WordPress Speed Optimization (100% PageSpeed Insights): 2021 Guide + Core Web Vitals

This is a COMPLETE guide to WordPress speed optimization and how to improve scores in PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, core web vitals, and reduce load times. Cloudways Vultr High Frequency - https://www.cloudways.com/vultr-hosti... (use code OMM25 for 25% off first 2 months) 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Switch DNS to Cloudflare 1:41 - Reduce TTFB with cloud hosting 4:06 - Tweak hosting settings 5:08 - Configure a solid cache plugin with ideal settings 7:27 - Optimize page builders 9:06 - Remove unused CSS + JavaScript 10:04 - Cumulative Layout Shift (core web vital) 12:33 - Largest Contentful Paint (core web vital) 13:28 - First Input Delay (core web vital) 13:56 - Reduce impact of third-party code 15:08 - Serve statics assets with an efficient cache policy 15:36 - Eliminate render-blocking resources 15:52 - Preload, prefetch, preconnect 17:19 - Avoid enormous network payloads 17:41 - Minimize main-thread work 17:56 - Content delivery network (CDN) 19:55 - Optimize images 21:53 - Optimize plugins 22:45 - Clean your database 23:56 - Block bad bots 25:14 - Improve mobile speed 26:42 - Get help with speed Tools Mentioned In This Video (Aff Links) WP Rocket (10% off coupon) - https://onlinemediamasters.com/go/wp-... BunnyCDN - https://bunnycdn.com/?ref=c6khnsmr0n Perfmatters - https://perfmatters.io?ref=146 Hire WP Johnny - https://wpjohnny.com/wordpress-speed-... Resources Mentioned In This Video My article on WordPress speed optimization - https://onlinemediamasters.com/slow-w... List of slow plugins - https://onlinemediamasters.com/slow-w... WP Johnny server tweaks - https://wpjohnny.com/ultimate-wordpre... List of common domains to prefetch - https://onlinemediamasters.com/dns-pr... Hire Pronaya - https://www.freelancer.com/u/bdkamol Hire WP Fix It - https://www.wpfixit.com/ Best WP Rocket settings -    • The best WP Rocket Settings for 2021 (comp...   With core web vitals coming out as a ranking factor, speeding up WordPress is more important than ever. Run your site through PageSpeed Insights (or Lighthouse) and follow this video to get better scores and load times. Thanks for watching, Tom