WordPress blogs and other PHP websites are becoming popular these days. Thus it is very important that you should optimize the speed of your blog so that your valuable readers don’t have to wait for long. Slow loading pages not only spoils the user experience but it also reduces the Google rankings as the Page Loading time is also considered in determining the PageRank of a page.

Here we give you some tips that you can consider to improve the loading of your website:

1. Reducing the number of PHP calls: We know that PHP is a web server scripting language that is executed before the loading the page. Thus we must try to reduce these PHP calls and replace them with the suitable static HTML. The WordPress uses the database as its primary means for controlling the various aspects of the website. When a PHP call is done then we must have an additional overhead of having database connection. This must be avoided where ever possible.

2. Removing Unnecessary Plugins: During the testing phase even the best of bloggers forget disable or remove the unnecessary plugins. As a result when the site loads this unnecessary plugin also loads that increases the loading time of your blog. Thus our advice to you is to reduce the number of plugins that you use on your blog. Only use those plugins that are vital to the functionality of the website.

3. Image Optimization: A page with optimized layout with light images will not only reduce the loading time but it will enhance the user experience also. The images that are used in your blog should be optimized to certain format that is light and at the same time should not compromise on the image quality. Do not use the .bmp format as they are heavy. So try to convert it into the some other lighter format such as .png or .jpg.

4. Use Caches: Caches are the special techniques that will use certain part on your hard disk to store the static parts of the website that will help in the faster loading of the website. WordPress plugin WP Cache is used by many bloggers. When the user visits a blog for the first time then the static parts are stored in a cached copy on the disk. When he again visits the site the cached copy will be served to you along with the changes.

5. Putting JavaScript in the footers: The heavy JavaScript codes must be stored on the separate files or at the footer section of the page. JavaScript takes a longer to load so instead of putting them in the body tag; it must be loaded in the footer section. If you have large snippets of code then try to combine them in a single large script.

Article By: Dan Jaslanek

He is a sole entrepreneur from Ottawa, Ontario. Working in the technology field has always been a part of Dan’s life, and over time he has developed a very deep knowledge of the remote desktop services market..