{"id":1355,"date":"2021-07-23T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:41:21","slug":"wordpress-benchmarking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wordpress-benchmarking\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Test WordPress Comments Performance via Benchmarking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wordpress-benchmarking\/#what_benchmarking_statistics_are_there_for_wordpress_comments\" >What Benchmarking Statistics are there for WordPress \/ Comments?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wordpress-benchmarking\/#conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>We\u2019ve got a massive section about WordPress performance, so be sure to check that out. However, when it comes to benchmarking, there are a few free tools out there that can be used for assessing site performance before going down the road of making changes to improve speeds. It\u2019s always best to backup, test, tweak, re-test, and then compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benchmarking tests below aren\u2019t strictly about comment performance, but we recommend you test pages with numerous comments so that you get the most complete picture of how comment-rich pages will perform. This is particularly true where you\u2019ve got enough comments on the page to consider pagination, lazy loading, caching, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of tools on the market for benchmarking, some of which give a slightly different picture on performance, so it\u2019s generally recommended to try a few, compare results, see what fixes are recommended for easy wins, and then look at comment performance solutions specifically to see what you can do to speed things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pingdom Tools &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pingdom.com\/\">tools.pingdom.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WebPageTest &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/\">webpagetest.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GTMetrix &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">gtmetrix.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google PageSpeed Insights &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/\">PageSpeed Insights<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>YSlow &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/yslow.org\/\">yslow.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gift of Speed &#8211;<a href=\" https:\/\/giftofspeed.com\"> giftofspeed.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a go, see how you score, make a backup, make some changes, retest and rinse, lather, repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what_benchmark_statistics_are_there_for_wordpresscomments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_benchmarking_statistics_are_there_for_wordpress_comments\"><\/span>What Benchmarking Statistics are there for WordPress \/ Comments?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is the most widely used content management system (CMS) in the world, with approximately 60% market share &#8211; of all&nbsp;CMS&nbsp;systems. That represents roughly 1\/3rd of all websites in existence (35%)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 400+ million people viewing some 25+ billion pages per month, WordPress-based consumption is massive and growing daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments? There are roughly 50 million WordPress comments per month across 75 million new posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eCommerce is a popular usage, with 28% going through WordPress and WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all of the 50,000+ plugins on WordPress.org relate to comments, but there are many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a WordPress website? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/wordpress-hosting\"><strong>Managed Hosting for WordPress<\/strong><\/a> and see if we are a good fit for you. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\">KnownHost <\/a><\/strong>offers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, all 7 days of the week best in class technical support. A dedicated team ready to help you should you need our assistance. You\u2019re not using KnownHost for the best webhosting experience? Well, why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got a massive section about WordPress performance, so be sure to check that out. However, when it comes to benchmarking, there are a few free tools out there that can be used for assessing site performance before going down the road of making changes to improve speeds. 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