SkyPress
SkyPress Playbook
WordPress Speed Playbook
The playbook I follow every time I speed up a site: measure first, fix what actually moves the number, and prove it with before-and-after scores. No $200/month plugin stack, no enterprise CDN contract, no guessing.
PDF you keep forever · Free updates for life · 7-day refund · Updated October 2, 2026 — v1
Table of contents
Every checkpoint, in order.
Level 1: Measure First
- PageSpeed Insights — the right way to read it
- The three Core Web Vitals that matter
- The TTFB test — is it your site or your host?
- Never optimize blind: baseline everything
Level 2: The Big Wins
- Caching configured properly
- Image compression without visible quality loss
- Database cleanup
- Render-blocking fixes
- Cloudflare's free tier, set up right
Level 3: Going Further
- Plugin audit — what stays, what goes
- Font loading optimization
- Advanced caching
- The checks that keep it fast
Field Manual
- Every command, snippet, and rollback note
- Print it and keep it by your desk
One question
Frequently asked.
My host is slow. Will this fix that?
I'll tell you straight: if your host takes a full second just to answer, no plugin fixes that. Level 1 shows you how to prove it's the host — then you know whether to optimize or move.