Comments on: GTmetrix.com – Analyzing Your Website?

By: Garen

Garen — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 02:47:55 +0000

Don’t worry minify isn’t as complicating as it sounds. It also referred to as minification. So, to minify something you’re going to remove unnecessary characters from the source code. This does not change any “functions” though.

I do recommend WP Fastest Cache for this:
https://blog.tbwhs.com/wp-fastest-cache/

They have a free version that will do the minification. Should get your site’s speed up in the 80+ range. Also, they have a premium version which is very good. A lot of plugins charge you a yearly fee. WP Fastest Cache charges a one-time fee. One of the easiest caching plugins I have used over the years.

By: Ajay kumar

Ajay kumar — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:19:35 +0000

I’m kind of new to designing websites. I did just check my site through GTMetrix. It looks like aI have some major problems:

Minify CSS
Minify HTML
Minify Javascript

Can you tell me what minify means?

Any ideas? My score is a 62 (PageSpeed) and 65 (YSlow).

By: Garen

Garen — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:52:09 +0000

In reply to Christa. Don't worry you can always increase the loading time of your site. Sometimes uninstalling plugins or moving your site a faster host do the trick :)

By: Garen

Garen — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:50:55 +0000

In reply to Wendy Krick. :)

By: Garen

Garen — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:50:43 +0000

In reply to Loes. Thanks a lot for your kind words.

By: Garen

Garen — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 03:20:00 +0000

In reply to Neal Umphred. Yeah, I agree with you. It's not the easiest to understand sometimes. What are you having problems with and I can let you know what some terms mean.

By: Neal Umphred

Neal Umphred — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 23:25:00 +0000

Thanks for the info! You wrote: “You can always click on ‘what does this mean’ and get more information about whatever one you would like to learn about. There is some excellent information in there!”

I tried these explanations and they are NOT for beginners. GTMetrix needs to hire people who can explain these things to beginners.

By: Garen

Garen — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:17:00 +0000

In reply to Peter Wolf.

There is no set number of plugins that you need. But, to answer your question as few as you can to make your website functional. Here is a good article that discusses this: https://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/how-many-wordpress-plugins-should-you-install-on-your-site/

It is a good idea to check with GTMetrix every one month or so, though.

By: Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:11:00 +0000

How many plug-ins should one have installed before it really starts to affect website loading speed. I struggle with this all the time. As soon as you tell someone of a problem they ask if you have such and such a plug-in. Great review on GT metrix. Do I need this, is it a must have? Thank you!

By: Christa

Christa — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:39:00 +0000

Hi Garen, This is a great tool! Thank you for sharing this wonderful information with us!
After checking out my site with this tool it is obvious my site needs improvement but then it is young and I knew that!

I am still learning this wonderful world of affiliate marketing! You have a wonderful site that I look forward to visiting again!
Christa 🙂