5 Steps to Increase PageSpeed Insight Score

PageSpeed Insight

PageSpeed Insight Score is a free online tool to check website performance provided by Google.

link: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Initial score of Ler Travel Diary

Ler Travel Diary has been my passive income source for quite some time. As we moved into new era, less visitors read blog. From Fengshui perspective, we are entering the nine realm 九运. That mean more users prefer to use visual for entertainment. Younger generation prefer YouTube or video on demand rather than word-based blog or article. Nevertheless, I still prefer to use WordPress and this domain name to share my experience and journey. Therefore, here are some tips to increase PageSpeed Insight Score.

#1 Remove unnecessary / inactive plugins

If you like to research or search around wordpress related article, You will accidentally install or try out a number of plugins. Remove all the inactive plugins can increase the pageSpeed Insight for around 40%

Speed increased around 40% after remove inactive plugins

#2 Change to Light Speed or Weight Theme

Image Credit: Generate Press

WordPress.org has many in-house responsive or light JS / CSS themes. For example:

When I changed the blog theme to Generate Press, the web speed increase 10%.

#3 Reduce / Minimize JavaScript / CSS code

Image Credit: Web nots

I am not expert in reduce JavaScript / CSS Code. Please refer to https://www.webnots.com/how-to-remove-unused-css-and-javascript-in-wordpress/ for more detail

#4 Reduce Image Size

Image Credit: PhotoScape.org

When I upload any images, I prefer to use PhotoScapeX to reduce image size. Usually the photo / images I shot are around 3K MB. After I reduced the photo size to 800 x 600 or 600 x 400, it can reduce the images size to less than 300 KB. It is best to upload images less than 200 KB.

#5 Join / Discuss with Expert on WordPress Group

I often read or discuss with all the experts on WordPress group. Their expertise really help me a lot.

Image Credit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wpmycn/about

Conclusion, hopefully your website / blog’s performance increase too.

Score of 94 for Ler Travel Diary


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