wordpress optimization

Optimizing WordPress Permalinks

Jan 20th, 2009

Permalinks were invented to make the URLs permanent and also more easier to remember. WordPress blogs by default use dynamic URL structure, in the form of http://mysite.com/?p=344. This is dynamic as the page is retrieved using the number parameter which changes for every page. Using permalinks, the previous URL becomes something like http://mysite.com/cooking-tips-tricks. Why use permalinks?

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Do it Yourself: Optimize your WordPress Page Headings

Dec 16th, 2008

This is second article in the "Do it yourself" series and this one will be about heading tags. Most theme authors still do not pay particular attention to the layout and usage of header tags (H1, H2, H3...) in theme layouts. From the HTML optimization perspective, H1 is the most essential page tag and should appear as first on the page, and only once. H2 tags is next in hierarchy and you can have several of them on the page. Below each H2 you can have several H3 tags and so forth.

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Optimize your WordPress page loading times with a simple tweak

Dec 2nd, 2008

I have recently enchanced my WordPress optimization guide with seven new tips and one of them includes moving your JavaScripts to footer of the page when possible. Why is this important? When the browser loads the page, it loads the files as they appear meaning, your html, then css, images etc. If the javascript code is in the header, they will load before any of the other files listed below them.

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