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Jan Tissler • 30/01/2026

Sustainable web hosting: How to find the best providers

Find out what you need to look out for to choose sustainable web hosting – from renewable energies to climate-friendly data centres.

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Jan Tissler • 14/01/2026

WordPress web hosting trends 2026: These three points matter now

Laurids Pillokat • 27/11/2025

Scalable WordPress hosting: avoid outages during traffic peaks

Joachim Mahr • 30/07/2025

10 serious WordPress maintenance errors – and how to avoid them

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Elena Erdmann • 18/04/2023

7 popular WordPress performance plugins in comparison

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Leefke Krönke

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19/07/2022

WordPress migration made easy – How to ensure a smooth migration

A WordPress migration is necessary if you want to take your website with you when you switch to a new web host. Find out more here!
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Jan Hornung

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18/07/2022

Why do WordPress websites become slow?

Why are WordPress websites slow in the first place? What are the causes of high page load times and how can they be remedied?
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Sven Scheuerle

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20/05/2022

How to Minify: Reduce CSS, HTML and JavaScript

Reducing, minifying and compressing HTML, CSS and JavaScript is one of many ways to optimise performance.
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Saša Ebach

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06/05/2022

Make WordPress faster: The best tips for more performance

Do you want to make WordPress faster for more visibility on Google and satisfied visitors? We show you the most important measures.
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Kristina Tuvikene

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29/03/2022

Find WordPress hosting: 6 hosting types in comparison

Which WordPress hosting is right for you? We compare 6 types to help you find the right WordPress hosting.
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Michael Firnkes

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19/01/2022

The 13 most important reasons for managed WordPress hosting

Managed WordPress hosting provides a real boost. But how much power does WordPress actually need? We clear up the jungle for you.
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Jan Hornung

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03/01/2022

Webpagetest: Tame the test monster and analyse your website performance

Analyse the performance of your websites down to the smallest detail with WebPageTest – professionally, quickly and successfully!
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Michael Firnkes

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29/10/2021

Green hosting for WordPress: How sustainable can web hosting be?

How you can operate your website in a climate-friendly way. About the opportunities of green hosting for WordPress and WooCommerce.
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Jan Hornung

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28/10/2021

The grading dilemma: a typical problem when comparing performance

We show why many users measure their page load time incorrectly and what you need to do and know to get it right.
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Jan Hornung

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23/10/2020

The 5 biggest WordPress speed killers

Top hardware, top hosting and yet WordPress is still slow? You should know these 5 WordPress speed killers for optimisation!
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Patrick Moravec

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03/09/2020

What is a content delivery network (CDN)? And when does it really make sense?

A CDN can improve your website's loading time, uptime and security. Nevertheless, a content delivery network is not always useful.
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Joshua Schofield

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29/07/2020

PageSpeed Insights & the importance of website speed

Slow websites can slow down your ranking. Learn more about Google PageSpeed Insights and how to use it to identify problems.
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Leefke Krönke

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12/06/2020

Optimise WordPress with the 10 most important adjusting screws

Our insights from hosting thousands of WordPress projects: You can optimise your WordPress with little effort – if you know how!
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Jan Hornung

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03/03/2020

Optimise WordPress: How to analyse your website in 7 seconds

There's more to optimising WordPress performance than PageSpeed Insights. Find out more about hidden load time brakes here.
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Nils Cartsburg

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19/02/2020

Instructions: Convert WordPress multilingual to WPML Multidomain

Do you need WordPress multilingual? Multidomain is the best option for your SEO. Instructions for WPML Multidomain with WordPress and WooCommerce.
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Tobias Schüring

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25/01/2018

Why Google’s “Brotli” compression algorithm is a real gzip alternative

The Brotli compression standard from Google outperforms previous techniques such as gzip. We show you how Brotli makes your WordPress faster.
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