How to optimize WordPress?

In this article, and regardless of the level of knowledge you have on the subject, I am going to help you to vitaminize your WordPress and, incidentally, I am going to clarify some doubts.

Do not overload your website
“Plugins are good”, they said, “install plugins”, they said… Plugins as such are essential in any WordPress installation and we need them to expand the functionality of our website.

The problem with them is that if you dedicate yourself to collecting and accumulating them as if your life depended on it, they can turn your website into a minefield to the point of leaving it useless before any visitor.

The total maxim that you should always keep in mind is that you should only use what you really need and is essential for your website. You should completely ignore any other filler plugins that you rarely use or even don’t know what they are for.

In case you have plugins that you only use once in a while, better leave them disabled until you use them again.

Did someone say “admin-ajax”?
This is usually one of the points that can turn your website into hell if you don’t catch it in time. WordPress admin-ajax functions basically make your site work on a daily basis, they are like the glue that holds together all the parts that make up your website, their internal functions, how your plugins work and how they communicate with each other and with your database. of data. We can say that it is a fundamental portion of the DNA of your WordPress.

Here’s something to keep in mind: the more your site grows and the more plugins you install, the more admin-ajax functions your website will run and therefore the more resources it will consume. It ends up being like a current that takes everything in its path if it is not controlled and you build dams and reservoirs to store and control the water.