Improving speed and performance in WordPress

A slow-loading website frequently frustrates site users and visitors, resulting in a higher bounce rate and fewer conversions.This article will show you how to use the Autoptimize Plugin to improve the speed and performance of your WordPress -powered website. This plugin enables you to optimise the use of JS, CSS, HTML, and image files in order to provide a better experience to visitors.

What is Autoptimize Plugin?

The Autoptimize Plugin is a plugin that allows you to optimize your site using a simple user interface.Following are some of the features the plugin offers for site optimization:

• Minify and cache scripts and styles

• Injects CSS in the page head by default

• Inline critical CSS

• Defer the aggregated full CSS

• Move and defer scripts to the footer

• Minify HTML

• Defer the aggregated full CSS

• Optimize images

• Optimize Google Fonts

• Async non-aggregated JavaScript can be used.

Installing Autoptimize Plugin in WordPress

To install Autoptimize Plugin in WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Plugins, and then click Add New:
   

3. Search for "Autoptimize Plugin" click Install, and then click Activate the plugin:
   

4. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Settings, and then click Autoptimize:
   

5. In the Autoptimize Settings page, configure the settings for JavaScript, CSS and HTML files optimization:
   

6. Click the Images tab and optimize the images, to improve your website's loading speed and performance:
   

More Information

For more information about the Autoptimize Plugin, please visit https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/

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