Learn to cache, block, defer, and tune outgoing WordPress HTTP requests using transients, the pre_http_request filter, timeout configuration, and WP-Cron async patterns.
Fix WordPress Core Web Vitals with developer-level techniques: fetchpriority and preload for LCP, intrinsic sizing and font-display for CLS, main-thread yielding and script deferral for INP.
Render-blocking CSS and JavaScript delay your WordPress page from loading. Learn to use async and defer attributes on scripts, inline critical CSS, load full stylesheets asynchronously, and conditionally load assets only on pages that need them – all without any performance plugins.
The wp_options autoload column silently degrades WordPress performance as plugins accumulate. Learn how to audit autoloaded data with WP-CLI, identify bloat from expired transients and orphaned plugin options, and safely clean up your database to cut TTFB by 30-60%.
