How to Run a WordPress Performance Audit (A Developer Playbook)
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Most website owners evaluate speed by testing their URL in Google PageSpeed Insights, looking at the score circle, and feeling either relieved or frustrated. When the score is red, the typical response is to install an optimization plugin, turn on minification, and hope the number turns green. In many cases, the score barely changes, or worse, critical features like mobile navigation menus and WooCommerce checkout buttons break. Over ten years of hands-on WordPress development and more than 10,