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Check Server <\/h2>\n
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Check your server is well located and run GT Metrix reports from multiple locations<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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    \n Check Website from Australia\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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    \n Check Website from Canada\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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    \n Check Website from US\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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    If latency is an issue implement Cloud Flare<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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      \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
      \n Create Cloud flare Domain Entry\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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      \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
      \n Update DNS\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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      \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
      \n Check SSL settings\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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      Check if the server is HTTP 1 or HTTP 2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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        \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
        \n Check server is HTTP\/2 or HTTP\/1\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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        \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
        \n If HTTP\/1 load WP Rocket\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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        \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
        \n if HTTP\/2 use Auto Optimise\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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        Check Images <\/h2>\n
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        Check All images on each page using GTMetrix and replace an bad sized images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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          \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
          \n Check Images\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
          \n Implement Smush it or server side compression of images\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
          \n Replace images that are too big\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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          Check Performance <\/h2>\n
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          Check the performance of HTML and other server settings<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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            \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
            \n Check GZip Is enabled\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
            \n Check HTML compression\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
            \n Check CSS minification\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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            If we have HTTP\/1 we need to use WP Rocket to combine all files and get a better page speed score<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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              \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
              \n Turn on combination of CSS\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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              \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
              \n Combine the Javascript and check load tools\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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              \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
              \n check output of performance of javascript pages once pages are compressed\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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              WordPress performance <\/h2>\n
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              Audit your WP Website and remove any unused plugins<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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                \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                \n Do you really need an analytics plugin? Remove it an include the code direct\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                \n Need Google Fonts? Remove it if you can.\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                \n Need Admin columns or other help tools? Remove them if they arent needed\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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                Some further optimisations for WordPress can be done to get faster page loads.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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                  \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                  \n Change Cron on WordPress to be run from the crontab\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                  \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                  \n reduce admin ajax refresh time\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                  \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                  \n check object cache is setup\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                  \n 4\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                  \n check TTFB and re iterate the load times\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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                  Basic page speed is complete.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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                  Implement alerts <\/h2>\n
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                  Setup an Alert for GTMetrix.<\/p>\n

                  Whatever time you have got as you average over 10 hits set an alert of maybe 0.5 seconds but no more than 1.0 second from your best time in GTMetrix.<\/p>\n

                  Create an alert.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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                    \n 1\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                    \n Setup GTMetrix Alerts\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                    \n 2\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                    \n Create warning times\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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                    \n 3\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
                    \n review gtmetrix account settings and location\n <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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