π Giscus Comment System
π©οΈ Cloudflare CDN and Caching
π WordPress Content Management
π Prism.js Code Syntax Highlighting
π¨ Minimal UI theme with custom CSS
π Launched on 1st of July 2020
π Attracts over 20000 visitors annually
π― Pagespeed Insights 99, GTmetrix A Rating
βοΈ Minimal and optimized plugin configuration for High-Performance
π By creating this blog I have learned to set up Hosting, Domain, Content Delivery Network, Search Engine Optimization
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July 2020 |
π Launched on 1st of July 2020 |
ποΈ Initial build with WordPress |
π― Pagespeed Insights 99, GTmetrix A Rating |
βΆοΈ Demo on YouTube |
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October 2020 |
π Optimized SEO and MetaData |
π Force HTTPS for improved Security |
π©οΈ Added Cloudflare CDN for Caching |
π Code Syntax Highlighting with Prism.js |
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May 2021 |
π¨ Migrated from default WordPress theme to Neve and custom CSS for clean UI |
β¬οΈ Decreased WordPress plugin count from 20 to 10 = Performance++ |
Re-use existing plugins for maximum functionality with some custom scripts and config, a higher plugin count can cause bottlenecks and poor performance in a WordPress instance so the fewer the plugins the better. |
π Migrated WordPress Comment System to πgiscus powered by GitHub Discussions, uses a GitHub login, perfect for a dev blog, open source, and no spam/ads/tracking/database required. |