Resources we can refer to #60
Description
The objective of this issue is to collect any source that may be useful to be referenced within the guidelines or provides us with useful information to write them down.
This is a brainstorming for the moment. This means that not necessarily everything posted here is going to appear or be used, so feel free to share anything you think might be helpful and then it will be decided if it is the case.
All the information in this description as been taking from the document created during Yoast Contributor Day (October'24).
How to test your website
Use the sustainability plugin
Use an external tools to test the pages of your site
- https://www.websitecarbon.com/
- https://ecograder.com/
- https://digitalbeacon.co/
- https://ecotool.digihobbit.nl/ (you need an account)
- https://carbonfooter.nl/ [Dutch only]
Additional plugins/tools
Why should we make websites less energy consuming
- https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/
- https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/intro.html
- Joost de Valk’s talk at WordCamp NL 2022: https://bit.ly/JoostTalk
Hosting
- Is your website hosted green: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/
- Choose a green hosting company: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/tools/directory/
Caching
Server side
CDN
- https://sustainablewebdesign.org/guidelines/4-10-consider-cdns-and-edge-caching/
- What is a content delivery network (CDN)? (yoast.com)
Browser cache optimization:
- https://sustainablewebdesign.org/guidelines/4-2-optimize-browser-caching/
- How to optimize browser caching
WP plugins
Optimizing load times
Image optimization
Video optimization
Font optimization
Minifying
- https://gtmetrix.com/minify-javascript.html
- https://sustainablewebdesign.org/guidelines/3-2-minify-your-html-css-and-javascript/
Lazy loading
Choosing the right WordPress Theme
- https://sustywp.com/ [classic theme - not a block editor theme]
- One of the WordPress default themes
Other guidelines
- https://sustainablewebdesign.org/ and https://sustainablewebdesign.org/guidelines/
- https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/
- https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/glance.html
- Reduce the carbon emissions of your website
- https://greentheweb.com/best-practices/
- climate-friendly WordPress websites
- Videos: https://wordpress.tv/?s=sustainability
- Podcasts: https://sustainwp.com/