Remkus de Vries
@remkusdevries.com
From start to scale, I help you build fast, reliable WordPress sites with smart tools, plugins & modern best practices.
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🤗 Started #WCEU
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🤗 Started #WCEU
WordPress people: I need your help.
I've had this post in draft for quite a while (years in fact 😅), but I thought it was time to finish it and publish it. This post is meant to literally be the ultimate guide to debugging WordPress.
And I need your help to make sure it is.
I've had this post in draft for quite a while (years in fact 😅), but I thought it was time to finish it and publish it. This post is meant to literally be the ultimate guide to debugging WordPress.
And I need your help to make sure it is.
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
WordPress people: I need your help.
I've had this post in draft for quite a while (years in fact 😅), but I thought it was time to finish it and publish it. This post is meant to literally be the ultimate guide to debugging WordPress.
And I need your help to make sure it is.
I've had this post in draft for quite a while (years in fact 😅), but I thought it was time to finish it and publish it. This post is meant to literally be the ultimate guide to debugging WordPress.
And I need your help to make sure it is.
You know what's annoying as hell... not having a voice. I did a live stream yesterday and I could feel my voice go at the end, but I had hoped a good night's sleep would've fixed it.
Alas. I have a few more modules to record for my Make WordPress Fast course, so I'll have to pause that for a bit :/
Alas. I have a few more modules to record for my Make WordPress Fast course, so I'll have to pause that for a bit :/
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
You know what's annoying as hell... not having a voice. I did a live stream yesterday and I could feel my voice go at the end, but I had hoped a good night's sleep would've fixed it.
Alas. I have a few more modules to record for my Make WordPress Fast course, so I'll have to pause that for a bit :/
Alas. I have a few more modules to record for my Make WordPress Fast course, so I'll have to pause that for a bit :/
Going live now: www.youtube.com/live/EmIHpR...
Learning about WordPress Speed with Performance Specialist Remkus
Website speed is one of those topics every WordPress user knows is important but doesn’t always know a lot about. So in this livestream, I’m joined by Remkus...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Going live now: www.youtube.com/live/EmIHpR...
Everybody is looking for performance, but people want a shortcut to thinking.
They want someone to hand them a list of “good” plugins and “bad” plugins so they can copy-paste their way to a fast site. As if performance were a recipe, not a craft.
They want someone to hand them a list of “good” plugins and “bad” plugins so they can copy-paste their way to a fast site. As if performance were a recipe, not a craft.
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Everybody is looking for performance, but people want a shortcut to thinking.
They want someone to hand them a list of “good” plugins and “bad” plugins so they can copy-paste their way to a fast site. As if performance were a recipe, not a craft.
They want someone to hand them a list of “good” plugins and “bad” plugins so they can copy-paste their way to a fast site. As if performance were a recipe, not a craft.
I joined my friend Kevin Geary for one of his WDD live streams. We talked about the philosophy of performance (for WordPress) and how to make BLAZING FAST WordPress sites.
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WDD Live with Kevin Geary on #WordPerf
Watch Remkus de Vries on Kevin Geary's WDD live stream discussing performance strategies for blazing fast WordPress sites.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I joined my friend Kevin Geary for one of his WDD live streams. We talked about the philosophy of performance (for WordPress) and how to make BLAZING FAST WordPress sites.
remkusdevries.com/notes/wdd-l...
remkusdevries.com/notes/wdd-l...
Why TF does LinkedIn have games, and WHY TF am I getting notifications FROM OTHERS doing those stupid games.
JFHC.
JFHC.
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Why TF does LinkedIn have games, and WHY TF am I getting notifications FROM OTHERS doing those stupid games.
JFHC.
JFHC.
I want to talk WordPress and Security with you. I see a lot of misinformation in this field, so I wrote about it.
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How To Do WordPress & Security
Security in the context of WordPress is a topic I see being misrepresented often. Misrepresented in the way that “just install our solution” is presented as the golden ticket. It’s not. Let’s get this out of the way first: installing a “WordPress security plugin” doesn’t make your site secure. Most of the WordPress solutions out […]
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October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I want to talk WordPress and Security with you. I see a lot of misinformation in this field, so I wrote about it.
remkusdevries.com/how-to-do-w...
remkusdevries.com/how-to-do-w...
Recorded three new videos of my Performance Series for YouTube today.
They still need to be edited by @roandevries (he's for hire, btw), but the first one should land next week on my YouTube channel.
Subscribe if you haven't yet: remk.us/youtube
They still need to be edited by @roandevries (he's for hire, btw), but the first one should land next week on my YouTube channel.
Subscribe if you haven't yet: remk.us/youtube
Remkus de Vries – Within WordPress
Hi, I’m Remkus de Vries—a WordPress performance specialist and veteran since 2006. I help WordPress sites run faster, safer, and at scale.
On this channel, you’ll find tips, tutorials, and insights on speed, security, and scalability for WordPress and WooCommerce. I also share episodes of my Within WordPress podcast and WordPress courses, and share practical lessons from real-world projects.
I’m passionate about helping site owners, developers, and WordPress professionals get the very best out of their websites.
I’m active in the WordPress community and proud to have co-founded both @WordCampEurope and @WordCampNetherlands. Thanks for stopping by, and let’s keep building better WordPress experiences together!
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October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Recorded three new videos of my Performance Series for YouTube today.
They still need to be edited by @roandevries (he's for hire, btw), but the first one should land next week on my YouTube channel.
Subscribe if you haven't yet: remk.us/youtube
They still need to be edited by @roandevries (he's for hire, btw), but the first one should land next week on my YouTube channel.
Subscribe if you haven't yet: remk.us/youtube
I can’t imagine a better compliment for my work. Truly honoured.
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I can’t imagine a better compliment for my work. Truly honoured.
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The most reliable way to have positive impact in the design and development community—or any community—is to write the articles and books you wish somebody else had already written.
I created the course I wish existed 10 years ago
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I Created The Course I Wish Existed 10 Years Ago
After 20+ years of working with WordPress, building, optimizing, securing, scaling, and fixing sites others gave up on, I’ve finally put everything I know about performance into one course. It’s called Make WordPress Fast. And today, the prelaunch is open. This is the first course I’ve ever released, and I didn’t want it to be […]
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October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The most reliable way to have positive impact in the design and development community—or any community—is to write the articles and books you wish somebody else had already written.
Looking for feedback. I've pre-launched my Make WordPress Fast course a few weeks back, but I've got more courses lined up. Which one should I prioritize? Please let me know by replying your preference.
1. Git for WP Builds
2. Unlock WP CLI
3. Cloudflare for WP
4. Fix WP w/ Query Monitor
1. Git for WP Builds
2. Unlock WP CLI
3. Cloudflare for WP
4. Fix WP w/ Query Monitor
October 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Looking for feedback. I've pre-launched my Make WordPress Fast course a few weeks back, but I've got more courses lined up. Which one should I prioritize? Please let me know by replying your preference.
1. Git for WP Builds
2. Unlock WP CLI
3. Cloudflare for WP
4. Fix WP w/ Query Monitor
1. Git for WP Builds
2. Unlock WP CLI
3. Cloudflare for WP
4. Fix WP w/ Query Monitor
Let's look at how to build fast WooCommerce sites. These are my recommendations.
Check it out: remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-...
Check it out: remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-...
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Let's look at how to build fast WooCommerce sites. These are my recommendations.
Check it out: remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-...
Check it out: remkusdevries.com/how-to-fix-...
I created the course I wish existed 10 years ago
remkusdevries.com/i-created-t...
remkusdevries.com/i-created-t...
I Created The Course I Wish Existed 10 Years Ago
After 20+ years of working with WordPress, building, optimizing, securing, scaling, and fixing sites others gave up on, I’ve finally put everything I know about performance into one course. It’s called Make WordPress Fast. And today, the prelaunch is open. This is the first course I’ve ever released, and I didn’t want it to be […]
remkusdevries.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I created the course I wish existed 10 years ago
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remkusdevries.com/i-created-t...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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I’m going to walk you through exactly how I approach diagnosing performance issues on a WordPress site.
It’s fast, it’s methodical, and it tells me 90% of what I need to know in under 15 minutes.
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It’s fast, it’s methodical, and it tells me 90% of what I need to know in under 15 minutes.
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How I Diagnose WordPress Performance Bottlenecks
Most performance advice you’ll find is either overly generic or hyper-specific to someone else’s stack. And yet diagnosing the actual reason your WordPress site feels slow doesn’t have to take hours or even a dev team. In fact, once you understand how WordPress interacts with your server, your database, your plugins, and the browser, spotting […]
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October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I’m going to walk you through exactly how I approach diagnosing performance issues on a WordPress site.
It’s fast, it’s methodical, and it tells me 90% of what I need to know in under 15 minutes.
remkusdevries.com/how-i-diagn...
It’s fast, it’s methodical, and it tells me 90% of what I need to know in under 15 minutes.
remkusdevries.com/how-i-diagn...
If the TTFB of your WordPress site is over 500 ms, you should dig into the server setup first.
The TTFB basically tells me how long it takes for the server to process the request to render a given URL. It’s super important to test this uncached.
Check out my post for more. Link 👇🏻
The TTFB basically tells me how long it takes for the server to process the request to render a given URL. It’s super important to test this uncached.
Check out my post for more. Link 👇🏻
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If the TTFB of your WordPress site is over 500 ms, you should dig into the server setup first.
The TTFB basically tells me how long it takes for the server to process the request to render a given URL. It’s super important to test this uncached.
Check out my post for more. Link 👇🏻
The TTFB basically tells me how long it takes for the server to process the request to render a given URL. It’s super important to test this uncached.
Check out my post for more. Link 👇🏻
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October 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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What does Wapuu do?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
It doesn’t boost SEO.
It doesn’t compress images.
It doesn’t even have a block editor opinion.
It just sits there, hugging its WordPress orb like it knows the secret to the custom post type apocalypse.
I would point to wordpress.org/plugins/wapu...
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
It doesn’t boost SEO.
It doesn’t compress images.
It doesn’t even have a block editor opinion.
It just sits there, hugging its WordPress orb like it knows the secret to the custom post type apocalypse.
I would point to wordpress.org/plugins/wapu...
October 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What does Wapuu do?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
It doesn’t boost SEO.
It doesn’t compress images.
It doesn’t even have a block editor opinion.
It just sits there, hugging its WordPress orb like it knows the secret to the custom post type apocalypse.
I would point to wordpress.org/plugins/wapu...
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
It doesn’t boost SEO.
It doesn’t compress images.
It doesn’t even have a block editor opinion.
It just sits there, hugging its WordPress orb like it knows the secret to the custom post type apocalypse.
I would point to wordpress.org/plugins/wapu...
I've never liked Wapuus, but it's just that. I don't like them. But... someone out there has a waaayyy stronger opinion on them than that www.afteractive.com/blog/wapuu-w...
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I've never liked Wapuus, but it's just that. I don't like them. But... someone out there has a waaayyy stronger opinion on them than that www.afteractive.com/blog/wapuu-w...
Just realized another win. I've also managed to quit caffeine. I wasn't drinking coffee, but I was taking chewing gum with caffeine. And, like, a lot.
It's been three weeks without, and I'm back to not being dependent on caffeine to start my days like a fvcking rockstar 😆
It's been three weeks without, and I'm back to not being dependent on caffeine to start my days like a fvcking rockstar 😆
I am happy to report that if you last saw me at #PressConf or #WCEU, I am now 10kg/22lbs lighter.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
October 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just realized another win. I've also managed to quit caffeine. I wasn't drinking coffee, but I was taking chewing gum with caffeine. And, like, a lot.
It's been three weeks without, and I'm back to not being dependent on caffeine to start my days like a fvcking rockstar 😆
It's been three weeks without, and I'm back to not being dependent on caffeine to start my days like a fvcking rockstar 😆
This is great news! This will surely open up the option to have our cookie settings in the browser: Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.
www.politico.eu/article/eur...
www.politico.eu/article/eur...
Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.
The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is great news! This will surely open up the option to have our cookie settings in the browser: Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.
www.politico.eu/article/eur...
www.politico.eu/article/eur...
🚀 I opened prelaunch for the first WordPress course I’ve ever released.
It’s called Make WordPress Fast, and it’s exactly what I wish existed 10 years ago.
Here’s why it might be the most practical performance course out there 🧵
It’s called Make WordPress Fast, and it’s exactly what I wish existed 10 years ago.
Here’s why it might be the most practical performance course out there 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚀 I opened prelaunch for the first WordPress course I’ve ever released.
It’s called Make WordPress Fast, and it’s exactly what I wish existed 10 years ago.
Here’s why it might be the most practical performance course out there 🧵
It’s called Make WordPress Fast, and it’s exactly what I wish existed 10 years ago.
Here’s why it might be the most practical performance course out there 🧵
In terms of performance optimization, there are three things I will always do:
0. Favor Edge Caching over just local Full-Page caching with @getNitroPack and @Cloudflare APO being my favorites.
1. Install @_perfmatters and use their Script Manager heavily.
0. Favor Edge Caching over just local Full-Page caching with @getNitroPack and @Cloudflare APO being my favorites.
1. Install @_perfmatters and use their Script Manager heavily.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
In terms of performance optimization, there are three things I will always do:
0. Favor Edge Caching over just local Full-Page caching with @getNitroPack and @Cloudflare APO being my favorites.
1. Install @_perfmatters and use their Script Manager heavily.
0. Favor Edge Caching over just local Full-Page caching with @getNitroPack and @Cloudflare APO being my favorites.
1. Install @_perfmatters and use their Script Manager heavily.
I am happy to report that if you last saw me at #PressConf or #WCEU, I am now 10kg/22lbs lighter.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I am happy to report that if you last saw me at #PressConf or #WCEU, I am now 10kg/22lbs lighter.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
Feels good and I'm ⅔ where I want to be. Easy does it.
To me, @wp_acf's API to create Blocks is what should have been inside of WordPress Core. It's still my favorite method to create complex blocks.
It's good to see ACF is improving that experience even further with ACF 6.6. I like it.
www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-...
It's good to see ACF is improving that experience even further with ACF 6.6. I like it.
www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-...
ACF | ACF 6.6 Release - Build Better Blocks with ACF Blocks V3
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.6 is now available! 🚀🎉 This release introduces the all-new ACF Blocks V3, a powerful evolution from Version 2, paving the
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October 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
To me, @wp_acf's API to create Blocks is what should have been inside of WordPress Core. It's still my favorite method to create complex blocks.
It's good to see ACF is improving that experience even further with ACF 6.6. I like it.
www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-...
It's good to see ACF is improving that experience even further with ACF 6.6. I like it.
www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-...