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Reduce Unused CSS using Perfmatters

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Reducing unused CSS is sort of like throwing out that old unused teddy that’s been sitting in the corner of a room for too long! But it’s important for page speed to reduce unused CSS and remove it where possible. Otherwise they become like little beasties gobbling up your page speed in the background. And the good news is that there are some easy to use tools to do this now like Perfmatters. Dive in and reduce unused CSS and clean your WordPress site today.

Speed up WordPress Elementor Website

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In this Elementor tutorial, I dive into the top five things to help you speed up your Elementor website so you don’t need to waste time in the future cleaning up your Elementor pages.

Is Elementor Slow – Does Elementor Slow Down Your Site?

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I decided to build this site using Elementor for these core reasons:

I’m not a designer – I create my own content and need to create it fast and with ease – I need my content to look good and professional – I need my pages to load FAST.

So Elementor is perfect for my use case.

NEW ~ Elementor Page Speed Course

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Page speed is not about speeding up your website!

YES you heard me correct.

Page speed is about making MORE money or in the case of a slow site – losing money!

Do inactive plugins slow down WordPress

do inactive plugins slow down WordPress

Ok here’s the short answer NO inactive plugins don’t slow down WordPress. Now here’s the beginning of the long answer – but sometimes they do! Conundrum I know – yes and no! How is it possible to have two answers to the same simple question.

Is WordPress fast out of the box?

Is WordPress fast out of the box

Do you think WordPress is fast on a clean install [out of the box]?

I spun up a server on Cloudways with WordPress pre-installed to test if WordPress is fast or slow out of the box.

What was the result? – Watch, see and read for yourself.

What are top 5 tips to improve WordPress website speed

top 5 tips to speed up WordPress

Ok let me spill the beans on what are top 5 tips to improve WordPress website speed. But are you ready to take responsibility for your page speed? If you are, SUPERB – I look forward to seeing you rank at the top of Google super soon when you follow these tips.