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Kegan Quimby · How to Optimize Images for WordPress: the All-Inclusive Guide to Easy Image Optimization
Images are often the easiest way to improve you site speed. In this guide I cover everything from optimizing images before you even upload them to WordPress, all the way to automatically compressing and optimizing images when you upload them, and understanding why all this is important.
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Kegan Quimby · WordPress Theme Development from Scratch: A Complete Guide for 2023
Learn how to build your own WordPress theme from scratch using this easy-to-follow guide. This includes everything you need to know to free yourself from pre-bought themes, and start making lightning fast websites!
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Kegan Quimby · How to Add Schema Markup to WordPress: a Simple How-To Guide
Learn how to add schema markup to WordPress via plugins or manually. In this guide, I walk you through what exactly schema markup is, why you should use it, and how to implement it on your WordPress site.
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Kegan Quimby · WP-Optimize vs Autoptimize: Which Performance Plugin is Best?
In this comparison guide, I'll walk you through which performance plugin is best for your WordPress theme. Learn what makes a website fast, how you can improve load time, and why you should choose one over the other.
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Kegan Quimby · Rank Math vs Yoast – A Comprehensive Comparison Guide
In this comparison guide, I walk through the differences between Yoast and Rank Math, and which you should choose (spoiler: Rank Math). Learn what makes a good SEO plugin, why speed is important, and what features they each come with.
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Kegan Quimby · The Best WordPress Multisite Hosting (Updated for 2023)
This is an in depth guide for all things related to WordPress multisite hosting. Learn what makes multisite hosting different than regular WordPress hosting, how to measure a good host, and which hosts are the best for your WordPress multisite.
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Kegan Quimby · Best Plugins for WordPress Multisite
In this list, I go over all the plugins you should be using for your WordPress multisite, why they're important, and how they're best used. Not all plugins will be used in every multisite installation, but this is a good foundational list for most multisites. Learn how to manage users, clone sites, maintain your content, keep your sites fast, and your databases lean.
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Kegan Quimby · Perfmatters vs. WP Rocket — A Complete Comparison
Introduction Welcome to Perfmatters vs. WP Rocket, a complete plugin comparison to help optimize your WordPress site. Below, we’ll take a look at each plugin, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how you can best utilize them. And if you had to pick just one, which would it be. But let’s start at the
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Kegan Quimby · The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Performance Optimization
This is an in-depth guide to help you optimize your WordPress website. I walk you through all the steps I take when building and/or maintaining a WordPress website. Some tactics are more advanced then others, so take the pieces that you can use, and leave the rest.
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Kegan Quimby · WordPress Speed Optimization Without Plugins
Use this guide to optimize your WordPress site without using any plugins. Get rid of bloat, and get your site running lightning fast.
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