How to Speed Up a WordPress Website Using WPRocket Plugin

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Why Speed Up a Website?

Higher Ranking on Search Engines
If the website loads slow it will appear lower in results.
First impression Matters
Users will judge negatively your website if it loads slow.
Minimize bounce Rates
Slow websites cause people to leave before it loads.
Boost Conversion Rate
Fast websites attracts high traffic. People will likely navigate the entire site to find what they need.
Increases Customer Engagement
Customer builds trust and believe in your website, they expect a site to load fast to get what they want

Tabs within the WPRocket Plugin are responsible for different ways to speed up a website. These include:

Cache
File Optimization
Media
Preload
Advanced Rules
Database
Add-Ons: Cloudflare, Varnish (for WPEngine), WebP Compability
Image Optimization (Imagify)

Selecting options within each tab helps with loading speeds of client sites on both desktop and mobile web browsers.

Here you can see the compared results from before and after testing.

Desktop

Before                              &                               After

Mobile

Before                              &                               After

Official Website of the plugin: https://wp-rocket.me
Tool for speed testing: https://pagespeed.web.dev
Website used for the example: https://www.conomos.com