{"id":1426,"date":"2017-09-15T08:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T15:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.la.wordcamp.org\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2017-09-20T05:38:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T12:38:10","slug":"introducing-wordcamp-lax-speaker-andrew-wilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2017\/introducing-wordcamp-lax-speaker-andrew-wilder\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing WordCamp LAX Speaker Andrew Wilder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Wilder will speak on \u201cSlow Sites Suck! How to Speed Up WordPress without Touching a Line of Code&#8221; Sunday afternoon at 11:00 a.m. in the Daytona Room at WordCamp Los Angeles. As someone who has driven his dream car, a Tesla Model S P100D (the fastest production car in the world), Andrew knows a thing or two about speed. So when he says he can improve your site speed, it&#8217;s worth a listen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll share the tools I use every day on my and my clients&#8217; sites,&#8221; Andrew said, &#8220;and give you actionable takeaways so you can get your website purring like a Tesla!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew wasn&#8217;t always concerned with speed, as evidenced by his first car, a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme station wagon. It had three rows of seats, with rear-facing seats in the back and wood-grain panels on the sides. In his words, the car was &#8220;just like driving a mattress&#8221; and a far cry from driving the Tesla, which had him &#8220;trembling for two hours afterwards.&#8221; Andrew explained that now that he understands what &#8220;Going Plaid&#8221; feels like, he can&#8217;t wait to do it again!<\/p>\n<p>He wants others to feel that high by empowering them to be successful and the reason he chose this topic. &#8220;I have so many clients who don&#8217;t understand the basics of speed, and most speed optimizations aren&#8217;t actually that complicated,&#8221;Andrew acknowledged. &#8220;It used to be that &#8216;Content Was King&#8217; when it came to websites. Now, having great content on your site is &#8216;just a given,&#8217; and if your site doesn&#8217;t start showing it within just two seconds, people will click away. A faster website means happier visitors, better SEO, and a boost to your bottom line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew understands that WCLAX is all about speed this year and feels the knowledge his attendees gain will move them to pole position. &#8220;You&#8217;ll understand speed bottlenecks: How to find them and how to fix them,&#8221; he promised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch Andrew Wilder LIVE at WordCamp Los Angeles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Topic: Slow Sites Suck! How to Speed Up WordPress without Touching a Line of Code.<\/li>\n<li>Time and Date: Sunday, October 1 at 11:00 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Room: Daytona Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Wilder will speak on \u201cSlow Sites Suck! How to Speed Up WordPress without Touching a Line of Code&#8221; Sunday afternoon at 11:00 a.m. in the Daytona Room at WordCamp Los Angeles. 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