Page Speed score of my blog: 97/100
WordPress can be very fast. Here is the server-side setup for achieving the 97/100 Page Speed score (it is only because of Google Analytics that the score is not 100/100):
- Nginx web server;
- PHP with FastCGI process management (FPM) with APC and Memcache extensions for op-code and general object cache;
- Memcached object cache server.
And on the WordPress side:
- A custom HTML caching layer (wp-content/advanced-cache.php) for reading and writing HTML cache to Memcache with a timestamp based version number used for cache invalidation (which changes every time content is inserted or updated);
- APC Object Cache Backend plugin for WordPress object cache.
- WP-Minify plugin for combining and minifying the CSS and JavaScript files.
- Google Appspot as a free origin/pull type CDN for off-loading all static assets. A few simple WordPress filters are used to rewrite all asset URLs;
- Image Optimizer plugin for reducing the size of JPG and PGN type of images during uploading.
To have such a setup, you must have a Virtual Private Server (VPS). If you are looking for WordPress performance consulting and optimization, please do get in touch.
I got 100 mobile speed, 100 desktop speed and 100 user experience.
WordPress 4.0, Shared Hosting and No CDN
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webdesignerland.com&tab=mobile
These are my recipes :
1. Minify CSS and JavaScript files
use this plugin : https://wordpress.org/plugins/async-js-and-css/
2. Caching
use W3total cache : https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
3. Losslessly compression image
use this tool : http://pngquant.org/
4. For logo and banner on homepage
Convert them all to Base64 Image . it will reduce http request. Tool that I use : http://duri.me
5. Combine all css in your style.css
6. Combine the js file too ( put in your footer )
7. If you using Google analytics, upload ga.js on your hosting. Put it on your root directory
8. Do not use lazy load plugins ( it will decrease your score )
9. Don’t use Social Share plugins ( You can make it without using any plugin )
10. Don’t display feature image/ thumbnails on your homepage, you will fail.
Good luck..
Regards
Johny Kurniawan
I got PageSpeed 100 (desktop and mobile) using two WP plugins, W3 Total Cache and Autoptimize. I have posted detailed directions here:
http://baruchyoussin.com/configure-w3-total-cache-plugin-settings-for-pagespeed-100-grade-part-1.html
All my posts (including this one) get 100 almost always (depending on server response) while a couple of pages are a little short.