The web’s leading performance testing tool GTmetrix reveals how your site performs, tells you why it’s slow and helps you discover optimization opportunities. By loading your page in a real browser, GTmetrix can provide you with detailed
Feature aimed at improving the security of the WordPress ecosystem has been a ‘long time coming’ WordPress 5.5 lands today with a new feature that will ensure plugins automatically update by default, shrinking the window of opportunity for
SSL may sound familiar to many people but they might not necessarily know what it does exactly, except that it has something to do with the internet. Many large and popular websites already have SSL, even though you may not know it. Look at your
Starting in July, Google Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure,” according to a blog post published today by Chrome security product manager Emily Schechter. Chrome currently displays a neutral information icon, but starting with
1. Installing too many plugins Think minimal when it comes to installing plugins. While the WordPress repository contains more than 40,000 plugins, it’s easy to feel like a kid in a candy store and want to try them all. But if you install too
WordPress is urging webmasters to update their CMS packages as quickly as possible to protect their domains from critical vulnerability exploits. On Thursday, the content management system (CMS) provider released a security advisory alongside
How likely are you to stay on a slow-loading website? If you’re like most of us, the answer is, “not very.” Today’s web surfers expect pages to load quickly. In fact, KISSMetrics says load time should stay under 2 seconds, and that 40% of
WordPress.org today launched WordPress 4.4, which adds a slew of new features to the blog management tool to “make your site more connected and responsive.” You can download the new release now fromWordPress.org/Download (7.3MB). WordPress is a
Version 4.4 will bring about a new default theme, responsive images and a wider variety of embeds. Developers will also get some goodies, including REST API and Term Metadata. A little bit bare, then. Underwhelm-Press I’m aware that this
To deliver Web content on mobile devices faster (much faster), Google and Twitter, along with over 30 publishers, announced the Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) Project today. It’s like a version of Facebook Instant Articles but in an open standard