Kimb Jones

Founder at Make Do. We help teams stabilise, improve and support complex WordPress websites and connected systems

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Why you should always run WP-Optimize before migrating a site

May 22, 2015 by Kimb Jones

The WP-Optimize plugin is a wonderful addition to anyones WordPress toolbox but it’s not often I’m able to really show why. Yesterday however I migrated a WP site that had been left to ‘rot’ for a few months, the outcome was a database of almost 700mb!

Check out the before…

WP-Optimize before

Almost 700mb!

..and after:

WP-Optimize after

Whoop! Down to 2.6mb!

Save time by keeping it all in WordPress

The most impressive thing about WP-Optimize is the time it saves you. Before this I would have to manually jump into phpMyAdmin and run a few choice queries before doing the SQL export.

Now I just do a full migration from any WordPress site directly from the Dashboard by running WP-Optimize first and then firing off BackUpWordPress.

Filed Under: WordPress, Work

Disable WordPress 4.2 Emojis for a front-end performance boost

May 19, 2015 by Kimb Jones

Everyone likes Emojis right? Um, not when they are jeopardising my hard-earned A rating on Google Page Speed and YSlow (I use GTMetrix to combine both. See my results here).
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Kill your darlings

Now thanks to Ryan Hellyer you can easily remove this extra bloat to your front end simply by adding the Disable Emojis plugin. Job done.

Filed Under: WordPress

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I run Make Do WordPress agency, a technical agency helping teams build, stabilise, improve and support complex WordPress websites, web applications and connected digital platforms.

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