A fast site is a real site.
Lighthouse perfect scores, sub-second Largest Contentful Paint, zero blocking time. Real engineering work that compounds for SEO, conversion, and the people actually using your site.
Eight levers, one fast site.
Performance work is not a single switch. We pull every lever that matters and leave the ones that do not.
Server and hosting
Tuned PHP-FPM, OPcache, MariaDB indexes, HTTP/2, Brotli compression. Australian data centres for low latency.
Caching layers
Redis object cache, page cache, CDN edge cache, browser cache. Each layer scoped properly and warmed before traffic hits.
Image strategy
WebP and AVIF where supported, responsive srcset, lazy loading below the fold, dimensions baked in to prevent layout shift.
JavaScript reduction
Defer, async, code split. Removing every kilobyte the page does not need before paint. Third-party scripts kept on a short leash.
Critical CSS
Above-the-fold styles inlined and the rest deferred. First paint happens before the main stylesheet finishes downloading.
Font loading
Self-hosted fonts, preloaded, font-display swap. No flash of invisible text, no third-party Google Fonts requests.
CDN and edge
Static assets pushed to a global CDN, smart cache headers, HTTP/3 where supported. The bytes get to the user from the closest server.
Lab and field testing
Lighthouse for the lab, Chrome User Experience Report for real-world data. We tune until both agree the site is fast.
Time to Interactive
Pruning long tasks, breaking up the main thread, deferring everything that does not block paint. Pages that feel responsive immediately.
Why we moved to Breakdance.
Page builders are where most WordPress sites lose performance. Bloated markup, dozens of inline styles, JavaScript shipped for components the page does not even use.
We used Elementor for years. We shipped fast sites with it, but it took aggressive engineering to get there. We moved to Breakdance because the output is genuinely cleaner: lighter DOM, smaller stylesheets, fewer wrapper elements, and an approach to assets that respects the page weight budget.
- Cleaner markup straight out of the editor, less to optimise after the fact
- Smaller payloads on average for the same visual outcome
- No bundled JavaScript for animations and effects you do not use
- Faster admin for the team running the site after launch
What an audit and rebuild looks like.
A clear scope, measurable before and after, and a site your team can keep fast without us.
Performance audit
Lighthouse, WebPageTest, and field data analysis. A full report on what is slow, why, and what it will take to fix.
Asset overhaul
Image conversion, font self-hosting, JavaScript reduction, CSS pruning. The page weight that ships to the browser, halved or better.
Caching architecture
Redis object cache, page cache, CDN, browser cache. Layered properly so each tier does its job without stale content.
Critical rendering path
Inline critical CSS, defer non-critical CSS, preload key resources, eliminate render-blocking JavaScript above the fold.
Core Web Vitals tuning
LCP, INP, CLS all targeted explicitly. Pages tested on real devices, real networks, and the real user data Google sees.
Handover and monitoring
A short report your team can read, monitoring set up, and clear instructions on what not to add back later.
Four stages, measurable at each step.
Numbers in, numbers out. We agree the targets up front and report against them at every milestone.
See where you stand
Full Lighthouse and field-data audit. A clear picture of which metrics fail, by how much, and the realistic target after our work.
Scope the wins
A prioritised list of fixes ranked by user impact and engineering effort. You see the cost-benefit before we start.
Do the engineering
Server tuning, caching, asset optimisation, JavaScript work, and Core Web Vitals tuning. Run on a staging site first.
Prove the result
Before and after Lighthouse, before and after field data. Numbers your team can show the rest of the business.
Ready to make it fast?
Send us your URL on the homepage chat. We will run a free audit and tell you honestly what is worth doing.