I understand that having less data being downloaded improves the experience to the end user, but my question is related to the actual server performance, would the response be faster?
I’d like to cause a plugin to restrict its loading of CSS stylesheets and JavaScript JS files to only those pages for which they are needed.
I hired a sysadmin to set up a VPS server for me and, unfortunately, it looks like things were not set up correctly. When trying to install and update plugins, I run into permissions errors all the time. WP Super Cache is the main issue as it causing my readers to run into 502 errors. Currently, my site does not load pagination (no Page 2, Page 3, etc..).
I am having a problem with CPU usage on my website, and am looking for a way to detect (and fix) what is causing it. A topic not covered in this question.
I got a message from Hostgator about my account being suspended because of the load it put on their servers. This is about the fifth time this has happened. I am on a shared server.
The WordPress Heartbeat API uses admin-ajax.php to run AJAX calls. If User X leaves their browser open, many calls will be made to the server, with each call happening when there is a ‘beat’. Now if User Y leaves their browser open, many more calls will be made to the server, with each of these calls happening when there is a ‘beat’. It’s possible a large website will also have User A, User B and User C all do the same.