![]() When checking your site for compatibility with the recommended PHP version, we now run more optimized checks that save time and server resources. These stats can be visualized with the help of the Debug bar plugin. Our improved implementation also allows you to see statistics about which objects are served via Memcached for each page. Not anymore! The Memcached works smoothly with all PHP versions supported by SiteGround. Previously, additional tweaking was required when changing the PHP versions of your site. We’ve enhanced the Memcached support in the new plugin version. Other Functionality Improvementsīesides the main functionality enhancements listed above, the new version of our plugin has brought a number of smaller but handy improvements to several other areas: Better Memcached support The “Fix Insecure Content” toggle will scan for insecure content and dynamically rewrite those for you. Our second feature is designed in case there’s content not covered by the first one. In these situations, when your site gets loaded in the browser, you will see the red warning “insecure content” on the page. However, depending on the code of your theme or plugins, some resources may not be in the database. ![]() For the majority of sites, that’s enough. In the new plugin version, we have split the process of forcing HTTPS on your site into two steps.įirst, we update your database, re-configuring your site to work with your SSL certificate and place a redirect to HTTPS. Although the footprint was minimal, it was still present. In the old plugin version, we used to redirect the traffic to HTTPS dynamically, which is not optimal because it adds to the loading time of your site. Browser Caching Control that automatically adds the necessary rules for your visitors’ browsers to cache your static content longer than the default settings.Option to disable emoji support to avoid unnecessary overhead by the emoji conversion script.Remove query strings from static resources to improve the way your content is cached by your visitors and potentially your CDN, if you’re using one.CSS, JavaScript, and HTML minification that improves the loading speed of your site by reducing the size of your resources.GZIP Compression to compress your content before it’s served to the browser and save bandwidth.Lazy loading of images that reduces the initial loading time of your pages and is especially useful for long ones with lots of images like the blogroll page.Automatic image optimization option for new uploads and manual bulk optimizer function for old ones.What’s unique to us is we’ve designed our plugin specifically for the SiteGround environment in order to minimize the resource footprint the optimizations cause. Most of them are well-known and widely used application-level optimizations that make WordPress sites faster. Brand New Front-End & Image OptimizationsĪ whole new set of front-end and image optimization features are now part of our plugin. The less your cache is purged, the less times your site will be reloaded. For example, when someone publishes a comment on your blog post, only that post’s URL will be cleared from the cache and regenerated on the next visit. On all other occasions, we have smart rules to determine which part of the cache to flush. With the new version, we purge the whole site cache only when there are important changes like when you update your WordPress version or install a theme or a plugin. This meant that many visitors would see non-cached content, causing slow page loading times. Now, we have significantly enhanced that feature by improving the cache purge functionality.īefore this release, any time there was a change on your site, even just a new comment on a blog post, the plugin purged the cache for the whole site. The NGINX-powered full page caching has been a core functionality of the plugin from the start. And when you use the plugin on a site that runs on an old PHP version and/or has poorly-optimized content, the benefit can easily go up to 500%! Internal speed tests of the new version show an additional 20-30% performance improvement even for well-optimized sites. ![]() Our SiteGround Optimizer has always been an invaluable tool in boosting site performance and now we’ve pushed its capabilities even further. Now, our plugin is an all-inclusive performance solution for WordPress sites hosted on our platform. With the new release, not only have we greatly enhanced the existing functionalities, but we’ve also included some of the most popular application-based performance optimizations. ![]() Over the years, we have added multiple features like PHP and HTTPS management options that allow even more control over SiteGround’s server environment right from the WordPress backend. Early versions of our SiteGround Optimizer plugin had one single purpose: to connect WordPress with the reverse proxy caching system set up on our servers. ![]()
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