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How to improve my WordPress site speed?

WordPress is the most famous content management system, which is widely being used nowadays. According to the sources, around 43% of the websites are using WordPress. But what if your site slows down?

You can lose many visitors if it takes more than three seconds to load website. Installing themes and plugins can cause heavy load on WordPress site, causing high resource usage and increasing the time to load the website. We will be sharing some tips on how you can improve your WordPress site speed, whether you are using a Shared Hosting or a VPS Hosting.

In most cases, Shared Hosting is used which has specific resource limit and is usually in a shared environment. That is where improving your site speed can be challenging.

1. Stay up to date with PHP Version

Yes, with every PHP Version, there are different optimizations are done that can increase your site speed drastically. For example, there are some plugins which use PHP 5.6 Version which has already reached End-of-Life, using such plugins not only pose a security risk but also slow down the website. Though, using the latest PHP version can also cause many incompatibility issues so it is better to stay at the lowest branch of supported version which has not reached End-of-Line. Now the question is, how would you upgrade to the latest PHP version? In the case of Shared Hosting & specialized WordPress Hosting, you will need to reach out to your hosting provider or you could try to find out something like “Select PHP Version” in your control panel. However, for VPS and Dedicated Servers, you will require a technician to do that for you if you do not use any control panel. Limitless Hosting’s server come with variety of PHP Versions, and our shared hosting allows the change of PHP Version through “Select PHP Version” in your control panel.

2. Research before you install any plugin

A badly coded plugin can cause your site to slow down. Before installing any plugin, one must check the rating and the downloads of that plugin. You do require a functionality from plugin, but make sure that it does not make you lose visitors because of site speed. If your site is already slow, then you should find the culprit plugin but first you must monitor your resource usage. Is your CPU & RAM being fully utilized? If that is the case, then it is possible that it is a plugin causing that issue. You can isolate every plugin one by one and find out the culprit. For such tasks, it is recommended to hire someone expert in this field.

3. Pick Caching Plugin Carefully

It is common that users install many different caching plugins, thinking that it would speed up the website. But this is not the case sometimes and some sites can even completely slow down due to multiple caching plugins, causing incompatibility. So, what is the correct way to pick a caching plugin? First of all, determine what web server are you using, this can be verified by the hosting provider, or if you already have knowledge about PHP then creating a PHP info file can also show you your web server version. Many hosting providers use “LiteSpeed Web Server”, this is a fastest web server, in this case, you must install the plugin which is provided by them officially and is known as “LiteSpeed Cache”. If you use this plugin on your WordPress, then it is enough and will highly speed up your site. Though, even if your web server is not LiteSpeed Web Server, you can still freely use it and it will also increase your site speed. What more options do I have if I am not using LiteSpeed Web Server? If you are on Apache or NGINX, we recommend you a plugin known as “WP Super Cache”, with expert mode enabled. When these plugins are being used, we do not recommend using any other cache plugin as this can cause conflicts. Limitless Hosting is currently using LiteSpeed Web Server on cPanel Hosting.

4. Compress images

Many experts recommend 1 MB as the normal size for the web page so that it can load fast. But even a single image can use more than 1 MB, this is where image optimization must be done. Before uploading any images, make sure that you optimize them. There are many software available, online and offline which can compress your image size up to 90%. It is also recommended that you convert images to WebP format which can also reduce image size drastically while keeping the same quality.

5. Make the use of caching plugin wisely

Caching plugins are usually not limited to caching only, but they come with tons of features. LiteSpeed Cache allows you to optimize your page through CSS and JS minification, allows enabling lazy-loading images, and even provides image optimization feature. Other caching plugins also come with same features, so it is recommended to use the same caching plugin to optimize your web pages instead of installing a different plugin. But beware, if you try to enable all the optimizations, you can even break your theme and cause your fonts to be completed changed, thus make sure that you read about every option and change it accordingly.

Limitless Hosting 5th Anniversary Sale – Web Hosting from $1/year and a lot more!

Limitless Hosting is celebrating the fifth anniversary with huge discounts. Just like every year, the deals are available which are extremely affordable.

This time, following are the featured deals which can be seen below:

Featured deals that are listed here, more deals can be found on https://limitlesshost.net/

Yes, you read it right! $1/year hosting that is available in USA, EU and even Asia data center! All our hosting packages are SSD Powered, and all the deals are recurring, which means that you pay same every year, and price does not change.

Apart from that, reseller hosting is also available from $12/year in all three servers.

These were the featured deals only, you can find out all the deals here: https://limitlesshost.net/

Even software provided by Limitless Hosting are on discount, that is, WISECP License. If you are not aware what WISECP is, here is what you need to about it briefly: It is a web hosting billing software, which makes your life easier by automating all your tasks, this software is just not limited to hosting services, but any kind of digital services can be provided using that software which helps in invoices, payment gateways, modules, support system, and a lot more. You can get the owned branded license for just $190, that is a one-time payment.

Did we miss something? Oh yes, a domain which we often do not put on sale, can be availed at just $1.2 for first year, It is .XYZ domain name, which is a famous domain.

If you have any queries, feel free to submit a ticket and we will assist you!

How cloud computing has made Internet better?

Cloud computing allows the users to access their features and files of the system without having to store them on their own computers. It is also valuable for businesses that need to access large amount of data over a secure connection. However, certain businesses are hesitant about committing to cloud computing services for their organizations.

So, here in this article, we have compiled a list of certain advantages of cloud computing and how it has made internet better.

  • Lower Server costs

In cloud computing, there are no huge costs involved in cloud computing. You need to pay when you use it as per your subscription plan. The cloud computing services are basically free from capital expenditure. Traditional computing on the other hand requires buying capacity enough for peak times and then allowing it to sit idle otherwise.

The companies can also reduce the size of their data center thereby reducing the number of servers, the software cost and staff. This in turn will reduce the IT costs without impacting an organisation’s IT capabilities.

  • Security Considerations

Many organisations have switched to cloud computing as it is more secure than traditional computing. It makes use of encryption which makes information less accessible by hackers or anyone not authorized to view your data. Many cloud computing services offer different security settings that can be set based on the user.

  • Automated updates on software

The server suppliers in cloud computing regularly update your software so that you need not waste your time on maintaining the system. This automatic update saves the time of your staff and also money spent on outside IT consultation.

The same way, many other incredible software that enable the drive in various industries have been improved. This includes cloud GST Software and many others such as ERP Software and field management software.

  • Deep Insights

We live in the digital age where data is money. Therefore, keeping a track of your data is really important.

Most of the cloud computing systems offer cloud analytics to get a clearer view of your data. You can use the insights to implement tracking mechanisms and generate customized reports to analyse information organisation-wide.

You can also use these insights to increase the efficiency and make action plans to achieve your organisation goals.

  • Enhanced collaboration

You should make collaboration a top priority when your business has a good number of employees. Otherwise, there is no point of having a team if it cannot work like a team. This process of collaboration is made easier by cloud computing. The team mates can easily share information across a cloud based platform.

Some cloud computing services also let you connect across organisations, therefore increasing interest as well as engagement. Though it is also possible to collaborate without cloud computing, but it will never be this easy nor this effective.

  • Fresh software

As soon as any new version of an application is released, it is made available to all the customers. The workers become more productive by getting these immediate upgrades and new features.

  • Disaster recovery

A great reason behind the success of any business is control. But unfortunately, there are times when things are out of your control. Even a small amount of unproductive downtown can produce negative results for your business.

Though there may be no way you can prevent or sense the disaster that could harm your business, but you can speed up the recovery. The cloud based services let you quickly recover your data for all sorts of scenarios from natural disasters to power outages.

Conclusion

These are some of the advantages of cloud computing which are enough to convince businesses to move onto cloud computing services. Apart from these advantages, it also cuts down on paper waste, improves energy efficiency and reduces computer-related emissions.

Check out our cloud servers.