Core Web Vitals
Homepage Animations in WordPress: Do They Cost You Rankings?
An animated hero section can look sharp on launch day. Six months later, when your Largest Contentful Paint is sitting at 6.2…
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Web Hosting
Kinsta WordPress Hosting: What You Actually Get
Kinsta sits near the top of most managed WordPress hosting roundups, and the price reflects that. Plans start at around £30 a…
Core Web Vitals
Why LCP Is the One Speed Metric Clients Actually Feel
Ask a client what they thought of their new site and the first thing they mention is usually how fast it felt.…
AI & Automation
One Script Tag That Killed a Product Launch Before It Started
The campaign was ready. The email had gone out. And the page sat there, not loading, while traffic piled up and conversion…
Core Web Vitals
WebP vs JPEG in WordPress: Which Format Actually Loads Faster
Swap every JPEG to WebP and your site loads faster. That's the received wisdom, and it's mostly true, but the detail matters…
Core Web Vitals
How One Render-Blocking Script Can Wreck Your PageSpeed Score
Most people assume a slow PageSpeed score means a generally slow site. Often it comes down to a single file sitting in…
Search Engine Optimisation
Why Google Sometimes Still Ranks Slow Websites
A client once showed me a competitor's site that took over six seconds to load on mobile. No caching worth mentioning, images…
Core Web Vitals
WordPress Image Compression: What Actually Cuts File Size
A freshly uploaded JPEG can sit at 4MB and nobody bats an eyelid. The image looks fine in the media library, the…