Performance

Speed

• Using Cloudflare with Traxio hosting

  How to put Cloudflare in front of a Traxio site: DNS records to create, the right SSL mode, keeping email records unproxied, and avoiding redirect loops.

  How-to guideAdvanced
• Why is my website slow?

  A methodical way to find why a website is slow — server response, page weight, third-party scripts or distance — and what to fix first.

  TroubleshootingBeginner
• How to measure website speed properly

  Which speed metrics matter — TTFB, LCP, INP, CLS — how to test fairly, and how to read results without chasing a perfect score.

  How-to guideIntermediate
• What is caching? Page, browser, object and CDN caching explained

  The different layers of website caching, what each speeds up, and which ones matter most for a site on shared hosting.

  ExplainerIntermediate
• CDN vs caching: what’s the difference?

  A CDN and a cache aren’t the same thing. How server-side caching and a content delivery network each speed up a site, and whether you need both.

  ComparisonIntermediate
• How to optimise images for a faster website

  Resize, compress and convert images to WebP or AVIF, use lazy loading and responsive images, and stop oversized photos slowing your site.

  How-to guideBeginner
• Using Redis object caching with WordPress

  Turn on Redis for your account and connect WordPress with an object cache plugin, then confirm cache hits.

  How-to guideAdvanced
• What is a CDN? Filed under Hosting explained

  How a content delivery network speeds up a website by serving copies from locations near visitors, and whether a small site needs one.

  ExplainerIntermediate
• Caching WordPress on shared hosting Filed under WordPress

  How page caching makes WordPress dramatically faster, how to choose and configure a caching plugin, and the pages that must never be cached.

  How-to guideIntermediate
• Why is WordPress slow? How to find and fix the cause Filed under WordPress

  Measure before you change anything, then work through the usual causes of a slow WordPress site: no caching, heavy plugins, big images and old PHP.

  TroubleshootingIntermediate

Limits and usage

• Understanding your hosting limits

  What disk space, bandwidth, CPU, memory, entry processes, I/O and inodes mean on shared hosting, and what happens when a site reaches a limit.

  ExplainerIntermediate
• What are inodes?

  Inodes count files and folders rather than their size. Why inode usage matters on shared hosting and how to find and reduce it.

  ExplainerIntermediate
• What’s using my disk space? How to free it up

  Find what’s filling your 3GB — usually email, backups or caches — and clear space safely without deleting anything you need.

  How-to guideBeginner
• “508 Resource Limit Is Reached” and slowdowns under load

  What a 508 or resource limit error means, how to find what’s consuming CPU, memory or processes, and the fixes that stop it recurring.

  TroubleshootingIntermediate
• Bandwidth and disk space explained Filed under Hosting explained

  What bandwidth and disk space measure, how much a typical website uses, and how to estimate whether 3GB and 100GB is enough.

  ExplainerBeginner

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