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Apache .htaccess for an A grade: headers, redirects, caching
A tested .htaccess, built section by section, that gives an Apache or LiteSpeed site one-hop redirects, security headers, compression, cache lifetimes and no exposed files.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms10 min read
Caddy: the two-line https server and the headers to add to it
Caddy gets certificates, redirects to HTTPS and serves HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 with no configuration. Here is what it does by default, what it does not, and the Caddyfile that passes every report check.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms13 min read
Cloudflare settings for speed and security, on the free plan
The Cloudflare free-plan settings that make a report go green, in order, with what each one changes, the traps (Flexible SSL, cache everything, Rocket Loader) and how to verify from outside.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Joomla and Drupal: the settings the report checks and where they are
Where Joomla and Drupal keep the settings behind a website report's findings, from URLs, titles and canonical tags to compression, caching, security headers and updates, with a lookup table.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms14 min read
Magento and Adobe Commerce performance: what to change first
Magento 2 ships slow by default: a heavy PHP stack without Varnish, RequireJS bundles, the Luma theme and one script per extension. The settings and commands that fix it, in the order that pays.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms10 min read
Netlify and Vercel: the headers, caching and redirects to set
What Netlify and Vercel send by default, and the headers file, cache rules, redirects and preview settings that turn their fast defaults into a clean security and caching report.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms11 min read
Nginx configuration for an A grade: TLS, headers, caching
One commented nginx server block, built up section by section, that passes getReport's TLS, security header, HTTP/2, compression and caching checks, plus the add_header trap that undoes it.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms13 min read
Shopify: what you can fix, what you cannot, and what to ignore
A Shopify report has findings you control, findings Shopify controls and findings that do not matter on Shopify. This guide sorts them, shows where each fix lives in the admin, and tells you which apps to remove first.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms11 min read
Squarespace: the checklist for speed, SEO and structured data
Squarespace 7.1 does images, SSL, sitemaps and canonicals for you. This checklist covers the settings that are still yours, the JSON-LD you add through code injection, and the report findings to ignore on the platform.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms11 min read
Static sites (Hugo, Astro, Next.js): headers and caching done right
A static site has no server think time and every file can be cached, so what is left is response headers and cache lifetimes. Where they live on each host, with a complete headers file to paste.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Webflow: performance and SEO settings worth changing
Webflow hosting gets the basics right. This guide covers the settings still your job: the SEO tab, page settings, images, fonts, interactions and redirects, and what a report can and cannot fix.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Wix: speed and SEO limits, and what to do inside them
Wix handles hosting, SSR, WebP and canonicals for you and caps what you can do about JavaScript weight. Learn which findings you can fix in the editor, which are the platform's, and when to stop chasing the mobile score.Updated 25 Sept 2026
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