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2022 Web Almanac CMS Report

ByDan Knauss September 28, 2022September 28, 2022

According to the CMS chapter of the just-released 2022 Web Almanac from the HTTP Archive, sites using a CMS — and WordPress — are still steadily increasing globally, and 34% of all the sites with an identifiable CMS were using a page builder. WordPress comes in at the bottom of the pack, however, when it…

Design | Development | Planet | The Week in Review

Tech Roundup for the Week of September 12

ByDaniel Schutzsmith September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Fresh off the heels of WordCamp US, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on in the world of design and development in the WordPress space. There were several fantastic talks about design, accessibility, WP-CLI, blocks, and FSE at the event. We’re looking forward to highlighting some videos once they’re online.

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Core Web Vitals in The Real World and The WordPress Ecosystem

ByDan Knauss August 31, 2022August 30, 2022

NitroPack is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, September 14th at 5pm EET / 11:00am ET, NitroPack’s team jointly with Salvatore Denaro, Technical Consultant at Google, will discuss all things Core Web Vitals, web performance, and WordPress. Register today!

Business | WordPress News

Business Case for Performance

ByDan Knauss August 4, 2022August 24, 2022

Here’s an idea for a handy performance business case calculator. The eCommerce fashion Farfetch correlated Core Web Vitals and their own performance metrics with their business metrics, which let them identify an increase in KPIs. They built a “Performance Business Case Calculator” to drive product decisions and a performance culture. Meanwhile, Felix Arntz discussed WordPress…

Post Status Notes #490

ByDavid Bisset March 17, 2022June 3, 2022

Newfold acquires YITH, Hostopia. Wordfence stops FastOrSlow.com. DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks. Tips and tricks for WordPress devs.

Now that SEO is taking performance…

ByDan Knauss June 25, 2021August 15, 2022

Now that SEO is taking performance optimization much more seriously thanks to Google‘s Core Web Vitals, some people think a web page’s Lighthouse performance scores correlate with their Core Web Vitals score. But is this really true? Rick Viscomi dives deeper into that question. Rick concludes it’s better to use tools like Google Search Console‘s…

📱Google’s AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages…

ByDan Knauss April 2, 2021

📱Google‘s AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages — has preoccupied web developers and their discussions for years. This controversial technology might be fading away now, ever so slightly. Search Engine Land noted that AMP won’t be required for articles to show in the Top Stories carousel in search results any longer. After the “Google Page Experience…

Here’s a good reminder of how…

ByDan Knauss February 25, 2021

Here’s a good reminder of how Google defines “performance” when it comes to websites, and what terms like “Largest Contentful Paint,” “First Input Delay,” and “Cumulative Layout Shift” mean when you are measuring your Core Web Vitals with Google PageSpeed Insights. 🖌️

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