site page load speed

hi Stiofan,

thanks for looking into it. Just a few quick follow-ups:

1) Caching configuration — I believe you have turned off GD Booster and have enabled Wp Super Cache + Autoptimize. I assume this is the best configuration already? Varnish on cloudways remain disabled. I assume this is what you want us to do. Please confirm.

2) Cloudflare — we have enabled cloudflare since we migrated from siteground to cloudways. We have largely used default configuration (rocket loader off). Please confirm if this is ok.

3) Apdex score on New Relic / CPU / Memory
Since we migrated to cloudways, we have been using New Relic to monitor the application. We like the tool a lot as it gives us lots of transparency although we are still learning how to best use the data and analytics. We have noticed lots of Apdex score alert (<0.6) in the last 24 hours, presumably it may be driven by testing done by your team. We have also been monitoring CPU and memory usage which are currently well within the limits of our server capacity (our traffic is very low). Can we assume if the Apdex score is poor (and if CPU and memory are well within limits), it is likely driven by the application (WP/GD)? We will keep using the tool for monitoring unless you tell us otherwise.

4) will the changes you made in events manager be included in the next release? I just want to make sure when we upgrade the plugin, we won’t lose the changes you made.

5) It appears you have removed some fonts (Google fonts, I think). Do you think it impacts the speed materially? I am okay with it as site load speed is far more important than fonts! Just want to confirm if it is done deliberately.

6) Are there other changes you made I missed above? I just want to make sure we would not accidentally undo changes you made.

7) Size of database — how does the size of the database impacts the speed of the page load? Currently, we have ~3000-4000 records in the events CPT. Many of them are linked to a place record. If we increase the size of event database five fold, would that impact the speed of page load speed? Presumably, we may need to increase server capacity to match the bigger database? What is the largest GD database you have seen so far? (I assume we are miles away from it but just want to make sure we are not breaching its capability limits.)

thanks again for your support. best regards,

Peter

Stiofan,

thanks again for your help. We will continue to monitor the site’s performance and keep you in the loop if we run into issues. Regards,

Peter