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On this week’s episode, we continue the discussion about WordPress performance. My good friends Sean and Randy from beAutomated.com join me again as we talk about performance of plugins and themes. I think you might find it surprising that if your website takes too long to load, it will even affect your Google ranking!
Sean and Randy recently released a blog post about this very topic and you can read it now.
Links to topics we discussed:
woorank.com
tools.pingdom.com
loadimpact.com
webpagetest.org
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Best way to increase the performance of a WordPress blog is by using a cache plugin and a CDN network.
@Neil Patt Exactly and I hope to share an interview with a CDN service this month!
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I love your podcasts. They are informative and inspiring. I am brand new to WordPress, and am at the stage where I am ready to choose a theme. Having listened to episode #35, I want to get a theme that is all about appearance, not functionality. I'm already overwhelmed looking at ThemeForest and tempted to buy a cool theme that has lots of functionality. How can I sort through the morass and find a pure theme?
Hi Linda,
Boy, that's a tough question. I know that I always purchase the them based on looks, because that's the piece that's hard for me - creating a style from scratch. I can always build in functionality as I need it. I think I would recommend the same. Being new to WordPress, you won't be able to modify theme files like I can; however, you can find tons of plugins out there that will give you the functionality you need.
I love your podcasts. They are informative and inspiring. I am brand new to WordPress, and am at the stage where I am ready to choose a theme. Having listened to episode #35, I want to get a theme that is all about appearance, not functionality. I'm already overwhelmed looking at ThemeForest and tempted to buy a cool theme that has lots of functionality. How can I sort through the morass and find a pure theme?
Dustin, thank you again for letting us share our knowledge about WordPress performance on your great podcast with your audience. We really had a lot of fun and, as always, look forward to chatting with you, both on and off the air, on future shows.
Dustin, thank you again for letting us share our knowledge about WordPress performance on your great podcast with your audience. We really had a lot of fun and, as always, look forward to chatting with you, both on and off the air, on future shows.
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[...] Randy and I were return call-in guests on a popular WordPress podcast that aired Aug 3, 2011.