{"id":23653,"date":"2016-10-14T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T21:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev2ryanwp.wpengine.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=15787"},"modified":"2022-12-09T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T22:17:24","slug":"4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Octane, Conversion-Boosting WordPress Sites On WP Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">4 ways the WP Engine&nbsp;platform supercharges your site<\/h3>\n<p>For online business owners, time equals money. Optimizing your business\u2019s website for speedy performance plays a vital role in attaining higher revenue, driving positive engagement, and increasing conversion rates.<\/p>\n<p>Even if your site already runs fast, studies show that <strong>just a second delay <\/strong>in load time could result in a<strong> 7 percent drop in conversion rates<\/strong>. And <strong>after three seconds <\/strong>of load time<strong>, 40 percent of your audience will have abandoned<\/strong> your site.<\/p>\n<p>In this white paper, we look at four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform. In this report you\u2019ll learn about:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 300\">\n<li>The magic of EverCache<\/li>\n<li>GZIP compression<\/li>\n<li>Finely tuning your database<\/li>\n<li>Lightning fast content delivery with a CDN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t succumb to a sluggish site. Download our white paper now and learn how WP Engine turbocharges your site to help you increase revenue, boost conversion rates, and improve the customer experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 ways the WP Engine&nbsp;platform supercharges your site For online business owners, time equals money. Optimizing your business\u2019s website for speedy performance plays a vital role in attaining higher revenue, driving positive engagement, and increasing conversion rates. Even if your site already runs fast, studies show that just a second delay in load time could<span class=\"tile__ellipses\">&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"tile__ellipses--animated\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":15788,"template":"","resource-topic":[912,901],"resource-role":[895,896,897,903,899],"resource-type":[911],"class_list":["post-23653","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Optimizing your business&#039;s website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Optimizing your business&#039;s website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WP Engine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpengine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T22:17:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luminary-Web-Strategies-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"342\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@wpengine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/\",\"name\":\"White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-14T21:18:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T22:17:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Optimizing your business's website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"High-Octane, Conversion-Boosting WordPress Sites On WP Engine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/\",\"name\":\"WP Engine\",\"description\":\"Managed Hosting for WordPress\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#\/schema\/person\/78ecee773f98c46460ff7a9b3b5af1f9\",\"name\":\"Ashton Brown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0520e2811dca0437c0086f48343e8909bfdaa27a48fc85b43f8380018df158ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0520e2811dca0437c0086f48343e8909bfdaa27a48fc85b43f8380018df158ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ashton Brown\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site","description":"Optimizing your business's website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site","og_description":"Optimizing your business's website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.","og_url":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/","og_site_name":"WP Engine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpengine","article_modified_time":"2022-12-09T22:17:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":342,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Luminary-Web-Strategies-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@wpengine","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/","url":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/","name":"White Paper: 4 Ways the WP Engine Platform Speeds Up Your Site","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-10-14T21:18:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-09T22:17:24+00:00","description":"Optimizing your business's website for speedy performance is super-important. Review four speed-increasing services built into the WP Engine platform.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/4-ways-wp-engine-platform-speeds-up-your-site\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"High-Octane, Conversion-Boosting WordPress Sites On WP Engine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/","name":"WP Engine","description":"Managed Hosting for WordPress","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#\/schema\/person\/78ecee773f98c46460ff7a9b3b5af1f9","name":"Ashton Brown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0520e2811dca0437c0086f48343e8909bfdaa27a48fc85b43f8380018df158ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0520e2811dca0437c0086f48343e8909bfdaa27a48fc85b43f8380018df158ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ashton Brown"}}]}},"acf":[],"grid_image_url":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Grid-Image-HighOctane.png","media-type":{"term_id":911,"name":"White Paper","slug":"whitepaper"},"role":"<strong>Roles:<\/strong> Agency, Developer, Freelancer, Marketer, Site Owner","topic":"<strong>Topics:<\/strong> Performance, WordPress","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/23653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-topic?post=23653"},{"taxonomy":"resource-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-role?post=23653"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=23653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}