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On average images comprise over 2/3rds of the size of a page request - here I look at how to optimise images to speed up your website.

October 27, 2018

It’s been a long time since I spoke at a WordCamp – it might actually have been 3 years ago at WordCamp Edinburgh 2015 where I spoke about Image Optimisation. This year I’ll be speaking about “How to kick off your WordPress project the right…

November 3, 2017

There always a small section at the bottom of CVs where people list things they are interested in outside of work. I’ve never quite been sure what this is for (maybe a conversation starter?) and it probably varies from employer to employer to how much…

January 19, 2017

I often receive briefs that have a blog listed as a requirement. As I predominately use WordPress then adding a blog to a website is fairly simple as out-of-the-box WordPress is ready go. Do you need a blog? Not every website, however, should have a blog…

September 28, 2016

I try and blog every month but with a busy summer both in my personal life and with work I haven’t had the chance to put pen to paper, so to speak. I do have a few topics I would like to write about when I…

June 15, 2016

I’m excited to announce that, in partnership with School of Tech, I’ll be running an Introduction to WordPress Theming course on the 31st August. The 1 day course will be ran from Campus North in Newcastle upon Tyne. Perfect for those who are already confident with…

March 26, 2016

There are a number of Lazy Loading plugins for WordPress however, as usual, I am always looking for the most simple solution. It’s likely that you’ve implemented lazy load in some shape or form before and it’s equally as likely that you’ve encountered issues with this technique….

February 8, 2016

When you submit information to a website, unless it’s encrypted, there’s potential for this data to be intercepted between the client (you) and the server (the website). For e-commerce transactions where credit card details are exchanged this is a no brainer and is a requirement…

January 29, 2016

My first conference of 2016 was A Day of REST conference in London. It was the first event I’ve been to in a while that wasn’t a WordCamp and focused specifically on the WordPress REST API. As my experience and expertise has increased in web…