We augmented our list of candidates by reviewing the WordPress Repository to identify hidden gems, newer themes, and highly-rated options that we may have missed in the previous roundup.
If you come across a fast WordPress site, you can find out what theme it uses with our theme detection tool . If your theme isn't on our list, be sure to let us know in the comments!
Install and activate the theme on a blank WordPress sandbox israel whatsapp number data installation. This allows for standardization of WordPress hosting and no complications with other plugins or site files.
We're leaving the theme as is, without adding any media , menus , pages or posts. We also want to leave out any demo content and we haven't assigned a home page as a starting point.
Run the website with the theme through GTMetrix Speed Test .
Run the theme through Pingdom Speed Test .
Run the theme through PageSpeed Insights Test to assess mobile speed.
Run the theme through the TTFB test. (We have a guide on how to reduce TTFB (Time to First Byte) if you want to dig deeper into this)
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All tests on the topics were conducted in February 2022.
Each testing tool has its own benefits. To better understand the evaluation, we have outlined what our metrics mean and why they are important.
As for why we use four tools, each of them has different standards and results, so we want to make sure that one tool is not giving better or worse results than another. Also, some of the tools focus on specific aspects such as mobile speed, page size, or the speed at which the first element of the website appears.
The speed test process was like this
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