214 – ‘C’ is for Caching

'C' is for Caching - WP Builds Weekly WordPress Podcast #214

It’s the third in our series of chats called the A-Z of WordPress, where we attempt to cover all the major aspects to building and maintaining sites with WordPress. Today, it’s the letter ‘C’ for Caching (including server side caching, front end caching (plugins) and CDNs. However, we avoid getting too deeply into page load times and scores, which we cover separately on another podcast. So what is the point of caching? What does it do and how might we do it with our WordPress websites. It’s certainly a complex subject, and we don’t have all the answers, but we do surface some good plugins that you might not have heard of. Check out the podcast…

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188 – Headless v’s not headless

Headless v's not headless - WP Builds Weekly WordPress Podcast #188

This week on the WP Builds Weekly WordPress Podcast we talk about the subject of static hosting. You’ve used hosting for years, you know how it works and how to make it work. You’re happy. And then people start talking about a clever new way of hosting – static hosting and you’ve got to throw most of that knowledge out of the window! So… why…? Because it’s fast, secure and new, that’s why! There really are some major advantages, but there’s also some real disadvantages that you need to mindful of; things that might make it a non starter for you and your WordPress website building business. Join us on the podcast today as we talk this whole process through from both sides and see if static hosting is a things that either of us will take on or just some passing technology that’s great, but not for us…

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