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Choosing the right hosting for high-traffic WordPress websites

This post explores the essential factors you need to consider to keep your WordPress site performing at its best, even when traffic surges.
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13 min read
Updated date
November 4, 2024
Topic
Website Speed
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WordPress Performance

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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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7 min read
Updated date
August 1, 2024
Topic
Kinsta Services
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Website Speed

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
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12 min read
Updated date
May 3, 2024
Topic
Website Speed
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WordPress Performance

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.
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20 min read
Updated date
November 4, 2024
Topic
Website Speed

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.
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5 min read
Updated date
October 24, 2023
Topic
Cloudflare
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Website Speed

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.
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26 min read
Updated date
September 24, 2024
Topic
Website Speed
Topic
WordPress Development
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WordPress Performance
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WordPress Security

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.
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12 min read
Updated date
November 25, 2024
Topic
Website Speed

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.
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12 min read
Updated date
November 26, 2024
Topic
Analytics
Topic
API
Topic
Web Development Tools
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Website Speed

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.
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22 min read
Updated date
September 24, 2024
Topic
Website Speed

How To Use Cookie-Free Domains: A Complete Guide

Are cookies bloating your website and leading to sluggish performance? Learn how to improve your load times with cookie-free domains.
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20 min read
Updated date
August 25, 2023
Topic
Website Speed

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.
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12 min read
Updated date
February 13, 2024
Topic
Website Speed
Topic
WordPress Hosting

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.
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16 min read
Updated date
January 4, 2024
Topic
Website Speed

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.
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50 min read
Updated date
August 6, 2024
Topic
Website Speed
Topic
WordPress Themes