Enable Gzip Compression via htaccess
Your pages ship a lot of text: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. That text compresses well, and gzip does it before the bytes
htaccess
htaccess Header set Cache-Control
Your visitors shouldn’t re-download the same logo on every page. Once their browser has it, let it keep it. That’s what
Set Header Control Max Age
Most slow sites aren’t slow because of one heavy thing. They’re slow because the browser re-downloads the same logo, stylesheet, and
Fix Leverage Browser Caching
You ran a speed test, and it flagged “Leverage browser caching.” It sounds scary. It isn’t. On an Apache server it’s
Force Redirect to non WWW
Your site answers on two addresses: www.example.com and example.com. Pick one. If both stay live, Google sees two copies of every
WordPress Default .htaccess Explained
If your permalinks suddenly break, or a redirect plugin sends visitors somewhere weird, there’s a good chance the trail leads back
Always Redirect to WWW
Your site can answer to two addresses, example.com and www.example.com, and to Apache those are two different sites. Pick one as