Making your website load faster with proven optimisation techniques.
Page speed isn't just a number in a testing tool. It's the difference between a visitor who stays and one who hits the back button. Google measures it, yes, but your customers experience it before any algorithm does.
Our page speed articles cover the practical techniques that actually move the needle: image optimisation, lazy loading, caching layers, script loading strategies, and the server-side improvements that shave hundreds of milliseconds off every request.
A real UK locksmith client. Brand-new site, hosted on 365i, designed by sister company Press Forge. Perfect 100/100/100/100 mobile PageSpeed from day one, then #1 on Google, ChatGPT, and Gemini for "Brewood Locksmith" within 12 days. Zero backlinks at launch.
mcneece.com scores 97 on mobile PageSpeed Insights. The number isn't a plugin trick. It's a layered stack: PHP 8.5, the 365i Web Optimisation panel, the 365i CDN with 180-day edge caching, and one tuned plugin. Real screenshots of the actual settings.
You've tried caching plugins and image compression. Still slow. That's because you're treating symptoms, not the cause. This diagnostic guide starts where speed actually lives: your hosting infrastructure.
Every week someone on LinkedIn announces the death of SEO, websites, or WordPress. The internet has been dying since 2005 and yet here we all still are. Meanwhile, the real conversion killer is painfully boring: your hosting is too slow.
Budget hosting at £2-3/month looks like a bargain until you count the hidden costs. Slow pages lose sales, security gaps mean cleanup bills and GDPR fines, downtime costs UK SMEs a median of £7,500/year, and DIY server management eats hours every month.
Half your visitors leave if your site takes more than 3 seconds to load. This guide covers what makes WordPress fast, how Google measures it with Core Web Vitals, and the practical steps UK small businesses can take right now.
Version 1 checked if files existed. Version 2 uses actual AI to read them the way ChatGPT would. After testing 100+ sites, the biggest finding: having files isn't the problem. Having broken files is.
PHP 8.5 launched 20 November 2025. Four months on, the 12-14% speed improvements have held up across hundreds of production WordPress sites. Here are the three features driving the gains: pipe operator, improved JIT, and readonly class improvements.
Google Discover was driving massive traffic in late 2025: 50,000+ daily views to optimised WordPress sites. Read alongside our December 2025 update article on the algorithm change that hit publishers hard. The image, hosting-speed, and news-style structural advice still applies.
WordPress 6.9 shipped seven performance changes that cut CSS payloads by 45%, improved TTFB by 19%, and dropped LCP by 17% across our test sites. Here's what each change does and why it matters.
The CSS clamp() function makes responsive typography simple. Here's how the Clamp Generator tool works, best-practice sizes, accessibility tips, and why it beats media queries.
Most UK websites don't need a cookie banner at all. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 came into force on 5 February 2026 with new low-risk-cookie exemptions and PECR penalties up to £17.5m. Here's when consent is legally required, when you can skip it, and what to do instead of annoying your visitors with popups.
Build a CSS FAQ accordion with schema markup, smooth animations, and responsive design. No jQuery, no frameworks. Just native HTML, CSS, and valid JSON-LD that earns Google rich snippets.
CSS clamp() replaces dozens of media queries with a single line of fluid typography. Here's how the function works, a step-by-step generator tutorial, and the accessibility detail most guides miss.
