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WordPress Speed Optimisation

Unlock the full potential of your WordPress website with our Speed Optimization services. At Stone Digital, we specialize in enhancing your site’s loading speed, ensuring a seamless user experience and improved search engine rankings.

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WordPress Optimisation

Why Speed for your WordPress
Website Matters

If you're here, you probably understand the significance of website speed and performance. However, if you're looking for more specific reasons why speed matters for your WordPress website, here are six key observations we've gained from years of experience:

A fast-loading website provides a smoother and more enjoyable experience for your visitors. Slow websites often frustrate users and lead to high bounce rates.

Speed is a critical factor in search engine rankings. Google and other search engines prioritize fast websites, which can improve your visibility and organic traffic.

With the majority of users browsing on mobile devices, a speedy website ensures optimal performance on smartphones and tablets, boosting mobile user satisfaction.

Studies have shown that faster websites have higher conversion rates. A quicker loading time encourages users to stay longer and take desired actions, such as making purchases or filling out contact forms.

In a competitive online landscape, having a fast website sets you apart from competitors with sluggish sites. It can be a deciding factor for users choosing your services or products over others.

Speed optimization can reduce the load on your hosting server, potentially lowering hosting costs. It also reduces bounce rates, saving you money on paid advertising by improving the quality score of your ads.

Most Common Causes: Slow WordPress Website

At Stone Digital, we understand the critical importance of a fast and responsive website.

Over the years, we’ve identified the 4 most common issues holding a WordPress website back from achieving top speed performance.

Bad Web Hosting
Slow or unreliable hosting can lead to sluggish website performance. We assess your hosting environment and recommend improvements if needed.

Too Many Plugins
An excessive number of plugins can bloat your website and cause slowdowns. We help you identify and remove unnecessary plugins to streamline performance.

Bad Quality Code
Poorly written or outdated code can slow down your website. Our experts review and optimize your website’s code for efficiency.

Lack of Caching
Caching helps store static versions of your site for quicker access. We implement caching solutions to speed up page rendering.

By improving these 4 areas, we can guarantee that we’ll supercharge your WordPress website and provide a smoother, faster experience for your users.

What’s Included in Our WordPress
Speed Optimization Services?

Our unique speed optimization process consists of more than 120 individual steps, with each one contributing
to better website performance

If you require assistance with a specific aspect of speed optimisation or any of the steps outlined below, don’t
hesitate to reach out. We can tailor our optimisation services to suit your specific requirements.

Full Caching Tool Audit
Browser Caching Setup Configuration & Tuning
Page Caching Setup & Configuration
Database Optimization, Cleanup & Scheduled Maintenance Implementation
SQL Server Tuning (if you’re on a VPS and we have access)
HTACCESS File Optimization
Theme Optimization As Far As Your Theme Supports
WordPress Plugin Updates & Patching As Required
Plugin Review & Pruning As Required
Server Compression Tuning As Required
PHP Tuning As Required TTFB Optimization where required
Cloudflare CDN Setup & Implementation for Lightning Fast Worldwide Load Times & Fast DNS Hosting (optional but strongly recommended)
Google Tag Manager Setup & Implementation (strongly recommended if you have Livechat or a lot of 3rd party tags)

Livechat Lazy Loading Configuration
Image & Video Lazy Loading Configuration (if appropriate for your theme)
Advanced Image Compression and Optimization With Support For .Webp Next Generation Image File Format WordPress General Best Practices Review & Implementation Advanced Optimization – Page Prefetching & Just In Time Preloading
Advanced Database & Object Caching Implementation *IF Your Hosting Supports Memcached or Redis Memory Caching
Advanced Edge Caching For Lightning Fast Worldwide Load Times & Lower TTFB Using Cloudflare’s APO Service (if supported by the type of site you have)
Optional Server or Hosting Migration
Optimization for Google’s Core Web Vitals Metrics
Page or Specific Problem Troubleshooting & Rectification Such As Fixing Slow Woocommerce Cart & Checkout Operations or Fixing A Slow WordPress Backend Admin Panel.
VPS Server Tuning Server Log File Analysis Malware Removal & Hacked Site Repair

Please note that the specific tasks included in your WordPress Speed Optimization service may vary depending on your website’s unique needs and the service provider.

WooCommerce Services

Shopify Services

Our Commitment:
90+ Google PageSpeed Score

As part of our service, we commit achieving a Google PageSpeed Score of 90 or higher for your website.

We’re experts in WordPress and custom web development, which means we have advanced tools and techniques we can use to optimise your website.

With our proven techniques and experience, we strive to provide you with a lightning-fast website that keeps your visitors engaged and satisfied.

Stone Digital Process

Our Ecommerce Development Process

We offer custom WordPress solutions to create powerful and user-friendly websites that meet your business goals.

With our expertise in Shopify development, we can create stunning online stores that drive sales and enhance user experience.

Our team specializes in WooCommerce development, helping you build robust and scalable e-commerce solutions.

We offer custom WordPress solutions to create powerful and user-friendly websites that meet your business goals.

What Our Clients Say

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Working with Brett and the Stone Digital team is really easy and efficient. They helped us build our direct-to-consumer website from scratch with all functional and custom features built in. Stone Digital will be your excellent partner if you want to build a website with characteristics and bespoke design.

Quinten Wang

Founder The Best of Moi via Google

I’ve been working with Stone digital for close to a year now and they’ve been nothing short of helpful. Brett and his team always answer to my questions and go above and beyond in trying to propose solutions to our wordpress site, including migration, technical improvements to support our SEO, customizations to the WP theme and round the clock support for improvements, bug fixes and security monitoring. I would certainly recommend their services.

Camila Grotti

Marketing Manager International Cargo Express via Google

Stone Digital has been great! Brett is super responsive and I’m really happy with how my website is looking and working behind the scenes.

Justin Steele

Founder & CEO Local Sauce Tours via Google

We work with Stone Digital for a year now, and Brett has been very helpful in helping solve critical issues and kept our website secure and reliable. We particularly appreciate his expertise around website development and security. We would highly recommend the service of Stone Digital.

Jean-Luc Tan

Founder VIVE Cooking School via Google

What a great experience developing our new website with Brett and the team at Stone Digital. They took the time to understand what I wanted, were responsive throughout the whole process from design to launch, and have continued to be helpful as we learn to navigate our way around the new site. Highly recommended.

Steve Nomchong

Founder Local Travel Planner via Google

Stone Digital have been managing and further developing our NFP organisation’s wordpress website for around 18 months. It’s a great working relationship – Brett is always quick to respond, gives great advice and always comes up with a fanastic, user friendly and attractive design. His custom web development skills are second to none – to date Stone Digital has helped us continue to grow our site, develop user friendly resource portals for our customers and helped us develop an LMS to create a bespoke learning experience for our students. No matter what we throw at him, the solution is always swift and effective. Highly recommended.

Brooke O’Donnell

General Manager Road Safety Education via Google

We are very happy with the SEO work Stone Digital completed on our site. It’s made a real difference to our enquiry rate and we are sure the back-of-house tweaks will make a real difference to our bookings in the future.

Maree Sheehan

Director The Sydney Connection via Google

I would highly recommend Brett and the team at Stone Digital. They assisted us with building a new website which now allows for easier setup and customisation of pages and products which had been a pain point of ours for some time. The new site now loads very fast and overall is easier for our team to use. We specifically wanted custom, advanced integration with Hero Travel platform allowing for multi product bookings. Our new website uses custom designs to suit our brand whilst still being able to index well with Google. Brett and the team have been a pleasure to work with and are always on point. Would highly recommend.

Toby Paige

Happy Travels via Google

Since moving to Stone Digital, our company’s website has been migrated from the dark ages, maintaining the look and feel we needed but 1,000 times more navigateable on the back end. Updates are easy, requests are dealt with swiftly, we’re spending less and getting much more. Very happy.

Jordan McDonald

Creative Director Swillhouse via Google

Stone Digital’s expertise helped us transition from a complicated platform to a much easier, user friendly one. Brett and his team were very communicative and explained each step along the way. Their professionalism and approachable team made the whole transition fantastic! We’re very happy with our new website which will now save us money in the long term due its intuitive, easy to use nature. Stone Digital’s pricing is very reasonable as well. Thank you to the team at Stone Digital!

Tiffany Mak

Digital Content Specialist Jadecross Lighting Solutions via Google

Brett from Stone Digital saved me a whole lot of pain (and money) when my snake catching website went down during a peak period!! Brett was in contact immediately and got the site back up and running ASAP. He clearly communicated the …

Matthew Hagan

via Google

We worked with Brett on a big website revamp and API integration recently and can highly recommend him. Quick on the reply and took all our feedback and changes on board for an awesome final product! In fact we were so stoked with working with him that we’ve now moved our hosting and site maintenance over to Stone Digital as well!

Chris Stevens

Travel Expert Backpacker Banter via Google

Brett is a trusted advisor for our Website Hosting, CMS and WordPress templates. We’ve also referred Stone Digital for a number of our clients when they’ve needed website builds or advice and have always received great feedback. Highly recommend Brett for his approach and expertise!!

Adam O’Neill

via Google

Delighted with how our new website turned out. Brett was very creative and efficient with work on our site and his high response rate to questions or any changes we had assisted in an extremely smooth and successful project! I would highly recommend Brett from Stone Digital.

Neil O’Sullivan

Owner Travel Playground via Google

It is a bit of a minefield seeking website design and I feel I was fortunate that I chanced upon Stone Digital. Very happy with Brett’s quality website work and his ability to translate my website wishes into a reality. Highly recommended.

Carl Milton

via Google

Stone Digital was extremely efficient and effective in resolving a website issue. They clearly understood the brief and delivered above expectation. A pleasure to work with and would highly recommend.

Caroline Parrott

via Google

I was introduced to Brett by an acquaintance. Brett was a very credible developer with excellent website, XML and CMS knowledge. When I went to Sydney, he came to the hotel cafe and had a very good meeting. In particular, my request was a multilingual EC site, but the development went smoothly. He always says “Feel free to get in touch if any questions throughout the process.” And he cares for me and follows up.

Tomio Yamazaki

Co-Founder Australian Tour Specialists via Google

Very helpful and professional. Made everything easy for me to understand any changes on the website. Highly recommend using their services!

Fay Kanellos

via Google

So far, the client has been pleased with Stone Digital’s services — all deliverables have been completed on time and according to specifications. The team is always quick to respond to any queries or requests, and their personable attitude makes them easy and fun to work with.

Jordan McDonald

Creative Director Swillhouse via Clutch

Stone Digital’s work resulted in faster upload and download speeds and better UX. The team’s communicative and timely approach led to a positive partnership. Stone Digital’s understanding of the project goals made them stand out.

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Executive Travel & Tours Company via Clutch

The client is delighted with Stone Digital’s ability to understand the brief and deliver a good product. The team is personable and flexible and has provided the client with the tools to take over their own site. They excel at project management and effective communication, providing clear updates.

Jules Gardner

Director The Kind Coffee via Clutch

The updated website has received positive feedback from internal and external stakeholders. Stone Digital’s communicative and prompt approach results in a positive working relationship. Ultimately, their top-notch project management complements their technical expertise.

Brooke O’Donnell

General Manager Road Safety Nonprofit via Clutch

The client is happy with Stone Digital’s work. They communicate clearly and confirms task requirements beforehand, which they also complete in a timely manner. The vendor’s integrated 3PL also created a much smoother experience for their internal team.

John Kim

Managing Director Pacificblue health via Clutch

Thanks to Stone Digital’s help, the client noticed improvements in efficiency — they could now manage bookings a lot easier through the new system. Their site also experienced a boost in engagement and inquiries. The team’s flexibility and adherence to quality were key to the project’s success.

Justin Steele

Founder & CEO Local Sauce Tours via Clutch

Thanks to Stone Digital’s efforts, the client’s bookings increased significantly. The team provided updates about the project’s progress and was excellently collaborative. Their flexibility stood out during the feedback iteration process.

Chris Stevens

CEO RTW Backpackers via Clutch

After launching the site, the client saw a dramatic increase in inquiries and direct bookings within a month. They also received positive feedback from customers. Stone Digital impressed with their flexibility in terms of accommodating requests and ability to deliver high-quality outputs on time.

Neil O’Sullivan

Owner Travel Playground via Clutch

Thanks to Stone Digital’s development prowess, the client is rewarded with optimal solutions and numerous customer visits. As a result, the internal team has commended the platform positively. The team has communicated well to provide progress updates and feedback.

Cindy Tan

Head of Growth Marketing Life Science & Biotech Company via Clutch

Stone Digital has improved the client’s web server, making it stable and cost-saving. The team is always quick to resolve issues. So far, the client is impressed by the team’s good understanding of the client’s requirements as they continue their partnership.

Marcus Reubenstein

Editor & Publisher APAC News via Clutch

After Stone Media resolved the issues, they added SEO features that resulted in a significant increase in traffic. The team seamlessly communicated through email and SMS. They were professional, prompt, and cost-effective.

Ryan McEvoy

Graduate Lazarus Capital Partners via Clutch

Stone Digital was well-organized, timely, and responsive. Stone Digital led a smooth process and provided feedback and digital assets during the development process. The client also praised the team’s responsive communication.

Steve Nomchong

Managing Director Local Travel Planner via Clutch

Stone Digital successfully executed all of the client’s requirements. The team worked in a very professional manner — they delivered everything on time and managed tasks efficiently using Asana. Moreover, they were highly responsive and proactively came up with new solutions.

Camila Grotti

Marketing Manager International Cargo Express via Clutch

Stone Digital timeously delivered the project to the client’s expectations. The vendor ensured excellent project management and communication via email and in-person and virtual meetings. Their high-quality service, expertise, and collaborative and empathetic approach were commendable.