[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":127},["ShallowReactive",2],{"cms-blog-how-we-sped-up-our-wordpress-sites-by-over-16x":3,"cms-testimonials-content":20},{"title":4,"excerpt":5,"slug":8,"rawDate":9,"date":10,"modified":11,"content":12,"readingTime":13,"acf":14,"tags":16,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":18,"featuredMedia":19},"How we sped up our WordPress sites by over 16x",{"raw":6,"plain":7},"\u003Cp>Walmart saw up to a 2% increase in conversions for every 1 second of improvement in load time. Every 100ms improvement also resulted in up to a 1% increase in revenue. Source – WPOStats If you’re still not convinced that page load speed is important check out this article. Although our sites were fast, we […]\u003C\u002Fp>","Walmart saw up to a 2% increase in conversions for every 1 second of improvement in load time. Every 100ms improvement also resulted in up to a 1% increase in revenue. Source – WPOStats If you’re still not convinced that page load speed is important check out this article. Although our sites were fast, we […]","how-we-sped-up-our-wordpress-sites-by-over-16x","2020-10-05T22:30:05",["Date","2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"padding: 20px;background: #1a237e;color: white\">Walmart saw up to a 2% increase in conversions for every 1 second of improvement in load time. Every 100ms improvement also resulted in up to a 1% increase in revenue. \u003Cstrong>Source – \u003Ca style=\"color:white\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwpostats.com\u002F2015\u002F11\u002F04\u002Fwalmart-revenue.html\" target=\"_blank\">WPOStats\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re still not convinced that page load speed is important check out \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.deloitte.com\u002Fie\u002Fen\u002Fpages\u002Fconsulting\u002Farticles\u002Fmilliseconds-make-millions.html\">this article\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although our sites were fast, we took it upon ourselves to make them even faster. An eye blink takes roughly 300ms (\u003Cstrong>Source – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nanigans.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F22\u002Freal-time-bidding-what-happens-in-200-milliseconds-infographic\u002F\">Shane O’Neill\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>), sites hosted with us load in under 100ms (See graphs at the end). That means whilst your blinking you could see 3 of our sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By using Cloudflare we can cache content at the edge, in over 200 cities worldwide, bringing your website geographically closer to your visitors. Traditionally, this only worked with static files such as images and files, but now it works for pages too. We use the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fwp-cloudflare-page-cache\u002F\">WP Cloudflare Super Page Cache plugin\u003C\u002Fa> which enables this page-caching technique on all of our websites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s an added bonus too; the more visitors to your site, the more your website is cached meaning it gets faster for everyone. There’s no longer any need to worry about scalability. Now time to get some more website visitors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here’s the before and after on one of our sites, hosted elsewhere, that shows a drastic decrease in load time from ~4,000ms to ~500ms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cpicture>\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=800\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3dfc39c25ad1a76e48a3f710d3af6bbc4fc4e7dab0fe11f0d\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3-Eg0Lvc6XkAEfmOs.png\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=480\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3dfc39c25ad1a76e48a3f710d3af6bbc4fc4e7dab0fe11f0d\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3-Eg0Lvc6XkAEfmOs.png 480w, \u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=800\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3dfc39c25ad1a76e48a3f710d3af6bbc4fc4e7dab0fe11f0d\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3-Eg0Lvc6XkAEfmOs.png 800w, \u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=868\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3dfc39c25ad1a76e48a3f710d3af6bbc4fc4e7dab0fe11f0d\u002F938b7cdf8ed0cfe3-Eg0Lvc6XkAEfmOs.png 868w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 1140px, 100vw\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"366\" class=\"wp-image-95\">\u003C\u002Fpicture>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And another before and after on a site hosted by us which shows a decrease from ~800ms to ~80ms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cpicture>\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=800\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=480\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png 480w, \u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=800\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png 800w, \u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=811\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png 811w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 1140px, 100vw\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"301\" class=\"wp-image-96\">\u003C\u002Fpicture>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your site is running slowly have a look at our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgalexia.agency\u002Fhosting\u002F\">hosting plans\u003C\u002Fa>, we’d be more than happy to help!\u003C\u002Fp>",2,{"link":15,"seo_description":15},"",[],"Joe Bailey","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png","https:\u002F\u002Fgalexia.agency\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=1200\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe349d6399bd8aaac7c2a1644c8564296c98b9c25c835e457cf5\u002Fbfc96fc5127ffe34-2020-12-23-16-32-uptimerobot.com_.png",[21],[22,35,46,57,68,79,90,101,114],{"title":23,"excerpt":24,"slug":27,"date":28,"modified":29,"readingTime":30,"acf":31,"tags":32,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":34},"Sukhy’s Beauty Clinic",{"raw":25,"plain":26},"\u003Cp>Joe did a fantastic job with my Beauty Website. He has the patience of a saint. Very helpful. Recorded me little loom videos to so I was able to edit and add to my website. Highly recommend his work.\u003C\u002Fp>","Joe did a fantastic job with my Beauty Website. He has the patience of a saint. Very helpful. Recorded me little loom videos to so I was able to edit and add to my website. Highly recommend his work.","sukhys-beauty-clinic-2",["Date","2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],1,{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],null,"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe did a fantastic job with my Beauty Website. He has the patience of a saint. Very helpful. Recorded me little loom videos to so I was able to edit and add to my website. Highly recommend his work.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":36,"excerpt":37,"slug":40,"date":41,"modified":42,"readingTime":30,"acf":43,"tags":44,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":45},"Sandra Heath Art",{"raw":38,"plain":39},"\u003Cp>I couldn’t be happier with my wonderful website which has exactly the feel that I was looking for and also the service provided by Joe. He’s created an eye-catching and engaging website showcasing my art and has been incredibly patient, calm and entirely professional throughout the whole process. I thought hard about what I wanted […]\u003C\u002Fp>","I couldn’t be happier with my wonderful website which has exactly the feel that I was looking for and also the service provided by Joe. He’s created an eye-catching and engaging website showcasing my art and has been incredibly patient, calm and entirely professional throughout the whole process. I thought hard about what I wanted […]","sandra-heath-art",["Date","2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I couldn’t be happier with my wonderful website which has exactly the feel that I was looking for and also the service provided by Joe. He’s created an eye-catching and engaging website showcasing my art and has been incredibly patient, calm and entirely professional throughout the whole process. I thought hard about what I wanted from the website and threw a lot of information at Joe and I’m pleased to report that it didn’t phase him one bit! The service provided has been first class. I would thoroughly recommend the services of Galexia Creative Agency Ltd to anyone looking for a competent and professional website designer.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":47,"excerpt":48,"slug":51,"date":52,"modified":53,"readingTime":30,"acf":54,"tags":55,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":56},"Local Histories",{"raw":49,"plain":50},"\u003Cp>Joe was very patient with both Tim and I as our IT knowledge is good but not extensive. Joe on the other hand clearly has a lot of expertise in website design and his suggestions and prompts were invaluable. The new website has now been launched and Tim and I are currently working on Phase […]\u003C\u002Fp>","Joe was very patient with both Tim and I as our IT knowledge is good but not extensive. Joe on the other hand clearly has a lot of expertise in website design and his suggestions and prompts were invaluable. The new website has now been launched and Tim and I are currently working on Phase […]","local-histories-2",["Date","2021-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe was very patient with both Tim and I as our IT knowledge is good but not extensive. Joe on the other hand clearly has a lot of expertise in website design and his suggestions and prompts were invaluable. The new website has now been launched and Tim and I are currently working on Phase 2, looking at ways of reaching a wider audience. We are able to do this now as we have the correct platform in place and feel more confident.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":58,"excerpt":59,"slug":62,"date":63,"modified":64,"readingTime":30,"acf":65,"tags":66,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":67},"HIHCT",{"raw":60,"plain":61},"\u003Cp>Working with Galexia has been a pleasure. They were responsive to the needs and objectives of our charity’s website and the resulting site we have achieved is to our original four point specification.\u003C\u002Fp>","Working with Galexia has been a pleasure. They were responsive to the needs and objectives of our charity’s website and the resulting site we have achieved is to our original four point specification.","hihct",["Date","2021-06-11T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with Galexia has been a pleasure. They were responsive to the needs and objectives of our charity’s website and the resulting site we have achieved is to our original four point specification.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":69,"excerpt":70,"slug":73,"date":74,"modified":75,"readingTime":30,"acf":76,"tags":77,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":78},"Elli Cassidy",{"raw":71,"plain":72},"\u003Cp>I had an existing website, but it needed some fixing and it was desperately slow. Joe had everything fixed and running properly the same day (I’d spent days trying to sort it. My site went from crawling to flying (literally!) speed grades of E & Fs improved to A & Bs. Would have no hesitation […]\u003C\u002Fp>","I had an existing website, but it needed some fixing and it was desperately slow. Joe had everything fixed and running properly the same day (I’d spent days trying to sort it. My site went from crawling to flying (literally!) speed grades of E & Fs improved to A & Bs. Would have no hesitation […]","elli-cassidy",["Date","2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had an existing website, but it needed some fixing and it was desperately slow. Joe had everything fixed and running properly the same day (I’d spent days trying to sort it. My site went from crawling to flying (literally!) speed grades of E & Fs improved to A & Bs. Would have no hesitation in recommending Galexia.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":80,"excerpt":81,"slug":84,"date":85,"modified":86,"readingTime":30,"acf":87,"tags":88,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":89},"Southampton Focus",{"raw":82,"plain":83},"\u003Cp>Joe is talented at turning designs into a reality, listens to feedback well and implements changes without questions, as well as being great at suggestions functionality and usability benefits to make sure the site is easy for customers to use.\u003C\u002Fp>","Joe is talented at turning designs into a reality, listens to feedback well and implements changes without questions, as well as being great at suggestions functionality and usability benefits to make sure the site is easy for customers to use.","southampton-focus",["Date","2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe is talented at turning designs into a reality, listens to feedback well and implements changes without questions, as well as being great at suggestions functionality and usability benefits to make sure the site is easy for customers to use.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":91,"excerpt":92,"slug":95,"date":96,"modified":97,"readingTime":30,"acf":98,"tags":99,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":33,"featuredMedia":33,"content":100},"Disabled People’s Voice",{"raw":93,"plain":94},"\u003Cp>Joe is quick to respond, easy to work with and offered a range of options and advice.\u003C\u002Fp>","Joe is quick to respond, easy to work with and offered a range of options and advice.","disabled-peoples-voice",["Date","2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe is quick to respond, easy to work with and offered a range of options and advice.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":102,"excerpt":103,"slug":106,"date":107,"modified":108,"readingTime":30,"acf":109,"tags":110,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":111,"featuredMedia":112,"content":113},"Therfield Village Pre-School",{"raw":104,"plain":105},"\u003Cp>Galexia transformed our outdated website making it far more accessible and increasing our retention and visibility in a competitive market. They have offered continuous support in maintaining our website and emails. The website forms part of our cohesive brand identity that Galexia helped create.\u003C\u002Fp>","Galexia transformed our outdated website making it far more accessible and increasing our retention and visibility in a competitive market. They have offered continuous support in maintaining our website and emails. The website forms part of our cohesive brand identity that Galexia helped create.","therfield-village-pre-school",["Date","2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F3b3374edda34833de99fcc7b2cc3debec440f079235154c19b8b2395dd9209a6\u002F3b3374edda34833d-square-logo-2.png","https:\u002F\u002Fgalexia.agency\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=1200\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F3b3374edda34833de99fcc7b2cc3debec440f079235154c19b8b2395dd9209a6\u002F3b3374edda34833d-square-logo-2.png","\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Galexia transformed our outdated website making it far more accessible and increasing our retention and visibility in a competitive market. They have offered continuous support in maintaining our website and emails. The website forms part of our cohesive brand identity that Galexia helped create.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"title":115,"excerpt":116,"slug":119,"date":120,"modified":121,"readingTime":30,"acf":122,"tags":123,"author":17,"featuredMediaUrl":124,"featuredMedia":125,"content":126},"Don’s Discs",{"raw":117,"plain":118},"\u003Cp>Galexia formed my brand identity. They worked with me on creating a Style Guide, Colour Palette, and my logo, which I love. I needed some heavy customisation to WooCommerce, a popular WordPress e-commerce plugin, which they happily helped with. If you need an e-commerce site, look no further.\u003C\u002Fp>","Galexia formed my brand identity. They worked with me on creating a Style Guide, Colour Palette, and my logo, which I love. I needed some heavy customisation to WooCommerce, a popular WordPress e-commerce plugin, which they happily helped with. If you need an e-commerce site, look no further.","dons-discs",["Date","2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z"],["Date","2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z"],{"link":15,"seo_description":15},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F40a5cc767cf33f13562af405bd612a18c6b8902e465b2671063db8884fb0f3aa\u002F40a5cc767cf33f13-Square_Logo.png","https:\u002F\u002Fgalexia.agency\u002Fcdn-cgi\u002Fimage\u002Fformat=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,width=1200\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fcms.galexia.agency\u002Fmedia\u002F40a5cc767cf33f13562af405bd612a18c6b8902e465b2671063db8884fb0f3aa\u002F40a5cc767cf33f13-Square_Logo.png","\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Galexia formed my brand identity. They worked with me on creating a Style Guide, Colour Palette, and my logo, which I love. I needed some heavy customisation to WooCommerce, a popular WordPress e-commerce plugin, which they happily helped with. If you need an e-commerce site, look no further.\u003C\u002Fp>",1793747113089]