Even though we cover a lot of the ground when it comes to performance and security, there are other services that might add some value to your wpPERFORM site. One of those services is CloudFlare, and it's fully compatible with wpPERFORM. For background on what CloudFlare does, check out their own overview of CloudFlare. They offer both free and paid plans to protect and accelerate your web … [Read more...] about Using CloudFlare To Optimize Your Site
Custom CSS for Your WordPress Site
It's easy to create custom CSS for your WordPress site on our network using the Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin. This article is focused on using Jetpack's Custom CSS feature, so we'll assume you've already activated Jetpack. If not, skip over to our article on activating Jetpack for WordPress and get that initial step resolved. With the plugin activated, you'll be ready to create custom … [Read more...] about Custom CSS for Your WordPress Site
Caching On wpPERFORM
Opcode Caching Page Caching On wpPERFORM.com, we've included aggressive WordPress caching to optimize the performance of your WordPress powered site. Caching has a dramatic impact on the speed at which we serve up your site. It also has important ramifications for how you and your users interact with your site. For general background on caching in WordPress, check out the Codex article on … [Read more...] about Caching On wpPERFORM
Core Loading Order In WordPress
There's a great visual guide outlining the core loading order in WordPress over on WordPress Answers on StackExchange, developed by Rarst, a longtime contributor in the WordPress community. This is important information for those that want to understand the basic workings of WordPress. Consider the screenshot below from Rarst's visual guide. This shows that active plugins are loaded … [Read more...] about Core Loading Order In WordPress