{"id":1397,"date":"2022-10-28T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:00:37","slug":"how-to-speed-up-a-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/how-to-speed-up-a-wordpress-website","title":{"rendered":"WP Meteor: How to speed up a WordPress website?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know that many are faced with the problem of how to speed up a WordPress website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is an incredibly popular platform for building websites, but it can be quite slow, especially when you have a lot of plugins and customizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slow page load times can negatively impact your site&#8217;s user experience and SEO rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, there are many ways to speed up your WordPress website, and one of the most effective ways is to use the WPMeteor plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far I have tried a lot of different plugins that are used to speed up WordPress sites and I have to admit that many of them worked poorly or simply did not do what they were supposed to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-logo1.jpg\" alt=\"WP meteor logo\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-logo1.jpg 926w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-logo1-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-logo1-768x242.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I came across <strong>WP Meteor<\/strong> quite by accident, when I was working on a page in <strong>Elementor<\/strong> and the speed for mobile devices was only 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I turned on the plugin the speed jumped to 75% which was simply amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download WP Meteor from the WordPress plugin folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Wp-meteor-download.jpg\" alt=\"Wp meteor plugin on WordPress\n\" class=\"wp-image-1402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Wp-meteor-download.jpg 571w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Wp-meteor-download-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does WP Meteor work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WP Meteor&nbsp;eliminates render-blocking Javascript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\">It can be said that he &#8220;rearranges&#8221; certain elements on the page and places the first ones that serve to display the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This gives a 2x-5x increase in page load speed, as well as in relevant <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pagespeed.web.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pagespeed.web.dev\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google page speed<\/a><\/strong> metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defining settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After you download, install, and start WP Meteor you will need to define <strong>3 types<\/strong> of settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry because the setup is not complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Settings panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this panel, you will be able to specify four options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LCP optimization only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One second delay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two seconds delay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delay until the first interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Settings2.jpg\" alt=\"wp meteor Settings\" class=\"wp-image-1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Settings2.jpg 367w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Settings2-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will choose <strong>Delay until the first interaction<\/strong> if you want the greatest acceleration, and if you have certain problems and the page loads incorrectly, then you will choose <strong>LCP optimization only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also experiment with other options to see which one works best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elementor panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You will use the third panel called <strong>Elementor<\/strong> if you are using the <strong>Elementor page builder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-Elementor-settings2.jpg\" alt=\"WP meteor Elementor settings\" class=\"wp-image-1403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-Elementor-settings2.jpg 309w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WP-meteor-Elementor-settings2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, after changing the settings, you must press the <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> button to save the settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exclusions panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have left this panel for last because it needs additional explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we will define the scripts for which we do not want the program to accelerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Exclusions4.jpg\" alt=\"wp meteor Exclusions\" class=\"wp-image-1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Exclusions4.jpg 452w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wp-meteor-Exclusions4-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, when the highest acceleration <strong>&#8220;Delay until the first interaction&#8221; <\/strong>is set in the settings, it may happen that<strong> Google Analytics<\/strong> does not record the visitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent this from happening, we will exclude analytics scripts from acceleration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will write them in the provided window (ga and gtag in the picture) and mark <strong>Exclude scripts matching regexp from optimization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have problems with loading, for example, contact forms, then we simply exclude the Javascript they use from acceleration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An example of acceleration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I also give you an acceleration test measured by <strong>Page Speed \u200b\u200bInsights<\/strong> for one of my websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WP Meteor disabled<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The speed is 86% for mobile devices and 92% for desktops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-without-wp-meteor.jpg\" alt=\"webpage speed without wp meteor\" class=\"wp-image-1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-without-wp-meteor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-without-wp-meteor-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WP Meteor enabled<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The speed is 95% for mobile devices and 100% for desktops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-with-wp-meteor.jpg\" alt=\"webpage speed with wp meteor enabled\" class=\"wp-image-1399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-with-wp-meteor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-speed-with-wp-meteor-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WP Meteor<\/strong> is a really good accelerator for WordPress websites <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and for now, it&#8217;s free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I have to mention that depending on themes and plugins it might not work well for someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can also work together with many plugins with a similar purpose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Autoptimize<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WP Rocket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WP Total Cache<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WP Super Cache<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LiteSpeed Cache<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WP Meteor is not compatible with Nitropack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope that this simple method will help you to speed up a WordPress Website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-meteor.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp-meteor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read more on the author&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, new interesting additions and themes in the WordPress category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, best regards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nel-media.com\/en\/blocksy-best-free-wordpress-theme\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1046\">Blocksy best free WordPress theme?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that many are faced with the problem of how to speed up a WordPress website. 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