March 28, 2015 — In this talk I will go through the process of migrating a WordPress website to a new server. I will list the issues that users will probably face and how to overcome them. I will show easy to follow tips and tricks that will make moving WordPress possible even for beginners.

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November 20, 2014 — If you have recently searched for WordPress speed and performance optimization tips and techniques, you have definitely seen several things being recommended all the time: different caching mechanisms (full page caching plugins, memcached, reverse proxies), sprites, CSS & JS minification, to name a few. All of them are indeed viable and really effective ways to speed up your site performance. However, they may not be equally applicable for everyone and there are cases in which they can actually break your website. This presentation covers what actually can go wrong with each of the most popular and widely accepted performance optimization techniques, how to implement them without breaking your site and how to fix the most common issues with different speed boosters.

February 22, 2014 — In this presentation Hristo Pandjarov talks about how to use WP-CLI and to make our work with WordPress easier and faster with several examples and advices.

January 25, 2014 — Take control over your website and learn how to fine-tune your WordPress for ultimate performance! In this presentation, you will get practical tips and tricks how to benchmark, pinpoint issues and prioritize tasks. Find the best page length for you. Use social media widgets and fonts properly. Choose themes well, Optimize images, Minify CSS and JS, Utilize the gZIP compression. Learn how to leverage your browser’s caching and use CDN and Caching for your content

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November 2, 2012 — Hristo Pandzharov speaking about a football website built with WordPress and WooCommerce