Website Speed
Tested: Google’s C3D, C2, and N2 virtual machines for Kinsta customers
With Kinsta's adoption of Google's C3D virtual machines, testing shows how much faster they are than the older C2 and N2 VMs.
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How Speculative Loading can boost your WordPress site’s page speed
Learn how to boost your WordPress site's page speed with the Speculative Rule API via the Speculative Loading plugin available in WordPress
First Contentful Paint explained: how to improve your time
Learn what First Contentful Paint is, plus how to speed up your site's FCP times by reducing server response time and optimizing code.
How Kinsta Uses Cloudflare Workers To Improve Cache Hit Rates by 56%
Here's how Kinsta took advantage of Cloudflare Workers and Workers KV to keep cached content in sync with client-side configuration changes.
How To Test Your WordPress Site for Functionality, Speed, and Security
Learn how to test your WordPress website for functionality, speed, and security and why it is so important to do this the correct way.
A Complete Guide to Using WebPageTest (and Interpreting the Results)
Follow this easy-to-read guide for using WebPageTest and figure out how to make your website as fast as possible.
How To Use the PageSpeed Insights API to Monitor Page Performance
The PageSpeed Insights REST API allows you to automatically collate Lighthouse-like metrics. Code and Excel report examples are provided.
Largest Contentful Paint Explained: How To Improve Your Time
Learn what Largest Contentful Paint is and how to improve the Largest Contentful Paint time of your website with some actionable tactics.
Migrate To Kinsta and Get a Free 20% Speed Boost — Backed By Stats
Migrate to Kinsta and give your sites a free 20% boost. Our stats are backed by rigorous testing of 3,200+ websites over three months.
Brotli Compression: A Fast Alternative to GZIP Compression
GZIP compression has been the standard for a long time, but not any more! This post will dissect Brotli compression.
16 Fastest WordPress Themes (Based on Thorough Testing)
Find the fastest WordPress theme. We analyze the fastest WordPress themes with vigorous testing and graphs to show you the best.
What Is TTL (And How Do You Choose the Right One)?
TTL is a setting that determines how long your data (in packet form) is valid and available from within a network before the router clears it.