{"id":462,"date":"2017-03-25T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=462"},"modified":"2017-03-25T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:31:28","slug":"siddharth-ashok","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker\/siddharth-ashok\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddharth Ashok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic: Optimizing WordPress for Speed &amp; Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic Description:\u00a0<\/strong>The most common complain we hear from a WordPress user is &#8220;My WordPress site is slow!&#8221;. And really, who doesn&#8217;t want their site fast ? if it&#8217;s already fast, we want it faster.<\/p>\n<p>Fast loading pages not only improve user experience, increase your page views, but also helps with your WordPress SEO, yes google loves fast sites. Every millisecond literally makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>In my talk I would be discussing how to optimize your WordPress site, that would include some tips for basic server-side optimisation, best practices to follow that would make a site fast, optimizing images and files, tools to measure and optimize site&#8217;s speed, and avoiding bad practices that make a site slow, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:\u00a0<\/strong>Siddharth Ashok is currently working with Indian-Swedish Web agency WebbDesinger (http:\/\/www.webbdesigner.se\/) aka Next Big Thing, as Front-End and WordPress developer.<\/p>\n<p>He have been using WordPress for almost a decade and have followed its journey from being just a blogging platform to CMS. Operating from Goa, India, he work with several Scandinavian clients developing custom themes and plugins.<\/p>\n<p>Find him on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siddharthashok\/ and Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/siddharthashok<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intended Audience:<\/strong> Beginner\/Advanced Developers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: Optimizing WordPress for Speed &amp; Performance Topic Description:\u00a0The most common complain we hear from a WordPress user is &#8220;My WordPress site is slow!&#8221;. And really, who doesn&#8217;t want their site fast ? if it&#8217;s already fast, we want it faster. 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