Introduction to the Official WpFASTER WordPress Speed Optimization Master Course
  • Website Speed: How Much it Matters & Why "Fast Enough" Isn't
  • Course Syllabus
  • How to Take the Course
  • What the Course Is (& Is Not)
  • Remarks on Optimizing for Mobiles/Tablets (I.e. "High Latency" Devices)
  • Section 1 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 1
The WpFASTER WordPress Speed/Performance Optimization Foundation
  • Hosting Primer
  • Compression Primer
  • Minification (& Concatenation) Primer
  • Reducing HTTP Requests Primer
  • Image Optimization Primer
  • Eliminating Render-Blocking JavaScript & CSS in 'Above-the-Fold' Content Primer
  • Asynchronous Resources Primer
  • Caching Primer
  • Section 2 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 2
Testing Your Optimizations With Speed Tests and Best Practices Tools
  • Prefatory Remarks on Website Testing Tools & Metrics (Performance Data)
  • Pingdom: What it's Good For & When to Use It
  • GTmetrix: What it's Good For & When to Use It
  • Google's PageSpeed Insights: What it's Good For & When to Use It
  • WebPageTest: What it's Good For & When to Use It
  • Section 3 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 3
Sections 1 - 3 Recap & Remarks On Optimizing Your WordPress Site's 'Core'
  • Sections 1 - 3 Recap & Prefatory Remarks on 'Core' Optimization
Caching
  • Caching: Prefatory Remarks
  • Page Caching How-To + Troubleshooting
  • Browser Caching (+ Headers Optimization) How-To + Troubleshooting
  • Database & Object Caching How-To + Troubleshooting
  • Section 5 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 5
Minification & Concatenation I
  • Minification & Concatenation: Prefatory Remarks
  • Minification & Concatenation How-To
  • Troubleshooting Minification & Concatenation
  • Section 6 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 6
Minification & Concatenation II: The Render Blocking CSS & JavaScript Conundrum
  • How to Eliminate Render Blocking CSS in Above-the-Fold Content: Part I
  • BONUS: Adjunct to Part I: Different Inline CSS on Different Pages/Posts How-To
  • How to Eliminate Render Blocking CSS in Above-the-Fold Content: Part II
  • How to Ideally Eliminate Render Blocking JavaScript in Above-the-Fold Content
  • Summary Remarks On Minification & the Render Blocking CSS & JavaScript Conundrum
  • Section 7 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 7
Image Optimization
  • Image Optimization How-To
  • Section 8 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 8
Lazy Loading
  • Lazy Loading (Images, Thumbnails, Gravatars, iframes & Widgets) How-To
  • Section 9 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 9
Advanced WordPress Optimizations: A Taste of the WpFASTER Secret Sauce
  • Prefatory Remarks About Advanced Optimizations
  • Plugin Organization & Prioritization
  • Browser Hinting
  • PushState + AJAX (PJAX)
  • Cache Warming & Cron Jobs
  • Domain Sharding
  • Section 10 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 10
'Edge' Optimization: Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
  • Prefatory Remarks About Edge Optimization, CDNs & An Introduction to CloudFlare
  • Installing CloudFlare
  • Maximizing CloudFlare Settings
  • Page Rules Pro-Tips
  • Section 11 Quick Quiz
  • Notes, Links, Supplemental Materials & Whatnot Addendum for Section 11
Bonus: Server Optimizations
  • A Taste of Optimizing Your Server (For Those on VPS/Dedicated Servers)
Speed. You Got Some!
  • It's Been Real, Yo: Closing Remarks