Thanks again, Adam! Before watching this video, I had a few of these options switched to the "ON" position. Now, with your help here, I am using all the features you have demonstrated in his video. The biggest being activating, Cloudflare. I had no idea what Cloudflare was all about until now. Many thanks!
This video helped me make the switch from InMotion to SG. IMH was good, but SG makes life so much easier. I used your link above to set-up my account and wondering how to get access to your course bundle. Thanks a million for looking after us novices.
Thanks for your purchase. Please note that I need you to send me the entire receipt to the email address in the instructions so that I can verify that your purchase was via my link. Please follow all the instructions on my contact page: 1. Visit www.wpcrafter.com/contact/ 2. Read the section titled "Course Offer Instructions" 3. All the redemption instructions are right there I look forward to getting you access ASAP! Thanks, Adam @ WPCrafter
Thank you so very much! I did everything you said and the results are astounding! I just did the gMetrix test and everything was green and tested above average; at 92 "Leverage browser caching" was the lowest but apparently the average for that is only 64%! The speed is just 1.9 seconds - down from just over 4. I needed help with Cloudflare and SiteGround as usual sorted it on chat in minutes. To anyone reading this, if you haven't subscribed to this channel, you should - Adam is honest and he really does the most useful WP videos.
Hi, i would be interested to know which pages are recommended to exclude from chaching when running a shop? should be all product pages? or only the shop page?
Hello, how do i link pricing comparison plugin to woo-commerce checkout without a product ID ? it means a customer can choose the price shown on the price comparison page and checkout on woocommerce as “Purchase Order” without any product created on woocommerce, because I have several pricing plan created on the plugins that will be shared to the customer and will be paid as cash later on.
I just changed to SiteGround with their Black Friday discount. So much better than inmotion hosting. The support at SiteGround is insane and their cpanel alternative is so awesome
Adam, I use SG Optimizer on my main domain, but, NOT my subdomain (I separated out my LifterLMS courseware from my main site for speed reasons) where I host my LifterLMS courses. Do you think I could use SG Optimizer on my subdomain where LifterLMS courses are? It's using the WP Super Cache plugin. I've been afraid and VERY careful with caching plugins with my courseware subdomain. What I have now does work as two years ago a developer set it up for me and I haven't wanted to touch it. But, some of my LifterLMS students still get these weird mystery login issues, but, thankfully, not often. I just tell them to clear browsing history, switch browser or try logging in on a different device. It's still annoying though. Should I make the switch?
SG Optimizer can't generate Critical CSS. This is crucial to improve FCP (First Contentful Paint), which is also a ranking factor in Google and now it's shown in Search Console. I would suggest using WP Rocket or Swift Performance instead
@@Prakeet1995 Thank you for your response. What about WP-Optimize? Do I need that anymore? I also seem to have a plugin called Really Simple SSL for some reason. Do I need it if I enable SSL through SiteGround? Any help greatly appreciated!
Hey thanks for this Adam! I'm thinking about moving to siteground for a while now, so this was encouraging. Are you planning to do a quick video on their new backend? Have you ever tried their reseller plan? Thanks again
Great video, as per usual, Adam. Two points in response: 1. I'm an SG customer at the Basic level, and I use the Cloudflare CDN through my cPanel. This access is also set to Cloudflare's Basic account level, so the Grow Big and Go Geek SG accounts don't seem to bring anything extra to the party in that sense. (I could be wrong, though.) The SG Optimizer widget that I see in my WP Admin panel looks just like the one you showed for the two more expensive SG account types. Inside the widget, the only differences that I can tell (and they're BIG differences) is that SG Optimization for Basic customers does not include Dynamic Cache and Memcache services. 2. Just wondering how Lazy Loading in the SG Optimizer might enhance or conflict with Jetpack's Lazy Loading. Would be interested to read your thoughts on that.
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies I appreciate it 🤙 Same here! Been trying to speed up my site. Currently using SiteGround. So this helped for sure ✊️
Love siteground...I'm on the GO GEEK plan...best move ever. Adam do I still need shortpixel? You reviewed that and loved it so I have that on my siteground site...should I disable that and use sitegrounds image optimisation? Also when images are optimised through siteground, is the quality noticeably degraded?
Is something like CloudFlair needed for local businesses? I'm working with a small car dealer and I see the benefit for online businesses but he only really has or needs traffic from local people, does dividing up all over the globe still help? Thanks!
Adam, this was a great tutorial. I am already a SiteGround user but wasn't sure how to handle some of the options available for site optimization available. One questions though regarding exclusion for dynamic content of eCommerce sites. If I am selling some products with WooCommerce do you know what pages would specifically need to be excluded to avoid problems? Thanks
Hi Adam! I am thinking of moving to SG as well, I will use your link. I have a couple of questions, though. Currently, I am on 10web, is it worth the move? I also have Gumlet app and wondering if it is okay to use it with CND Thanks a lot :)
Gumlet is good for a CDN for your images. I am not that fond of 10web, that why I didn't make a video on it last year. They do some shady things that I don't like. Hope that helps.
Thank you. I used site ground for hosting. But it does now show the SG Optimizer under the menu? It said "Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error." Would you please let me know how I can fix it?
Siteground has some great features, including Cloudflare, but they don't mention (and neither do you) that they only work when the domain is hosted by them, or the domain's nameservers are directed at them. Often, my clients have domain hosting already set up and won't want me hacking around their nameservers. There are workarounds with DNS settings but I haven't succeeded in making it work yet. Very frustrating because otherwise, Siteground is very good.
Moving my HG reseller account to SiteGround today! Thank you, as usual, you come through! OAN: If I have Elementor Pro and Happy Add Ons Pro can you think of a reason to keep Astra Agency Bundle?
Hello! This is really cool advise, thank you!! I just have one question, with the CDN I have trouble getting my email to work with my email client SPARK from but it's not working. Any suggetions as how I can fix this?
HI Adam, thanks for a great tutorial. I am using siteground and WP fastest Cashe. Should I be using SG optimiser instead? I currently have a site load speed of 4.0s page size of 1.91 and 119 request on my eCommerce site. GT Metrix reomends minify java script, I cant see that option in WP Fastest Cashe
Adam, thank you for another great video I'm new to Siteground and I'm still trying to see everything they offer, I have two questions, in regards to the image optimization, If I use the SG plugin I no longer need something like Smush plugin right? And also when I activated my Cloudflare it gives me a warning that I have to add some lines to my DNS, I do that where I have my domain name right???
Hi, I had just done this, all the category page are showing blank and all product pages are showing 404 messages, elementor doesn't work anymore, do you know what is happening? many thanks
Hi, I need somebody to help me with a question. I need to share a link for free that has no limits on people who can download and no expiration anybody knows where to find a website like that?
Well WPEngine is super premium and the good news is they do some of this all for you automatically. They don't offer image optimization, performance tweaks, but they do all the caching automatically.
hi adam, thx for the greating sharing, i have heard some rumours that u can have wprocket and siteground cache together as one is site level and the later is server level, i am not very sure about this and whats ur recommendation pls
SG Optimizer is good enough for caching small websites, but when it comes to membership/Courses/E-commerce websites it's a nightmare, My hands becomes sweaty by just thinking about that, Oh lawd hab moisey!!
Hello Saeed! I'm about to start a blog based amazon affiliate website. So, will SG Optimizer caching will be enough or do you have anything better to recommend?
Page speed is a ranking factor on Google and websites lose 20% of converion rate for each second of loading. That's why Amazon invests a lot in their servers. Webmasters usually for web-developers, however, such tools save time and money without manual job.
Ok so please clarify that some. How is Google taking away 20% of anything per second? Ranking Factor yes but not significant. When you are talking about lower conversions, that has nothing to do with ranking and everything to do with user experience.
@@WPCrafter Google just learns UX. If visitors quit then ranking decreases. Nobody knows the decreasing ration. It depends. 20% of losing conversions for each second loading is from the Amazon study.
Siteground is nothing but a piece of awesome marketing. Its performance is just above average. But poor at the that price tag. Other options available are way too fast, amazing and comes with great uptime.
Have to strongly disagree with you there. You always get what you pay for with hosting. So if you go cheap, there is a reason its cheap. You will sacrifice speed or support or uptime, but you will 100% be sacrificing something.
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Thanks again, Adam! Before watching this video, I had a few of these options switched to the "ON" position. Now, with your help here, I am using all the features you have demonstrated in his video. The biggest being activating, Cloudflare. I had no idea what Cloudflare was all about until now. Many thanks!
I need to do a dedicated video on Cloudflare. I have been using it for a few years.
This video helped me make the switch from InMotion to SG. IMH was good, but SG makes life so much easier. I used your link above to set-up my account and wondering how to get access to your course bundle. Thanks a million for looking after us novices.
Thanks for your purchase. Please note that I need you to send me the entire receipt to the email address in the instructions so that I can verify that your purchase was via my link.
Please follow all the instructions on my contact page:
1. Visit www.wpcrafter.com/contact/
2. Read the section titled "Course Offer Instructions"
3. All the redemption instructions are right there
I look forward to getting you access ASAP!
Thanks,
Adam @ WPCrafter
Thank you so very much! I did everything you said and the results are astounding! I just did the gMetrix test and everything was green and tested above average; at 92 "Leverage browser caching" was the lowest but apparently the average for that is only 64%! The speed is just 1.9 seconds - down from just over 4. I needed help with Cloudflare and SiteGround as usual sorted it on chat in minutes. To anyone reading this, if you haven't subscribed to this channel, you should - Adam is honest and he really does the most useful WP videos.
Thankyou...wow excellent... really educational, highly useful and extremely informative..
Tremendous value in this video. Made such a big speed improvement. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Very helpful video. Thank you for your huge efforts!!!
All the value of these extra goodies are doubled by the excellent support SiteGround provides.
This is a great video for Siteground users! Answers my speed issues!
Thanks.
Hi, i would be interested to know which pages are recommended to exclude from chaching when running a shop? should be all product pages? or only the shop page?
Thanks Adam. I have a client site with SiteGround. Looking forward to using the new control panel,
Yes it will be great when they convert everyone over.
You have done good job thanks for your video
Hello, how do i link pricing comparison plugin to woo-commerce checkout without a product ID ? it means a customer can choose the price shown on the price comparison page and checkout on woocommerce as “Purchase Order” without any product created on woocommerce, because I have several pricing plan created on the plugins that will be shared to the customer and will be paid as cash later on.
U de man! and for those who ate not on siteground, if you want the best support - they are it!
Love your videos, it is simple and easy to follow :). Thank you.
Excellent and useful for me since all my sites are on SiteGround. Thanks.
what about using Smush for image optimization which I already do? Should i just use the one in SG Optimizer? Thanks!
I just changed to SiteGround with their Black Friday discount. So much better than inmotion hosting. The support at SiteGround is insane and their cpanel alternative is so awesome
Cool, then I'll try it!
Yes I really like their new control panel and the staging feature.
Adam, I use SG Optimizer on my main domain, but, NOT my subdomain (I separated out my LifterLMS courseware from my main site for speed reasons) where I host my LifterLMS courses. Do you think I could use SG Optimizer on my subdomain where LifterLMS courses are? It's using the WP Super Cache plugin. I've been afraid and VERY careful with caching plugins with my courseware subdomain. What I have now does work as two years ago a developer set it up for me and I haven't wanted to touch it. But, some of my LifterLMS students still get these weird mystery login issues, but, thankfully, not often. I just tell them to clear browsing history, switch browser or try logging in on a different device. It's still annoying though. Should I make the switch?
SG Optimizer can't generate Critical CSS. This is crucial to improve FCP (First Contentful Paint), which is also a ranking factor in Google and now it's shown in Search Console. I would suggest using WP Rocket or Swift Performance instead
Thanks, bro, for your review!
Yea I do love me some critical CSS. It is lacking that. When you you gonna create it. Flying CSS :-)
@@WPCrafter soon ;)
Am I correct in thinking SiteGround negates the need for plugins like WP Rocket , Autooptimize, and ShortPixel Image Optimizer?
Yes as Siteground's SG Optimizer plugin does it all!
@@Prakeet1995 Thank you for your response. What about WP-Optimize? Do I need that anymore? I also seem to have a plugin called Really Simple SSL for some reason. Do I need it if I enable SSL through SiteGround? Any help greatly appreciated!
Alexandra Connor I was able to enable SSL without a plug in :)
Is there any difference between using Cloudflare from the Siteground cpanel vs setting up an account directly with Cloudflare?
I had the same question.
wich SiteGround plan offers RTMP plug ins?
Hey thanks for this Adam! I'm thinking about moving to siteground for a while now, so this was encouraging. Are you planning to do a quick video on their new backend? Have you ever tried their reseller plan?
Thanks again
Yes I will have a full video on it.
@@WPCrafter cool! thanks :)
Mr. Adam, this was a great tutorial. thanks
Your welcome.
I switched to siteground using your link. Did you make a tutorial to point a domain to a subsite of a multisite from another domain?
Great video, as per usual, Adam. Two points in response:
1. I'm an SG customer at the Basic level, and I use the Cloudflare CDN through my cPanel. This access is also set to Cloudflare's Basic account level, so the Grow Big and Go Geek SG accounts don't seem to bring anything extra to the party in that sense. (I could be wrong, though.)
The SG Optimizer widget that I see in my WP Admin panel looks just like the one you showed for the two more expensive SG account types. Inside the widget, the only differences that I can tell (and they're BIG differences) is that SG Optimization for Basic customers does not include Dynamic Cache and Memcache services.
2. Just wondering how Lazy Loading in the SG Optimizer might enhance or conflict with Jetpack's Lazy Loading. Would be interested to read your thoughts on that.
Great stuff, Adam...very clear explanations...thank you.
Happy New Year Adam ... great video, many thanks!!
Hello Adam sir.
Which one is better for CDN, cloudflare or bunny CDN.
can you do pleaase do this for host gator?
love your content, subscribed - keep it coming!
Nice work bro 🤙
Oh hey buddy. I have been checking out your videos.
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies I appreciate it 🤙 Same here! Been trying to speed up my site. Currently using SiteGround. So this helped for sure ✊️
Hey Adam.. happy Xmas and new year for 2020... Looking forward to another year of your videos :)
Do you have a video on how to customize shop page without using elementor pro?
Love siteground...I'm on the GO GEEK plan...best move ever. Adam do I still need shortpixel? You reviewed that and loved it so I have that on my siteground site...should I disable that and use sitegrounds image optimisation? Also when images are optimised through siteground, is the quality noticeably degraded?
Nope, no need for ShortPixel.
Is something like CloudFlair needed for local businesses? I'm working with a small car dealer and I see the benefit for online businesses but he only really has or needs traffic from local people, does dividing up all over the globe still help? Thanks!
The savings are probably not for those, who are already on Siteground? Because I'm considering to upgrade to the GrowBIg plan.
Adam, this was a great tutorial. I am already a SiteGround user but wasn't sure how to handle some of the options available for site optimization available. One questions though regarding exclusion for dynamic content of eCommerce sites. If I am selling some products with WooCommerce do you know what pages would specifically need to be excluded to avoid problems? Thanks
Great question. So it would be the cart page, checkout page, and my account page. Those are dynamic and are different for each user.
@@WPCrafter Wow! Thank you for the quick response! You are the man when it comes to Wordpress! Keep up the awesome work!
Hi Adam!
I am thinking of moving to SG as well, I will use your link.
I have a couple of questions, though. Currently, I am on 10web, is it worth the move?
I also have Gumlet app and wondering if it is okay to use it with CND
Thanks a lot :)
Gumlet is good for a CDN for your images. I am not that fond of 10web, that why I didn't make a video on it last year. They do some shady things that I don't like. Hope that helps.
Love your videos, Adam. So helpful. Thanks :-)
Which course will I get? And which plan should I subscribe for to get your course
Amazing tutorial. Very helpful!
This is a keeper, Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. I used site ground for hosting. But it does now show the SG Optimizer under the menu? It said "Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error." Would you please let me know how I can fix it?
Is this SG optimizer already included, because I don't see it in my admin? I have a start-up plan. THank you!
Siteground has some great features, including Cloudflare, but they don't mention (and neither do you) that they only work when the domain is hosted by them, or the domain's nameservers are directed at them. Often, my clients have domain hosting already set up and won't want me hacking around their nameservers. There are workarounds with DNS settings but I haven't succeeded in making it work yet. Very frustrating because otherwise, Siteground is very good.
Hi Adam,
After I clicked on the link but did not see 70%off? Can you please lead? Thanks
It's baked into the price.
Moving my HG reseller account to SiteGround today! Thank you, as usual, you come through! OAN: If I have Elementor Pro and Happy Add Ons Pro can you think of a reason to keep Astra Agency Bundle?
Hello! This is really cool advise, thank you!! I just have one question, with the CDN I have trouble getting my email to work with my email client SPARK from but it's not working. Any suggetions as how I can fix this?
HI Adam, thanks for a great tutorial. I am using siteground and WP fastest Cashe. Should I be using SG optimiser instead? I currently have a site load speed of 4.0s page size of 1.91 and 119 request on my eCommerce site. GT Metrix reomends minify java script, I cant see that option in WP Fastest Cashe
My TTFB is like around 400. Would changing my nameservers from cloudflare to siteground help that?
This is good to know ! Thanks !
Your welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your tutorial.
Adam, thank you for another great video I'm new to Siteground and I'm still trying to see everything they offer, I have two questions, in regards to the image optimization, If I use the SG plugin I no longer need something like Smush plugin right? And also when I activated my Cloudflare it gives me a warning that I have to add some lines to my DNS, I do that where I have my domain name right???
So yea the SiteGround image optimization is way better the Smush.
Where is your domain name registered?
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies - I have my hosting at SG but domains at Godaddy. I'll wait for your answer to this question. Thanks again !
@@WPCrafter I use a Mexican hosting company, do you have a cloudflare dns setup video? and good to know that I can delete another plugin hehe
@@blabtag3773 The warning on my end went away and it says is now active, maybe you need a little time for the changes to propagate or something?
Hi, I had just done this, all the category page are showing blank and all product pages are showing 404 messages, elementor doesn't work anymore, do you know what is happening? many thanks
@@AdamSaracen yeah, update all your plugin
@@AdamSaracen Actually, update your woocommerce theme before finding a programmer.
@@AdamSaracen Are you using any theme?
Hi, I need somebody to help me with a question. I need to share a link for free that has no limits on people who can download and no expiration anybody knows where to find a website like that?
Thank you Adam for this tuto, I think Cloudflare does many server errors.
Adam,. Thanks for all the great content. Do you know if Wpengine hosting has similar site speed optimization tools?
Well WPEngine is super premium and the good news is they do some of this all for you automatically. They don't offer image optimization, performance tweaks, but they do all the caching automatically.
hi adam, thx for the greating sharing, i have heard some rumours that u can have wprocket and siteground cache together as one is site level and the later is server level, i am not very sure about this and whats ur recommendation pls
that's not true, they both can't work together and that's from a personal experience.
I use Smush for reducing and optimizing my image size. Is this in conflict with SG optimizer or should I get rid of Smush?
if you use these cache settings would you still need something like WP Rocket? would they conflict with each other?
it's better to use just one option because similar plugins overload websites...
If you already own WPRocket you can keep using it only. SG Optimizer is a great alternative that is included in your plan.
@Kenn Peters thanks a lot, thats great to know and saves me the time trying to figure that out. Greatly appreciate the comment.
@Kenn Peters Yea if you are already paying for WPRocket.
Hi Adam,
When I log into my site ground account, I don't find my dashboard like your. My dashboard and its menu comes in different design!!! why this?
That's because they have a new dashboard as of 3 months ago. They will be converting you soon.
7:07 Cloudflare basic/free in Australia uses US PoPs :(
SG Optimizer is good enough for caching small websites,
but when it comes to membership/Courses/E-commerce websites it's a nightmare,
My hands becomes sweaty by just thinking about that, Oh lawd hab moisey!!
Haha. Yes on a complex website you may not be caching at all anyway.
Hello Saeed! I'm about to start a blog based amazon affiliate website. So, will SG Optimizer caching will be enough or do you have anything better to recommend?
3:15 actually I found a much more optimised WP theme and my site sped up pretty quickly.
Can you tell me which theme you are using?
Page speed is a ranking factor on Google and websites lose 20% of converion rate for each second of loading. That's why Amazon invests a lot in their servers. Webmasters usually for web-developers, however, such tools save time and money without manual job.
Ok so please clarify that some. How is Google taking away 20% of anything per second? Ranking Factor yes but not significant.
When you are talking about lower conversions, that has nothing to do with ranking and everything to do with user experience.
@@WPCrafter Google just learns UX. If visitors quit then ranking decreases. Nobody knows the decreasing ration. It depends. 20% of losing conversions for each second loading is from the Amazon study.
Siteground for e-commerce is a nightmare in terms of speed
Siteground is nothing but a piece of awesome marketing. Its performance is just above average. But poor at the that price tag. Other options available are way too fast, amazing and comes with great uptime.
Have to strongly disagree with you there. You always get what you pay for with hosting. So if you go cheap, there is a reason its cheap. You will sacrifice speed or support or uptime, but you will 100% be sacrificing something.