Category archive / performance

Performance articles.

Browse 10 performance articles, guides, and code snippets by Bonny Elangbam.

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Performance notes

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Reduce WordPress Heartbeat requests by changing the interval or disabling the frontend heartbeat script while keeping the editor working.

Stop the cart fragments request on posts and other non-commerce pages for a lighter WooCommerce frontend and a potential 100–300ms speed improvement.

Conditionally remove WooCommerce frontend assets from pages that do not use products, checkout, cart, or account features.

Reduce WordPress image weight with better dimensions, modern formats, compression, responsive loading, and stable layout geometry.

Improve Elementor performance with lean containers, optimized assets, delayed scripts, modern images, and careful plugin management.

Improve WordPress image SEO with useful filenames, accessible alt text, responsive formats, compression, captions, and better loading behavior.

Compare WordPress caching approaches by page cache, browser cache, asset optimization, CDN support, and operational simplicity.

Use Elementor Flexbox Containers to build cleaner responsive layouts with less nesting and more predictable alignment.

Choose a domain, compare hosting, connect DNS, activate SSL, and establish a reliable foundation for a WordPress website.

A practical WordPress build process covering planning, hosting, themes, content, performance, security, SEO, and responsible AI-assisted workflows.