user-agent-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=871&amp;ssl=1 871w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-user-agent-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-user-agent-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C903&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Referrer_Groups_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Referrer\u00a0Groups<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at the pictures, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lot<\/span> to do even here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-referrer-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache referrer groups settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-referrer-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=1110&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-referrer-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-referrer-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-referrer-groups-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=1024%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_Cookie_Groups_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cookie Groups<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here just a few things to check, and follow the pics as always.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-cookies-groups-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1003&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache cookies groups settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-cookies-groups-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1111&amp;ssl=1 1111w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-cookies-groups-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-cookies-groups-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1204&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-cookies-groups-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=653%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_Cache_CDN_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total Cache <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CDN<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are using <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free<\/span> and no <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">maxCDN<\/span> which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free<\/span>, follow the pictures below. The parts where you need to authorize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">maxCDN to leave it as they are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just make sure to check all the option in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first black box<\/span>, and in the other<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> black boxes<\/span> marked in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-CDN-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache CDN settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"1489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-CDN-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?w=1119&amp;ssl=1 1119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-CDN-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=129%2C300&amp;ssl=1 129w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-CDN-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1787&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-CDN-settings-optimal-configuration-1.jpg?resize=440%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_cache_Fragment_Cache_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total cache\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fragment Cache<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not many settings to change here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-fragment-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache fragment cache settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-fragment-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=1116&amp;ssl=1 1116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-fragment-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-fragment-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-fragment-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=1024%2C587&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_cache_Monitoring_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total cache\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Monitoring<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few setting to adjust here, especially the ones in the second black box will speed up WordPress, look at the picture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-monitoring-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache monitoring cache settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-monitoring-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=1097&amp;ssl=1 1097w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-monitoring-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-monitoring-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-monitoring-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=1024%2C848&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"W3_Total_cache_Extensions_optimal_settings\"><\/span>W3 Total cache\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Extensions<\/span>\u00a0optimal settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here it can be tricky, what you have to do is this:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Activate<\/span> all the things that are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">active<\/span> in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">picture<\/span> below.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deactivate<\/span> all the things that are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">active<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>If you did not already, go into &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span>&#8221; settings and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">authorize your Cloudflare account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Do no<\/span>t change the Cloudflare settings, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have already put the good ones<\/span> in the first section of this article.<\/li>\n<li>If for some reasons you have different <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extensions<\/span> or you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fewer<\/span> extensions it&#8217;s normal, these can depend on the plugins you have installed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-extensions-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=640%2C761&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"w3 total cache extensions cache settings optimal configuration\" width=\"640\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-extensions-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?w=862&amp;ssl=1 862w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-extensions-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/w3-total-cache-extensions-cache-settings-optimal-configuration.jpg?resize=768%2C913&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_WP_Disable_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP Disable<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-disable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-754\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable.jpg?resize=70%2C70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp disable\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a>This is another plugin you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must install on your WordPress<\/span>, this will help you to speed up WordPress for good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just go into the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> plugin section of your WordPress<\/span> backend and search for &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP Disable<\/span>&#8221; by optimization.io. Install it and activated it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The part o<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">n the right of this plugin<\/span> is very important! You need to put your <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">google analytics<\/a> ID there and check <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the options<\/span> as <strong>shown<\/strong> in the pic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Disable_Requests_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Disable\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Requests<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> go ahead and disable<\/span> the settings as shown in the picture! Note that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">depending<\/span> on the theme <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span> of these settings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might influence the front-end<\/span> of your website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I suggest to do, is to go into Cloudflare and activate the &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Developer Mode<\/span>&#8221; from the Overview tab. And then after you have saved the new settings, purge the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W3 total cache<\/span>, from the menu of your WP backend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then open an <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95464?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incognito browser window<\/a>, to see if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these changes influenced y<\/span>our website <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">look<\/span>! You need to have &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">developer mode<\/span>&#8221; ON and clear the cache because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">otherwise<\/span>, you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see a cached version<\/span> of your site.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But I have tested <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many settings<\/span> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many site<\/span>s and with the configuration below you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed up WordPress<\/span> <strong>without<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">making<\/span> any mistake.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-requests-optimal-config-1.jpg?resize=640%2C922&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-requests-optimal-config-1.jpg?w=1103&amp;ssl=1 1103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-requests-optimal-config-1.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-requests-optimal-config-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-requests-optimal-config-1.jpg?resize=711%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Disable_Tags_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Disable\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tags<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Here you can turn them all ON!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might cause some problem<\/span>s on certain themes, but for the 85% of themes, it&#8217;s fine to turn it on as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-tags-optimal-config.jpg?resize=640%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp disable tags optimal config\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-tags-optimal-config.jpg?w=1107&amp;ssl=1 1107w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-tags-optimal-config.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-tags-optimal-config.jpg?resize=768%2C670&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-tags-optimal-config.jpg?resize=1024%2C894&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Disable_Admin_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Disable\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Admin<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow all the settings in the picture, just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">copy and do the sam<\/span>e on your website!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-admin-optimal-config.jpg?resize=640%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp disable admin optimal config\" width=\"640\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-admin-optimal-config.jpg?w=842&amp;ssl=1 842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-admin-optimal-config.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-admin-optimal-config.jpg?resize=768%2C934&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Disable_SEO_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Disable\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SEO<\/span> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can check them all<\/span>, it&#8217;s up to you, but I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rather keep the first option<\/span> unchecked for an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Search_engine_optimization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEO<\/a> Point of view.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-seo-optimal-config.jpg?resize=640%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp disable seo optimal config\" width=\"640\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-seo-optimal-config.jpg?w=1108&amp;ssl=1 1108w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-seo-optimal-config.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-seo-optimal-config.jpg?resize=768%2C603&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-seo-optimal-config.jpg?resize=1024%2C804&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Disable_Others_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Disable\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Others<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the most important WP disable settings tab! &#8220;Disable pingbacks and trackbacks&#8221; is a must to turn ON, this is a famous error on gtmetrix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will talk about how to disable pingback and trackback also later in this article and you can read more here as well.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-disable-trackbacks-and-pings-on-existing-wordpress-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Disable Trackbacks and Pings on Existing WordPress Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">keep your RSS Feed,<\/span> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do not turn ON<\/span><\/strong> the option &#8220;Disable Feed&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-760 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-others-optimal-config.jpg?resize=640%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp disable others optimal config\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-others-optimal-config.jpg?w=936&amp;ssl=1 936w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-others-optimal-config.jpg?resize=274%2C300&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-disable-others-optimal-config.jpg?resize=768%2C841&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_WP-Optimize_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP-Optimize<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WP-Optimize.png?resize=102%2C102&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WP-Optimize\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WP-Optimize.png?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WP-Optimize.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>To <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">install<\/span> WP-optimize you need to go to your WordPress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugin section<\/span>, click on &#8220;add new&#8221; and search for &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP-Optimize<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you found it,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> install<\/span> it and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">activated i<\/span>t. This plugin <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will allow you to clean up<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">useless<\/span> stuff in your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">database,<\/span> and other <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">advanced<\/span> options you can use.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP-Optimize_WP-Optimize_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP-Optimize\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP-Optimize<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cleaning up your database<\/span> you want to install <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/updraftplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updraftplus<\/a> on your WordPress and perform a full backup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just go to &#8220;a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dd new plugin&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0section, and search for &#8220;<strong>updraft plus<\/strong>&#8220;! Then make a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">backup on your computer<\/span>. Just in case something <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goes wrong when cleaning<\/span> up the database.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The things to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">check in the settings<\/span> are shown in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">picture<\/span>, once the backup <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is done<\/span> you can go <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ahead<\/span> and click on &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Run all selected optimizations<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;. Take a look at how many MB you are cleaning up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-clean-database-and-settings.jpg?resize=640%2C578&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp optimize clean database and settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-clean-database-and-settings.jpg?w=1082&amp;ssl=1 1082w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-clean-database-and-settings.jpg?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-clean-database-and-settings.jpg?resize=768%2C693&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-clean-database-and-settings.jpg?resize=1024%2C925&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP-Optimize_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP-Optimize\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Settings<\/span> And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disable trackbacks<\/span> with the buttons on the left. This will<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> delete the useless<\/span> and old ones. Meanwhile, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with<\/span> the plugin <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP Disable<\/span>, we have used before<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> we are going to delete<\/span> the new coming ones.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The settings in the picture below are settings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I like<\/span>, but you might want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disable auto cleaning<\/span> or adjust these settings as you like.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg?resize=640%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp optimize settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg?w=1090&amp;ssl=1 1090w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg?resize=768%2C602&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg?resize=1024%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_Auto_Optimize_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auto Optimize<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Autoptimize.png?resize=111%2C111&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Autoptimize\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a>As always to install this plugin you will need to go into your WordPress backend and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">search<\/span> for &#8221; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auto Optimize<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frank Goossen<\/span> on your &#8220;Add New Plugin&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at the picture here on the left since it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might not come first<\/span> in search results, here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a> to it as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This plugin in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will condense the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cascading_Style_Sheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CSS<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JavaScript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">JS<\/span><\/strong><\/a> of your website in ideally one CSS and one JS called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">autooptmize<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CSS<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">autooptimize<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">JS<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can see all your websites requests in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gtmetrix<\/span> or <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/devtools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">chrome dev tools<\/span><\/a>, this plugin will skyrocket your website speed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I usually keep the HTML optimization off since I am very precise and I see that condensing HTML code can cause some minor effects.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AutoOptimize_Main_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>AutoOptimize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Main<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just auto optimize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CSS and JS<\/span>, to get advanced features you need to click on the top right &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">show advanced settings<\/span>&#8220;. Just copy my settings in the main section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4034\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/autooptimize-optimal-settings-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"autooptimize optimal settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/autooptimize-optimal-settings-1.jpg?w=788&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/autooptimize-optimal-settings-1.jpg?resize=115%2C300&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/autooptimize-optimal-settings-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1996&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/autooptimize-optimal-settings-1.jpg?resize=394%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AutoOptimize_Extra_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>AutoOptimize <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Extra<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I keep the &#8220;remove emojis&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unchecked<\/span> but feel free to try it checked on your site. You must check this option &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Removing query strings (or more specifically the ver parameter)<\/span> &#8220;, this will improve your Yslow score on gtmetrix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-768 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auto-optimize-extra-settings.jpg?resize=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"auto optimize extra settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auto-optimize-extra-settings.jpg?w=1097&amp;ssl=1 1097w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auto-optimize-extra-settings.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auto-optimize-extra-settings.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/auto-optimize-extra-settings.jpg?resize=1024%2C737&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_WP-Smush_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP-Smush<\/span>\u00a0On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-smushit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush.png?resize=120%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp smush\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush.png?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>As always you need to install this plugin, and to do so head over &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">add new plugin<\/span>&#8221; and search for &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WP smush<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This plugin works <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">under the scenes everytime y<\/span>ou <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">upload a pictur<\/span><\/strong>e to your WordPress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">posts<\/span> pages etc. What this plugin does is beyond of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">incredible!<\/span>\u00a0It will Smush <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span> picture you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">upload<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">resize<\/span> it, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rename<\/span> it and you will have to do<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> zero work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shrinking<\/span> pictures is very important if you want to keep your speed high! You can not have 5 MB pictures on a page. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This tool will take care of everything,<\/span>\u00a0so install it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Smush_Main_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>WP Smush\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Main<\/span>\u00a0Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just copy my setting! And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if you are new to it<\/span>, smush all the images that have not been smushed with the bulk editor. Having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">smaller images in size<\/span> will speed up WordPress a lot, you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> need to try<\/span> it to see the results.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can smush a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain amount every day for free so do it.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush-settings-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wp smush settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"1900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush-settings-1.jpg?w=1115&amp;ssl=1 1115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush-settings-1.jpg?resize=101%2C300&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush-settings-1.jpg?resize=768%2C2281&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-smush-settings-1.jpg?resize=345%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Speed_Up_WordPress_And_Websites_Miscellaneous_Tips_and_Articles\"><\/span>Speed Up WordPress And Websites | Miscellaneous Tips and Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Improve_Time_to_First_Byte\"><\/span>Improve Time to First\u00a0Byte<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>TTFB<\/strong><\/span> (Time To First Byte) is the time that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is needed to reach<\/span> the first byte of your website. This depends mostly on your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hosting provider,<\/span> and if you get a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shared host<\/span> like here on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">marcodiversi<\/span> you cannot go very low on speed performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very low TTFB<\/span> you need to get a <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmdhosting vps\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmdhosting-vps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">VPS<\/a> or <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmdhosting dedicated\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmdhosting-dedicated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">dedicated server<\/a>. But still with a cloud hosting as I said in another article it&#8217;s fine. You can measure theTTFB with gtmetrix,\u00a0 under the &#8220;timings tab&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Time-to-First-Byte-TTFB.jpg?resize=640%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Time to First Byte TTFB\" width=\"640\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Time-to-First-Byte-TTFB.jpg?w=1025&amp;ssl=1 1025w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Time-to-First-Byte-TTFB.jpg?resize=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Time-to-First-Byte-TTFB.jpg?resize=768%2C303&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Time-to-First-Byte-TTFB.jpg?resize=1024%2C404&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, I suggest you read an article from MOZ, where they are talking about the TTFB.\u00a0 You can read the MOZ Article here, <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/improving-search-rank-by-optimizing-your-time-to-first-byte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improving Search Rank by Optimizing Your Time to First\u00a0Byte.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/tmdhosting\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> READ MY ARTICLE ABOUT TMDHOSTING<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remove_heavy_plugins\"><\/span>Remove heavy plugins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain<\/span> WordPress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugins<\/span> that are<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> just against the speed up WordPress process, and they are just slowing dow<\/span>n your website. They<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0will not add any value<\/span> to your business at all. In these two articles, there are the reasons\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-wordpress-plugins-affect-your-sites-load-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why<\/a> and which ones are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinemediamasters.com\/why-is-wordpress-so-slow\/#high-cpu-plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also use a <a href=\"https:\/\/wpbuffs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress maintenance service<\/a> like <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"wpbuffs\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/wpbuffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WPbuffs<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <strong>here<\/strong> their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wpbuffs.com\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress maintenance plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_trackbacks_and_pings\"><\/span>Disable trackbacks and pings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have already disabled trackback with WP Disable, but just to be sure that everything is disabled for good you might want to check out this article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/wp-tutorials\/how-to-disable-trackbacks-and-pings-on-existing-wordpress-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trackbacks and pings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were used back in the days<\/span> to notify other bloggers of your new content so that you could read it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the moment these techniques to alert people are surpassed with the<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> push notifications<\/span><\/strong>. We don&#8217;t need any more trackbacks or pings to know if a blog we love posted new content.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_PHP7_on_your_hosting\"><\/span>How To Install PHP7 on your hosting.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WordPress is built with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.php.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHP language<\/a> if you are not familiar with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this word<\/span> you should. As the current state of development, PHP has reached the version<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> 7.2<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to make WordPress working your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hosting provider<\/span> needs to have PHP installed on it so that they can understand it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Almost all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hosting companies<\/span> have it by default, but what they don&#8217;t have it&#8217;s the latest version and updates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Right now I strongly advise you to select <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PHP 7.0<\/span><\/strong> from your hosting providers. Do not put 7.2 because some plugins might be not compatible with it yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you upgrade to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PHP 7<\/span><\/strong> you will have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">improvement<\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed<\/span> for sure. <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmd hosting\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">TMDHosting<\/a> have all the PHP versions, and according to me is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best company to host a websit<\/span>e. Here there are some screenshots of how to pick PHP 7.0 on TMDHosting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-779 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-select-php-7-1.jpg?resize=640%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tmdhosting select php 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-select-php-7-1.jpg?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-select-php-7-1.jpg?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-select-php-7-1.jpg?resize=768%2C276&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Select <strong>PHP 7.0<\/strong> so that all your plugin will have no compatibilities issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-php7.jpg?resize=640%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tmdhosting php7\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-php7.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-php7.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-php7.jpg?resize=768%2C377&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tmdhosting-php7.jpg?resize=1024%2C503&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Install_AMP_On_Your_Website\"><\/span>How To Install <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AMP<\/span> On Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>And to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">conclude this article<\/span> I would suggest you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">install AMP<\/span> plugin to speed up wordpress on mobile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/accelerated-mobile-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-for-wordpress.png?resize=86%2C86&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"amp for wordpress\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-for-wordpress.png?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-for-wordpress.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ampproject.org\/learn\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMP<\/a> (Accelerated Mobile Pages Project) is an ambitious project that will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make your site<\/span> <strong>blazing<\/strong> fast on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mobile<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are countries where the internet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is not fast<\/span> as for other countries like Latvia or the United States. Also, people in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3rd world countries<\/span>\u00a0tend to have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">smartphone<\/span> instead of a laptop because is more affordable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alignnone\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-782\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AMP-and-Not-AMP.jpg?resize=147%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AMP and Not AMP on mobile search results\" width=\"147\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AMP-and-Not-AMP.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AMP-and-Not-AMP.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/>\u00a0The AMP project aims <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to transform a web<\/span><\/strong> page to a more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">simple page<\/span> that can be opened using fewer data. You probably saw from your mobile the little flash in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">search results<\/span>, that flash is AMP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you were to develop <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the all thing alone<\/span> it would be hard, but with WordPress, all you need is to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> install the AMP<\/span> for WordPress Plugin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To install this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plugin<\/span>, as always go to your WordPress &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">add new plugin<\/span>&#8221; section and search for &#8220;<strong>AMP for WordPress<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have installed the plugin you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can test it<\/span> with the<a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> official <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Google Test<\/span><\/a> for AMP, with the button below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/amp\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> TEST YOUR SITE FOR AMP WITH GOOGLE<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AMP_For_WordPress_Advanced_Settings_And_Optimal_Configuration\"><\/span>AMP For WordPress <u>Advanced<\/u> Settings And Optimal Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a lot of configurations<\/span> within the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AMP plugin<\/span>, I suggest you see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">them all<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">adjust<\/span> it based on your needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something I have found important is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enable<\/span> the <strong>endpoint to &#8220;?&#8221;<\/strong>, under the <strong>advanced<\/strong> settings, it is important.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will put a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">screenshot<\/span> of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>advanced<\/strong><\/span> config <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you should have as well<\/span> down below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4036\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-optimal-advanced-settings-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"amp optimal advanced settings\" width=\"640\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-optimal-advanced-settings-1.jpg?w=1110&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-optimal-advanced-settings-1.jpg?resize=146%2C300&amp;ssl=1 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-optimal-advanced-settings-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/amp-optimal-advanced-settings-1.jpg?resize=499%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Re-Test_Your_Website_With_gtMetrix_Now\"><\/span>Re-Test Your Website With gtMetrix Now<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have reached this point <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you finally wan<\/span>t to see some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">results<\/span>. Now we are going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">re-test<\/span>\u00a0your website speed with <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gtMetrix<\/a>. You need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">compare the first result<\/span> you&#8217;ve got, to the one you are<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> going to have now<\/span> to see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how much you speed up WordPress<\/span> on your end.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I told you to run a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">test before adjusting<\/span> all of these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">configurations<\/span>, I hope<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> you did a test earlier<\/span> so you can compare.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To have more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">accurate<\/span> results I advise you to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">turn OFF<\/span> <\/strong>the Cloudflare &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">developer mode<\/span>&#8221; if you have it enabled. And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purge the cache<\/span> from the W3 total cache plugin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You should see<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> a huge improvement<\/span> if you test it again, but actually, the biggest improvements can be seen after a few hours when all the caching options we have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enabled starts to wor<\/span>k on your <strong>hosting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So if you are<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> impatience run a test again<\/span><\/strong> with gtMetrix using the button below. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please comment below the speed you had before<\/span> starting to read this tutorial <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the speed that you have right now<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am super curious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> TEST YOUR WEBSITE SPEED AGAIN WITH GTMETRIX<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conclusions, this is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the best guide online<\/span> and<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> optimal settings to speed up WordPress instantly<\/span><\/strong> and for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100% free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> HOST YOUR SITE ON SOMETHING SERIOUS | TMDHOSTING<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very normal to have websites<\/span> speed of 25\u00a0 even 30 seconds. With this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">config<\/span> it can<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> be reduced to <strong>2 &#8211; 3 seconds<\/strong><\/span> or<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> less depending on where you host<\/span> your site and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how much stuff you have<\/span> on your sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All you have to do is to have:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/w3-total-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3 total cache<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-disable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Disable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP optimize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autooptmize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-smushit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Smush<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/accelerated-mobile-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMP for WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmd hosting\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">TMDHosting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D696&#038;text=All%20the%20Optimal%20Settings%20are%20in%20the%20pictures%20above%2C%20you%20need%20to%20follow%20all%20of%20these%20pictures%20to%20have%20crazy%20speeds.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All the Optimal Settings are in the pictures above, you need to follow all of these pictures to have crazy speeds.  <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D696&#038;text=All%20the%20Optimal%20Settings%20are%20in%20the%20pictures%20above%2C%20you%20need%20to%20follow%20all%20of%20these%20pictures%20to%20have%20crazy%20speeds.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are lazy to l<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ook at W3 total cache settings<\/span> you can <strong>download<\/strong> my config! Go back to <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/?preview=true#How_To_Install_W3_Total_Cache_On_Your_Website\">Chapter 3<\/a> and read what you still need to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9uegg4ee3dcitce\/w3-total-cache-optimal-configuration-for-wordpress.json?dl=0\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> DOWNLOAD W3 TOTAL CACHE BEST CONFIGURATION<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P.S.<\/span>GO BACK TO THE TABLE OF CONTENT ON TOP OF THE ARTICLE IF YOU GET LOST.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-244 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Marco-Diversi-Eagle-Be-A-Free-Man.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marco Diversi Eagle Be A Free Man\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>What you will learn on this blog!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Stay tuned and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">subscribe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0to my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">blog<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> so you will get <\/span><span class=\"s1\">notifications<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">new <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>posts<\/b>. I will slowly break down these topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SEO(Search Engine Optimization).<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Affiliate Marketing.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Free and Paid traffic hacks.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Coding and WordPress<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Make money with a computer and an internet connection even while you sleep.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Follow me on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">social media<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, you&#8217;ve got all the links on the right bottom side of this blog, also <\/span><span class=\"s1\">comment<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>contact me<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> if you need help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Here are my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">top resources<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> I always use to become a great affiliate, <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">take a look here<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Do you want to be a free\u00a0man or woman? 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