Enabling this option ensures that background images are excluded from lazy loading. This allows background images to load immediately, ensuring they are displayed without delay, which is especially important for maintaining visual consistency and providing a seamless user experience. This feature is ideal for pages where background images play a critical role in design or […]
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Clear Cache when Page or Post is Updated
Enabling this option ensures that the cache is automatically cleared whenever a page or post is updated. This guarantees that visitors always see the most up-to-date version of your content, improving accuracy and consistency. By keeping your cached files in sync with changes, this feature enhances both performance and user experience. […]
What exactly does W3Speedster do?
W3Speedster is a WordPress performance optimization plugin with many features: CDN Integration HTML Caching Optimize images Lazy Loading WebP Support Minify CSS Minify JavaScript Defer parsing of JavaScript Serve scaled images Avoid CSS @import Exclusions Debug Site Google Fonts Optimization Delay JS Uninstalling W3Speedster W3Speedster can be uninstalled manually through FTP/File Manager. To manually remove […]
Updating W3Speedster
You can manually update the plugin. Remember, if your license has expired, you can renew it on your account page. Go to your account and download the latest version of W3Speedster Unzip the archive and then upload the ‘w3speedster’ folder to the ‘root’ directory and overwrite the existing folder […]
Exclude pages from HTML caching
Excluding specific pages from HTML caching ensures that these pages are always fetched directly from the server rather than from a cache. This approach is particularly useful for pages with dynamic content that changes frequently, user-specific pages, and sections of your site that must always display the most current data. […]
Create Critical CSS via wp-cron
Enabling this option allows the plugin to generate critical CSS for your WordPress pages using WP-Cron. By leveraging WP-Cron, the plugin can systematically process each page, creating critical CSS at a controlled pace. This method ensures that server performance remains unaffected, as the CSS generation process is spread out over time […]
Installing W3Speedster
Download W3Speedster Once you have bought W3Speedster, you can download the zip file from your W3Speedster account page. Note: If you use Safari, it might be automatically unzipping the file on download. Installing W3Speedster The manual installation involves uploading all the files to your web server through FTP software. Unzip the archive, then upload the […]
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Getting Started with W3Speedster
The first thing you’ll want to do once you’ve activated W3Speedster is: Run an ON/OFF test with W3Speedster’s default settings, and see how much faster your site has become already! You’ll be able to see the improvement in loading time W3Speedster has achieved just by running in its default configuration. If you have advanced knowledge […]
