{"id":9358,"date":"2019-09-09T01:07:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/?p=9358"},"modified":"2019-09-09T01:21:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T15:21:04","slug":"flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia-with-hummingbird-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia-with-hummingbird-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting Speeds in Australia with Hummingbird Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9358\" class=\"elementor elementor-9358\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-086b3b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"086b3b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6074a30\" data-id=\"6074a30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c5cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58c5cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Flywheel Managed Wordpress Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Flywheel<\/a> has recently moved to using the Google Cloud Platform as the backbone of their <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"DreamPress Wordpress Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/dreamhost-wordpress-hosting\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WordPress hosting<\/a> platform, and with this, comes more data centre locations including Australia (Sydney). In <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia\/\">my previous test<\/a>, their closest location was Singapore. Hosting your website locally in an Australian data centre is a great way to ensure fast loading for Australian visitors, so this is a big plus for <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Flywheel Managed Wordpress Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Flywheel<\/a>&#8217;s Australian customers moving forward. The cheapest option to get started is $23 USD\/month when paid annually ($25 USD\/month if paying monthly) and includes global Fastly CDN access and Flywheel&#8217;s FlyCache.<\/p><p>So, what I would like to know, is, how fast is WordPress running on Flywheel in the Sydney Google Cloud? And, do I get extra gains by pairing it with a WordPress specific caching plugin like <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hummingbird Pro Wordpress Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/hummingbird-pro-wordpress-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Hummingbird Pro<\/a>? Or, does Flywheel&#8217;s FlyCache do better without another cache plugin.<\/p><p>I will be testing a WordPress website running with our standard combination of plugins and the <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"GeneratePress Free Theme\" href=\"https:\/\/generatepress.com\/install-generatepress\/?ref=2079&amp;campaign=tm\" data-linkid=\"3009\" data-shortcode=\"true\">GeneratePress<\/a> theme to see how it performs under Australian conditions. This is the same configuration used for my other <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/tag\/pagespeed\/\">WordPress hosting performance tests<\/a>.<\/p><p>Being located in Sydney, on a cloud container optimised for WordPress, I&#8217;m expecting to see some much better speeds then the previous closest location in Singapore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa9367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fa9367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our standard configuration:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f14a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f14a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Elementor Page Builder Free\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/elementor-page-builder-free\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Elementor<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Elementor Pro Page Builder\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/elementor\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Elementor Pro<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"GeneratePress Premium\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/generatepress-premium\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">GeneratePress Premium<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WP Smush Pro Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/wp-smush-pro-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WP Smush Pro<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hummingbird Pro WordPress Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/hummingbird-pro-wordpress-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Hummingbird Pro<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>In my test setup, <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WP Smush Pro Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/wp-smush-pro-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WP Smush Pro<\/a> will be used to ensure all images are optimised, however, the <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WPMU Dev\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/wpmu-dev\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WPMU Dev<\/a> CDN connection will be disabled to ensure that I get an accurate reflection of the Flywheel Sydney cloud.<\/p><p>Initially, I&#8217;ll test with FlyCache and all <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hummingbird Pro Wordpress Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/hummingbird-pro-wordpress-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Hummingbird Pro<\/a> caching disabled, then again with different combinations of FlyCache with <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hummingbird Pro Wordpress Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/hummingbird-pro-wordpress-plugin\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Hummingbird Pro<\/a>&#8217;s caching and optimisation settings active.\u00a0 Also of note is that Flywheel&#8217;s Fastly CDN appears to run all the time and cannot be disabled.<\/p><p>For these tests, I&#8217;ll be using an average size WordPress website for a service-based business (exactly the same site used in all <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/tag\/pagespeed\/\">my other WordPress hosting speed tests<\/a> including <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia\/\">my previous Flywheel test<\/a>). It sports an assortment of images and different kinds of <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Elementor Pro Page Builder\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/elementor\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Elementor<\/a> objects and templates, including an embedded YouTube video, so it should give a reasonable reflection of the performance of a website built on GeneratePress using <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Elementor Pro Page Builder\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/elementor\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Elementor<\/a> Pro.<\/p><p>Also of note is that at the time of testing, our Flywheel server was running PHP version 7.2 and had a free Let&#8217;s Encrypt SSL certificate. Caches were manually purged between tests and each test run multiple times to ensure caching was taking effect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b02a84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b02a84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speed test platforms<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154148c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"154148c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I will be using three test platforms<\/p><p>The first test platform will be Google PageSpeed Insights since this provides feedback directly from Google on how it sees your website.<\/p><p>The second will by Pingdom Tools using the Sydney test location to ensure we are seeing results reflective of the Australian experience.<\/p><p>The third test platform will be GTMetrix, also set to the Sydney test location.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6861c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6861c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ce550b\" data-id=\"8ce550b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d363e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"42d363e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2416c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af2416c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting - No caching plugins<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97e6f4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97e6f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this test I have no caching setup with Hummingbird Pro, we are just using the built-in Flywheel caching.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3e549d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3e549d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed9ff35 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed9ff35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ef20d\" data-id=\"52ef20d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f351889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f351889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mobile rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31ea0e premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"d31ea0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">31 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae85ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae85ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 5.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 6.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 9.5 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ddaad5\" data-id=\"0ddaad5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e021ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e021ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Desktop rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f77c9 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"a3f77c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">72 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd4a19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dd4a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 1.8 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 1.8 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 2.5 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99e0896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99e0896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pingdom Tools<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d837d39 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d837d39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e0c38d\" data-id=\"2e0c38d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd40309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd40309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time<\/strong>: 1.29 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Requests: <\/strong>63<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 4.1 MB<\/li><li><strong>Wait time for server response: <\/strong>4.1 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-655b95e\" data-id=\"655b95e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8932d4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8932d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Performance grade<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5b320 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"ef5b320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">75 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbb481b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbb481b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GTMetrix<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85faa1a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85faa1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e99408\" data-id=\"7e99408\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e459103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e459103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PageSpeed score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24cfb57 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"24cfb57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">84 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-048cd78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"048cd78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time:<\/strong> 3.2 seconds.<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 3.89 MB<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-add4671\" data-id=\"add4671\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f28f2ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f28f2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yslow score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee92936 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"ee92936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">74 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c39622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c39622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Requests: <\/strong>64<\/li><li><strong>Time-to-first-byte:<\/strong> 214 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27234d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27234d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GTMetrix flags 1mb of JavaScript from the embedded YouTube video as delaying the initial page load.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3914a58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3914a58\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6536568\" data-id=\"6536568\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5508f61 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5508f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7695448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7695448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting with Hummingbird Pro enabled<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c64fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c64fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this test, I enabled Hummingbird Pro&#8217;s persistent cache. Hummingbird Pro also had GZIP compression enabled, but all asset optimisation was turned off.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f99d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71f99d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec286ab elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec286ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c41e20b\" data-id=\"c41e20b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d36c2bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d36c2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mobile rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90785b0 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"90785b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">32 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8186218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8186218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 5.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 6.2 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 9.5 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-242dc86\" data-id=\"242dc86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86aa444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86aa444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Desktop rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cc837 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"18cc837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">73 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f102b8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f102b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 1.7 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 1.8 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 2.5 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa96ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8aa96ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pingdom Tools<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c74ec0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c74ec0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d393a84\" data-id=\"d393a84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaec900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aaec900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time<\/strong>: 1.16 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Requests: <\/strong>63<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 4.1 MB<\/li><li><strong>Wait time for server response: <\/strong>24.2 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9870b5c\" data-id=\"9870b5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7001708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7001708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Performance grade<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b730fab premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"b730fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">75 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a0d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87a0d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GTMetrix<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-90db0f4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90db0f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cec8a5b\" data-id=\"cec8a5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af0bafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af0bafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PageSpeed score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5319b06 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"5319b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">84 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-138ad1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"138ad1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time:<\/strong> 4.7 seconds.<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 3.89 MB<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-03bb5c8\" data-id=\"03bb5c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3dd3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb3dd3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yslow score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae37cac premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"ae37cac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">74 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2291508 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2291508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Requests: <\/strong>64<\/li><li><strong>Time-to-first-byte:<\/strong> 134 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0656ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0656ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GTMetrix flags 1mb of JavaScript from the embedded YouTube video as delaying the initial page load. There are no other negative flags.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5a8fdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5a8fdc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2062353\" data-id=\"2062353\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda568b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bda568b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2367317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2367317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting with Hummingbird Pro enabled and Assets Optimised<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-188c690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"188c690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this test, I ran the Hummingbird Pro persistent cache with all CSS files combined and all CSS and Javascript files moved to the footer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebabb5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebabb5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a159d7 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a159d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b867843\" data-id=\"b867843\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6829013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6829013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mobile rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6565ec premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"b6565ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">56 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb1d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cb1d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 2.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 4.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 9.7 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f3fb98\" data-id=\"2f3fb98\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77dc560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77dc560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Desktop rating<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f4768 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"19f4768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">92 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6630f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6630f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>First contentful paint<\/strong>: 0.7 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Speed index:<\/strong> 1.4 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Time to interactive:<\/strong> 2.5 seconds<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f939d04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f939d04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pingdom Tools<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f682479 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f682479\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0512d61\" data-id=\"0512d61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d40f604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d40f604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time<\/strong>: 1.14 seconds<\/li><li><strong>Requests:<\/strong> 63<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 4.1 MB<\/li><li><strong>Wait time for server response: <\/strong>1.8 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-809544a\" data-id=\"809544a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e95941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e95941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Performance grade<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6c25c premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"3a6c25c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">75 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-423eec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"423eec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GTMetrix<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3315729 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3315729\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f22f05\" data-id=\"5f22f05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-414aca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"414aca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PageSpeed score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa18c4 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"3fa18c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">84 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924417d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"924417d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Load time:<\/strong> 3.1 seconds.<\/li><li><strong>Page size:<\/strong> 3.91 MB<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cc4cb4\" data-id=\"0cc4cb4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-905a941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"905a941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yslow score<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa2cf4 premium-header-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"3fa2cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">74 <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">100<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04466f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d04466f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Requests: <\/strong>64<\/li><li><strong>Time-to-first-byte:<\/strong> 111 ms<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6222391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6222391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GTMetrix flags 1mb of JavaScript from the embedded YouTube video as delaying the initial page load.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af1e798 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af1e798\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d3be32\" data-id=\"6d3be32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae56617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae56617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does it look in a chart?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a65f90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a65f90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Load Speed<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dcaaae elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-chart\" data-id=\"0dcaaae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;x_axis_labels&quot;:&quot;No Optimisation, HB Enabled, HB Fully Optimised&quot;,&quot;y_axis_label_switch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_label&quot;:&quot;Load Speed (seconds)&quot;,&quot;legend_display&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;data_source&quot;:&quot;custom&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;x_axis_label_rotation&quot;:0,&quot;x_column_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;data_type&quot;:&quot;linear&quot;,&quot;y_axis_grid&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_begin&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_urls_target&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_max&quot;:1,&quot;legend_position&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;legend_position_tablet&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;legend_position_mobile&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;start_animation&quot;:&quot;easeInQuad&quot;,&quot;render_event&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;x_axis_label_size&quot;:12,&quot;x_axis_labels_size&quot;:12,&quot;x_axis_grid_color&quot;:&quot;#6ec1e4&quot;,&quot;x_axis_grid_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;y_axis_label_size&quot;:12,&quot;y_axis_labels_size&quot;:12,&quot;y_axis_grid_color&quot;:&quot;#54595f&quot;,&quot;y_axis_grid_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;legend_text_size&quot;:12,&quot;legend_item_width&quot;:40}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-chart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"premium-chart-container-0dcaaae\" class=\"premium-chart-container\" data-chart=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Pingdom Tools&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;1.29&quot;,&quot;1.16&quot;,&quot;1.14&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#fffc7a&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1},{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;GT Metrix&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;3.1&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#6ec1e4&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1}]\" data-settings=\"{&quot;chartId&quot;:&quot;premium-chart-canvas-0dcaaae&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:400}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-chart-canvas-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<canvas id=\"premium-chart-canvas-0dcaaae\" class=\"premium-chart-canvas\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/canvas>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15cffe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15cffe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2f9ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-chart\" data-id=\"b2f9ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;x_axis_labels&quot;:&quot;No Optimisation, HB Enabled, HB Fully Optimised&quot;,&quot;y_axis_label_switch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_label&quot;:&quot;Seconds&quot;,&quot;legend_display&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;data_source&quot;:&quot;custom&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;x_axis_label_rotation&quot;:0,&quot;x_column_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;data_type&quot;:&quot;linear&quot;,&quot;y_axis_grid&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_begin&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_urls_target&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;y_axis_max&quot;:1,&quot;legend_position&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;legend_position_tablet&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;legend_position_mobile&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;start_animation&quot;:&quot;easeInQuad&quot;,&quot;render_event&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;x_axis_label_size&quot;:12,&quot;x_axis_labels_size&quot;:12,&quot;x_axis_grid_color&quot;:&quot;#6ec1e4&quot;,&quot;x_axis_grid_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;y_axis_label_size&quot;:12,&quot;y_axis_labels_size&quot;:12,&quot;y_axis_grid_color&quot;:&quot;#54595f&quot;,&quot;y_axis_grid_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;legend_text_size&quot;:12,&quot;legend_item_width&quot;:40}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-chart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"premium-chart-container-b2f9ccd\" class=\"premium-chart-container\" data-chart=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;First contentful paint (mobile)&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;2.4&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#fffc7a&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1},{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;First contentful paint (desktop)&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;0.7&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#6ec1e4&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1},{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Speed index (mobile)&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;6.4&quot;,&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;4.4&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#6b73e0&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1},{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Speed index (desktop)&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;1.4&quot;],&quot;links&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#e26ca7&quot;,&quot;borderColor&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;borderWidth&quot;:1}]\" data-settings=\"{&quot;chartId&quot;:&quot;premium-chart-canvas-b2f9ccd&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:400}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-chart-canvas-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<canvas id=\"premium-chart-canvas-b2f9ccd\" class=\"premium-chart-canvas\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/canvas>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441f42a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"441f42a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5cd78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be5cd78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observations and final thoughts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7559c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7559c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While Hummingbird caching didn&#8217;t show a huge impact alone, and GT Metrix actually showed a negative impact, full asset optimisation gave the best performance overall across all the test platforms. The data suggests that if you aren&#8217;t doing asset optimisation, you will still get great speeds in Australia using Flywheel&#8217;s Australian location and depending on your website that could be more than sufficient to reach your loading speed goals without any WordPress caching plugins. The added layer of caching does improve things though and asset optimisation helps to get the best performance overall.<\/p><p>Does it perform better than the Singapore location from my past tests?<\/p><p>Yes and no.<\/p><p>Loading speeds in Australia are much faster primarily because the response speed is, as expected, much lower. The actual performance data though suggests the actual Google Cloud platform now in use by Flywheel is slower and performs worse than Flywheel&#8217;s older platform. That said, it doesn&#8217;t really matter if the speed ratings are lower if the overall performance for your customers is better. If your customers are in Australia, then the performance is excellent.<\/p><p>So what do I think?<\/p><p>Flywheel&#8217;s Sydney Google Cloud location is a simple approach to cloud servers for hosting Australian WordPress websites. The response times are some of the fastest I&#8217;ve seen in Australia, although <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cloudways\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/cloudways\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Cloudways<\/a> Sydney Vultr location is <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/cloudways-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia-on-vultr\/\">faster<\/a> to respond. Flywheel&#8217;s platform does however beat out <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cloudways\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/cloudways\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Cloudways<\/a> Vultr location for overall performance as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-engine-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia-with-hummingbird-pro\/\">WP Engine&#8217;s performance<\/a>. This means that Flywheel&#8217;s Australian location actually achieves the fastest overall loading speeds I&#8217;ve seen in any of my tests to date.<\/p><p>As far as pricing for managed WordPress hosts, starting at USD $23, the Flywheel solution is reasonably priced for the performance, beating out <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WP Engine\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/wp-engine\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WP Engine<\/a> for both price and performance.<\/p><p>Overall, <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Flywheel<\/a> offers a great solution for Australian websites in their Sydney cloud location. It is a great option for speed in Australia that is designed to cater to global customers. The included Fastly CDN has many points of presence globally, and more locations in Australia and New Zealand than most other providers. This means that the CDN does actually provide a lot of value for Australian website with predominately Australian customers.<\/p><p>All things considered, as of the time of writing, <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Flywheel<\/a> beats out it&#8217;s parent company <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WP Engine\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/go\/wp-engine\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">WP Engine<\/a> on every front, better CDN, faster loading speeds, and its cheaper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d333598 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d333598\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8514ddc\" data-id=\"8514ddc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f05779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f05779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong><\/p><p><i>The closer the server or CDN is to your end users, the faster that those users will receive the first byte of data.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flywheel has recently moved to using the Google Cloud Platform as the backbone of their WordPress hosting platform, and with this, comes more data centre locations including Australia (Sydney). In my previous test, their closest location was Singapore. Hosting your website locally in an Australian data centre is a great way to ensure fast loading &#8230; <a title=\"Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting Speeds in Australia with Hummingbird Pro\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/flywheel-managed-wordpress-hosting-speeds-in-australia-with-hummingbird-pro\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting Speeds in Australia with Hummingbird Pro\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":242,"footnotes":"","_wordproof_timestamp":false},"categories":[242],"tags":[388,396,389,214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terramedia.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}