Comments on: How To Speed Up Your Divi Website (Guide)

By: Mark Hendriksen

Mark Hendriksen — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 07:15:26 +0000

Hi Jim,

Yes, WP Rocket and Perfmatters do have overlapping features. I use both and I have not encountered any problems. Just make sure that you only let one plugin handle a specific feature. For example, both can defer JavaScript so enable this for one of the plugins.

The main reason for taking Perfmatters is the script manager. With this, you can disable plugins for certain pages. For example, if you are using a social share plugin for your blog, you can disable that for the rest of your site, or using Woocommerce, you can disable that on all pages except for your shop pages.

By: Jim Clayton

Jim Clayton — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:42:57 +0000

Hello Mark,
Nice guide. Appreciate your putting this together. Many of the suggestions I have been doing or using plugins like WP Rocket. I have not used Perfmatters and am intrigued to see if it will help the sites I manage and work on. Question: It looks like Perfmatters has some features that duplicate some features of WP Rocket; have you found any conflicts or problems in using both?

By: Mark Hendriksen

Mark Hendriksen — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:54:09 +0000

In reply to Cristina.

Hi Chistina,

If you use WP Rocket I would disable Static CSS File Generation. WP Rocket will do this then for you.

If you do not use WP Rocket or any other plugin that handles this then enable this function in Divi.

For Google Analytics you need the whole code with the opening and closing

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:12:55 +0000

Thanks very much for this guide! I have a couple of question: in Divi do I have to disable Static CSS File Generation if I use WP Rocket? And if I don’t use WPR its better to leave it? When you talk about copy Google analytics code and copy it to Divi integration, do I have to copy the simple ID (UA-1234567-1) or the hall code (

window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag(‘js’, new Date());

gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-150758594-1’);

………..) Thanks for help!

By: Mark Hendriksen

Mark Hendriksen — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:18:32 +0000

In reply to Simple Media. Thanks. You can create this table of contents just with a text module for Divi and then use the text list options to design it.

By: Simple Media

Simple Media — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:03:01 +0000

Thanks for the guide Mark! I’ve seen so many guides but don’t actually prove it. I checked yours through gtmetrix and it’s through the roof!!!

I’m curious about your table of contents. Is that a plugin or you designed it with Divi?

By: Mark Hendriksen

Mark Hendriksen — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:06:17 +0000

In reply to Martin.

Hi Martin,

A low TTFB can have different causes. Check this article from WP Rocket to identify what is causing it for you.

https://wp-rocket.me/blog/how-to-reduce-ttfb-wordpress-site/

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:26:46 +0000

In reply to Mark Hendriksen. I have Standard B2s (2 vcpus, 4 GiB memory) and my TTFB is still 4.5ms which is horrible.

By: Mark Hendriksen

Mark Hendriksen — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:22:02 +0000

In reply to Alessandra.

Hi Alessandra,

In my opinion, WP fastest Cache is easier to use. I am planning to create a test with the most popular free caching plugins to see how they score.

Take a look at this one https://wordpress.org/plugins/swift-performance-lite/

I have heard really good things from others about this one.

By: Alessandra

Alessandra — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:25:26 +0000

Thank you Mark, very useful and clear guide. What do you think of WP Fastest Cache instead of W3? Less options but also lighter, isn’t it?!