u/rajangpt74

Hi everyone,

I'm a freelance developer available for WordPress projects, ongoing maintenance, and technical support.

Most of my work involves helping businesses move beyond basic WordPress setups by building custom functionality, improving googlepage performance, and integrating third-party services.

Recent work includes:

• Custom business management systems
• Marketplace and listing platforms
• Booking and rental websites
• WooCommerce stores
• Custom WordPress functionality and integrations

I can help with:

• Custom WordPress development
• WooCommerce customization
• Membership and subscription websites
• API integrations
• Performance optimization
• Website migrations
• Bug fixing and troubleshooting
• Ongoing maintenance and support

I prefer working with business owners, agencies, and startups that need a developer who can understand requirements, propose solutions, and deliver reliably.

Portfolio: rajangupta.com

Location: New Delhi, India (working remotely with clients worldwide)

Feel free to DM me with project details.

Just wanted to share a small win from a recent WordPress project.

I managed to achieve:

✅ Performance: 100
✅ Accessibility: 96
✅ Best Practices: 100
✅ SEO: 100

And the interesting part... no caching plugin at all.

Instead of relying on caching, I spent around 8–10 hours optimizing the site from the ground up:

• Removed unnecessary CSS & JavaScript
• Optimized critical rendering path
• Reduced DOM complexity
• Deferred non-critical assets
• Optimized images (WebP/AVIF where appropriate)
• Improved font loading strategy
• Reduced third-party requests
• Cleaned up theme and plugin bloat
• Optimized Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS & INP)

The result was a site that feels fast even without page caching.

I know a cache plugin (or server-level caching) is still important for handling traffic and reducing server load, but I wanted to see how far I could push performance through actual front-end optimization rather than relying on caching alone.

Has anyone else tried optimizing this way? What had the biggest impact on your PageSpeed scores?