{"id":1159,"date":"2020-09-11T21:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T01:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1159"},"modified":"2020-09-24T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:15:36","slug":"why-you-should-delete-most-of-the-plugins-on-your-website","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/why-you-should-delete-most-of-the-plugins-on-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Delete Most of the Plugins on Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/track-2\/\">Track 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improve you website&#8217;s speed by eliminating some of your plugins.  In this session you will learn how to test your website&#8217;s speed with a few free options (Lighthouse and GTMetrix, for example) and then you will learn how to track down the causes of slowdowns and fix issues.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-joan-logose\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/joan-logose\/\">Joan Logose<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/joan-logose\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c494c1f3ee8aec0c3bb9233996106a998747ddcae576cca9fb4e9b5089d2a262?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Joan Logose\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joan has spent six years working with WordPress websites and doing web support for over 20 organizations from around the world. She also has three years of experience using Woo Commerce for setting up online shops.  Joan was a speaker at WordCamp Kampala 2019, and has attended WordCamp Mombasa 2019 and WordCamp Santa Clarita 2020 online. She is also a participant in the Entebbe WordPress Meetup and other Ugandan WordPress community meetups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-michelle-held\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/michelle-held\/\">Michelle Held<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/michelle-held\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f864e0dbae122ba57fbe381959026c0727b94d635921ca8c6c91c231b0573586?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Michelle Held\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and author who has been involved in the technology industry for more than 20 years. Michelle owns MetroNY, LLC, and conducts corporate seminars and training sessions covering digital marketing, social media strategy, and web technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle has a bachelor&#8217;s degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and runs AskCyberSecurity.com and PinTalk.net. Connect with Michelle on YouTube, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/metrony\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/metrony\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Instagram @metronycom, or on Twitter @metrony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve you website&#8217;s speed by eliminating some of your plugins. 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