Is my host the problem?
I addition to the methods you have mentioned, the biggest way to speed up your loading time is with a caching plugin. There are many in the WordPress Plugin Directory, but my favorite is Quick Cache.
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force_ssl_admin() causing issues with preview links
WordPress has a number of implicit assumptions with regards to using SSL. Specifically, if you are using force_ssl_admin, and the “front” of your site has the same domain as the “back” does, then it assumes that your entire site is actually accessible either via http or https. This happens in a few different places. Most … Read more
Fall Back Google CDN in JavaScript
Scripts don’t get printed at the wp_enqueue_scripts hook, but rather at the wp_print_scripts hook. That said: don’t echo/print scripts, period. Instead, enqueue them properly. Caveat: This method is Plugin territory, and should not be included as Theme code in a publicly distributed Theme. You deregister jQuery, but the step you’re missing is registering and enqueueing … Read more
Amazon S3 + Cloudfront with WordPress
There is no remotely easy way to accomplish this with “push” strategy, because (unlike attachments) plugins and themes do not really declare their resources to WordPress. To push those resources you need to enumerate them and keep that information up to date. In pull configurations this happens automagically in actual use. For push configuration you … Read more
How does W3 Total Cache Load Images In Stylesheet via CDN? [closed]
Okay, the answer is pretty obvious. Let me explain by example: W3 Total Cache makes sure that all the primary static contents on a web page (i.e. ones directly referenced in the source of the web page) are loaded via the CDN URL. So, lets say, W3TC serves the blog’s stylesheet from cdn.example.com/wp-content/themes/MY-THEME/style.css and the … Read more
WordPress remote file storage
WordPress remote file storage
Store wordpress media completely off my server and on a CDN
Store wordpress media completely off my server and on a CDN
Combine and Minify wp-admin files, also re-write URI’s for CDN
Combine and Minify wp-admin files, also re-write URI’s for CDN
Is W3 Total Cache supposed to delete the local files after they are uploaded to CDN? [closed]
The CDN doesn’t allow or disallow anything – it doesn’t care what you keep on your server. W3 Total Cache does not remove local images after copying them to the CDN – and nor should it. What would happen if your CDN disappeared, or corrupted, or increased it’s prices? You’d lose all of your image … Read more
Change media URL (images)
Change media URL (images)