Website speed optimisation, Core Web Vitals, and performance best practices.
Speed affects everything. Google uses it as a ranking signal. Visitors bounce from slow pages. Conversion rates drop measurably for every extra second of load time. And performance problems tend to compound: one slow plugin cascades into a slow page, which cascades into lost revenue.
We write about performance from the full-stack perspective: server-level tuning, application-level optimisation, front-end delivery, and the metrics that tell you whether your changes actually made a difference.
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 know your hosting is slow or overpriced. But what if switching breaks something? We've migrated thousands of WordPress sites. Here's what actually happens, step by step, and why none of the common fears hold up.
That £1.99 hosting deal? Check the renewal price. SiteGround jumps to £13.99. Fasthosts goes from 40p to £11.99. We compared intro vs renewal pricing for every major UK provider and did the three-year maths.
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.
We checked the renewal pricing on Kinsta, WP Engine, Hostinger Pro, Pressable, and SiteGround. Then we calculated what agencies actually pay per site at scale. The gap between per-site pricing and 365i's flat-rate agency plan is staggering.
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.
Per-site hosting fees add up fast when you manage client WordPress sites. 365i's agency plan costs £32.99/month for unlimited sites, each with staging, backups, and a full management panel. Here's why freelancers and small agencies are making the switch.
Most cloud comparisons list 47 services you won't use and leave you more confused than you started. This one gives you a five-question decision guide, real pricing from all three providers, and an honest take on when AWS, Google Cloud, or 365i's own managed cloud is the right fit.
Managed cloud servers start at £9.99/month and use the same My365i control panel as shared hosting. No command line, no complicated setup. Here's when dedicated resources, Redis caching, and ElasticSearch make the upgrade worth it, and when shared hosting is still the better choice.
Your SSL padlock doesn't protect against clickjacking, XSS, or downgrade attacks. Security headers do. Our free HTTP Header Inspector grades your headers A to F, traces redirect chains, and flags server version leaks. Here's what to check and how to fix it.
We built eight free SEO tools and gave them away. HTTP header grading, DNS health checks, HTTPS inspection, meta tag analysis, robots.txt testing, WHOIS lookups, WordPress security scanning, and sitemap-to-CSV export. No sign-up, no limits, no catch.
PHP 8.1 reached end-of-life on 31 December 2025. Four months on, WP Cloud, Pagely, and WordPress VIP have force-migrated their customers, but roughly 55% of the top million PHP sites are still running an EOL version. Here's what happened, what the host-driven upgrades actually broke, and how to get off PHP 8.1 now if you haven't already.
72 hours of production benchmarks comparing PHP 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 on WordPress 6.9. The results: 23% faster page loads, 30% faster WooCommerce add-to-cart, and three plugins that broke.
WordPress 6.9 changed cache key generation, breaking every major caching plugin and causing CPU spikes, stale content, and TTFB increases. The bug was patched in 6.9.1. Sites on 6.9.1 or newer no longer see the issue. Workaround steps preserved for the historical record.
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.
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.
We tested WordPress 6.9 across 12 real websites for 48 hours. TTFB dropped 20-26%, Core Web Vitals pass rates jumped from 61% to 84%, and WooCommerce stores processed 89 orders with zero issues.
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.
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.
