![]() A few of these plugins improve load time and site optimization. One site under test has 33 active plugins. This helps us establish speed opportunities and pitfalls. So we’ve build prototype pages offsite with the exact same plugins and theme. When optimizing in a staging area, most online speed tools can’t access these test spaces. Any site owner concerned about mobile user experience should pay attention. Speed information isn’t high on their agenda. That’s good “web etiquette.” WordPress doesn’t think it’s important information (yet). A proper link would tell the size of a download. You don’t see this number until you actually download from your browser. That may sound small – but in our book, where milliseconds add up to seconds, it isn’t.įor an unknown reason, WordPress doesn’t give compressed plugin size information. Even if the shortcode is only used on your contact page – or even not used at all. And 28k page weight to every page on your site – yes, every single page. Site owners don’t realize this plugin adds three HTTP requests. Some plugins add drag globally to your entire site even when they’re just used on one page.įor example, Contact Form 7 plugin has over a million installs. One fat Swiss-army knife plugin can cause what we call “site drag” – adding delays to your site. It’s best practice to add functionality into your theme using several small plugins. ![]() The compressed file size is in “k” (kilobytes) or in some cases, “M” (megabytes). Our rule of thumb is selecting the plugin with the smallest-download package size. We have many choices of free WordPress plugins that add unique and sometimes esoteric functions. Or you can click the View Details link on your WordPress dashboard page. The plugin download page tell us what this number is. The number of active installs indicates “herd” popularity. In fact, from our testing the most-liked plugins are often the slowest loading plugins. ![]() In error, many site owners think the most popular plugins are the wisest choice. The WordPress Plugin Directory now has over 55,000 plugins to choose from. It isn’t the quantity of plugins that matter – it’s the quality. It’s a common myth that installing too many plugins slows down your site. The other one-second is for branding the site with images. It also includes cloud-based, widgets like Google Analytics, Google Fonts, and Facebook. Half our performance budget is for a theme and plugins. A page load time of under 2 seconds is our goal. But how much plugins affect load time varies from a thousandth of a second – to seconds. Your plugin choices affect website speed. ![]()
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