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Lessons Learned, Course Building Edition
Over the years I’ve built plenty of courses in various forms, but they’ve all been quite small. More like tutorials with some screencasts. Building Make WordPress Fast, the first full course I’ve ever launched, and probably the most ambitious solo thing I’ve attempted in a while, has already taught me plenty. If you’ve ever thought
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We All Lose With Ad Hominem Arguments
Every community has its flare-ups, and WordPress is no exception. Big and small, you’ve seen them. One week we’re debating development practices, another week it’s page builders, and somewhere in between someone confidently declares that caching fixes everything (it does not, but here’s what does). These disagreements aren’t a problem. In fact, they’re healthy. They
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WordCamp Netherlands Felt Different
I just got back from WordCamp Netherlands, and as always, it was great to be there. Seeing familiar faces, catching up with people I’ve known for years, and meeting new folks who are contributing in their own ways reminded me why this community continues to matter. But this year carried a different weight. For the
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Your “Fast” Hosting Might Still Be the Problem
Often times when I’m doing performance reviews for WordPress sites, the topic of what’s fast WordPress hosting comes up. If I then learn their hosting is limited in a great many different ways, I suggest to look at hosting alternatives. I’m then regularly told, “I’m on good hosting, so it must be something else.” I
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The Ultimate WordPress Debugging Guide
Debugging WordPress doesn’t have to feel like chaos. When things break, slow down, or act strangely, there’s always a reason, and usually, a breadcrumb trail leading to it. This guide is your roadmap for finding those breadcrumbs. We’ll start with the easiest, safest steps anyone can follow, move into power-user techniques for people with server
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Stop Asking Which Plugins to Use
Last week I did a live stream with Kevin Geary about how to build blazingly fast WordPress sites. Today I’m going on a live stream with Rino de Boer to talk about performance as well. And as Rino announced it on X, someone replied there and said this: “Ask him which plug-ins to use and
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WDD Live with Kevin Geary on #WordPerf
I joined my friend Kevin Geary for one of his WDD live streams. We talked about the philosophy of performance (for WordPress) and how to make BLAZING FAST WordPress sites. We went into great detail on a great many of topics. We talked for 90 minutes, and the feedback has been incredibly positive. I mentioned
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How To Do WordPress & Security
Security in the context of WordPress is a topic I see being misrepresented often. Misrepresented in the way that “just install our solution” is presented as the golden ticket. It’s not. Let’s get this out of the way first: installing a “WordPress security plugin” doesn’t make your site secure. Most of the WordPress solutions out
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How To Fix WooCommerce Performance (Brutal Truth)
WooCommerce gives you a ton of flexibility when building an online store. But speed? That’s not part of the starter pack. And when your store slows down, it doesn’t just frustrate visitors, it kills conversions. Most performance problems trace back to one of two things: doing too much dynamically, and running on a server stack