WordPress 7.1 Client-Side Media Processing: What Changed and What to Test
WordPress 7.1 moves image resizing and compression into supported browsers. Here is what changed, what it means for performance, and what to test after upgrading.
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Aryan
Contributor to the SitePulse Labs independent WordPress performance publication.
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How to Measure WordPress Speed Before Making Any Changes
Build a reliable WordPress performance baseline before changing hosting, plugins, themes, or caching. This guide explains lab and field data, representative page testing, Core Web Vitals, cache states, repeated runs, and the conditions you should document for meaningful before-and-after comparisons.
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WordPress Hosting, PHP Version, and the Server Performance Floor
Understand how hosting infrastructure, PHP versions, workers, database resources, OPcache, and network latency shape the performance floor beneath WordPress. The guide explains how to separate hosting limits from application and front-end problems before deciding whether to optimize or migrate.
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WordPress Caching Explained: Which Layers You Actually Need
WordPress caching is a collection of distinct layers, not one switch. This guide explains browser, page, server, CDN, OPcache, and persistent object caching, including dynamic-page exclusions, cache invalidation, common conflicts, and a practical decision framework for different website types.
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