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Richard Anthony Catering Equipment
Speed up WordPress website
Freelancer project to improve the performance for Richard’s website.
website performance
The below shows the website performance based off of industry standard GTMetrix results.
On the left is the before report taken prior to starting the project. On the right is the report taken after I worked on the website.Â
GTmetrix Grade: F
GTmetrix Grade: A
Performance Score: 28%
Performance Score: 94%
Structure Score: 76%
Structure Score: 89%
Fully Loaded Time: 24.4s
Fully Loaded Time: 1.6s
Total Page Size: 1.61MB
Total Page Size: 588kb
Total Page Requests: 122
Total Page Requests: 48
What we can deduce from the above information is that the website is now performing at its peak. We have a Performance Score of 94% and a Structure Score of 89%. Whilst these scores aren’t at a perfect 100%, I do believe this is the peak the website will perform without making any structural changes. The concerning thing for me before the project started was the insane fully loaded time. The before report captured 24.4s however I did see it at one point blowing out into the 30’s. Now that the website has been worked on we’re seeing a loading time range from 1s to 1.5s which is great for a website this size.
Recommendations
Sign up to CloudFlare for a free CDN
Before uploading new images run them through a lossless compression algorithm such as this.
Try to avoid installing too many more plugins. Most plugins are filled with bloat which improve HTTP requests and slow the website down.Â
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