How to Reduce Server Response Times (TTFB) on Wordpress for Improved SEO

Server response time (TTFB) is an important factor in SEO and should not be overlooked. Site owners need to understand what TTFB is, why it’s important, and how to measure and improve it. In this article, we’ll discuss how to reduce server response times on Wordpress for improved SEO. What is Server Response Time (TTFB)? Server response time (TTFB) is the amount of time it takes for a web server to respond to a user’s request....

February 28, 2023 · 5 min · chart

WSL 2 Docker running slow

Yesterday I discovered my new Alpine Linux WordPress container had terrible latency when loading any pages. Running docker stats I could see the issue was not related to resources. A google search brought up this issue on the WSL GitHub project. It turns out there are very low throughput speeds when accessing the Windows file system in a WSL container. This is exactly what I was doing, hosting my WordPress files on the Windows file system instead of in WSL’s file system....

December 23, 2020 · 1 min · chart

AWS WordPress Blog: Part 2 – Deploy the EC2 Instance

Full AWS WordPress Blog series so far: AWS WordPress Blog: Part 1 – Buy a domain AWS WordPress Blog: Part 2 – Deploy the EC2 Instance This is the second article in a series which will detail how to deploy a WordPress server at AWS the cheapest way possible. This series will teach you about Route53, EC2, S3, CloudFront, IAM, and more! All while helping you setup your own blog which every good IT professional should have....

May 14, 2020 · 3 min · chart

AWS WordPress Blog: Part 1 - Buy a domain

Full AWS WordPress Blog series so far: AWS WordPress Blog: Part 1 – Buy a domain AWS WordPress Blog: Part 2 – Deploy the EC2 Instance This is the first article in a series which will detail how to deploy a WordPress server at AWS the cheapest way possible. This series will teach you about Route53, EC2, S3, CloudFront, IAM, and more! All while helping you setup your own blog which every good IT professional should have....

May 2, 2020 · 2 min · chart