by Emman Zahid | Jan 31, 2024 | Performance Optimization
Dealing with WordPress downtime is a significant worry and can be really frustrating. It can badly impact user experience and also cause potential revenue loss. That’s why your website must stay functional and accessible around the clock. If users can’t...
by Chris Read | Aug 23, 2023 | Performance Optimization
At UpdraftPlus, we genuinely want to help you get more from your WordPress website. So we got ’round a (virtual) table and discussed; what are some of the regular checks and actions new WordPress users should take to help maintain good WordPress site health? We...
by Team Updraft | Apr 21, 2022 | Performance Optimization
Having engaging, clear and fast loading images on your WordPress site is one of the most effective ways to draw a user/customer in. There is a reason that car dealerships spend so much time making sure that the new models are spotless and sparkling. The visual impact...
by Team Updraft | Mar 28, 2022 | Performance Optimization
Now that you have your WordPress site in excellent shape and filled with engaging content and compelling designs, you can start to evaluate if it is enough to retain new visitors and keep them coming back again and again. With so many online options to choose from, it...
by Team Updraft | Feb 11, 2022 | Performance Optimization, Plugin comparison
When there are two equally great products gaining popularity at a fairly equal pace in the same market, only small but important detail can set them apart. Think of two high end hairdressers that both offer the same services and quality hair cuts. The first...
by Team Updraft | Feb 2, 2022 | Performance Optimization, Plugin comparison
Imagine you have the choice between two 5-star restaurants that serve equally great food, but one of them takes your order, serves you drinks and gets your meal out to you in ten minutes, while the other restaurant takes 60 minutes to even seat you at your table....
by Team Updraft | Jan 26, 2022 | Performance Optimization, Plugin comparison
Every day, it seems there is more and more competition for people’s time. Be it the internet, movies, TV, video games or streaming, these days, in order for your site to be successful and gain traction, you not only need to have an interesting and engaging...
by Team Updraft | Jan 17, 2022 | Performance Optimization
WP-Optimize vs WP Rocket: Which is the best WordPress optimization and caching plugin? More than 40% of your website visitors will close your site and leave if it takes over three seconds for your website to fully load. This phenomenon becomes more relevant as...
by Team Updraft | Dec 21, 2021 | Performance Optimization, Plugin comparison
WordPress is the largest website-hosting platform in the world. With that comes a lot of eyes and expectations. For your WordPress website to function optimally with little or no issues, you will need to install appropriate plugins. Some examples of essential plugins...
by Team Updraft | Sep 3, 2021 | Performance Optimization
When evaluating the speed and performance of your website, there are over 200 factors that search engines like Google use to rank content and web pages. Some of these factors are known, such as site update frequency, while the weight of other factors – such as...