Our well-loved web page velocity optimization suite simply received even suite-er with a brand new model launch!
Hummingbird is right here to make your vacation brighter. We’ve added a slew of recent options and enhancements, from a browser cache wizard (which automates the method), to a model new Notifications dashboard widget―with your whole experiences and notifiers mixed.
Preserve studying to take a look at all the novelty, or soar forward utilizing these hyperlinks:
New, extra helpful and unified Notifications Module
Efficiency experiences get a greenlight for subsites*
Schedule Database cleanups, & get experiences*
Browser Caching setup is a wiz with this automation
WP Ultimo now has Web page Cache integration
One Final Enhancement (Trace: AO)
Preserve Your Website Buzzing
Sufficient suspense… let’s tear into this package deal.
True Blue and New
Hummingbird has had Notifications, Efficiency Reviews and state-of-the-art Caching options for a while now, however we’ve upped the ante on all of them.
We’re gonna dive into the main points, beginning with…
New, Extra Helpful and Unified Notifications Module
Notifications have been revamped, and are extra practical than ever.
You need to use notifications to automate your workflow, sending experiences and notification messages on to any inbox, and on the schedule of your selecting.
There are 4 kinds of Notifications:
Efficiency Take a look at – schedule and ship common efficiency assessments of your web site
Uptime Reviews – ship experiences of any of your websites’ downtime in a given timeframe
Database Cleanup – schedule and ship experiences for normal cleanups of your database {NEW}
Uptime Notifications – immediate notification of any downtime to permit for well timed motion
It was once that you simply wanted to go to every particular function to arrange or view notifiers. Now they’re all grouped in a single part, which saves effort and time. And appears spiffy, too!
You’ll be able to entry Notifications two other ways, from the WordPress dashboard fundamental menu:
Hummingbird, then scroll down (final module on proper)
Hummingbird > Notifications
Two choices for attending to the Notifications module.
Click on on the Handle Notifications button to entry settings.
To create a brand new Notification for any report sort, click on the plus + icon from the specified notification sort row. It will open the scheduling wizard.
Enabling notifications in Hummingbird.
Configuring is quick and simple via the Notifications wizard.
Scheduling choices for Efficiency Exams, Uptime Reviews, and Database Cleanup sorts are similar. You’ll be able to set the Frequency (day by day, weekly, or month-to-month), the Day, and the Time you’d just like the report back to run.
Scheduling choices for Uptime Notifications is a single setting solely, for Threshold. This lets you set off e-mail notifications primarily based on the period of time your web site is down (5, 10, or half-hour).
Notice that any recipients for Uptime Notifications will obtain an e-mail invitation to subscribe, and should affirm that subscription (by way of the clickable hyperlink) as a way to obtain them.
Subscribers who’ve not but accepted your Uptime invite (pending) can have a stopwatch icon.
For notifications you’ve already arrange, you will notice a blue Enabled standing and a cog icon as a substitute of a plus signal. Click on the cog icon to Reconfigure―or Disable―any notification, and easily revise at will utilizing the identical wizard you initially set it up via.
Reconfiguring is as straightforward as just a few clicks.
Efficiency Reviews Get a Greenlight for Subsites*
Efficiency experiences have been part of prior Hummingbird variations. Nevertheless, now this feature can be accessible in each subsite in multisite installs.
You’ll be able to schedule common efficiency assessments of your web site and ship experiences of the info to any recipients you want. These could be for desktop solely, cell solely, or each. You can too specify the check Outcomes you need included in your experiences: Rating Metrics, Audits, and Historic Discipline Information.
Pattern Efficiency report delivered by way of e-mail.
Schedule Database Cleanups, & Get Reviews*
This function will assist you to schedule common cleanups of your database, and ship experiences with this data to recipients of your selecting.
The Database Cleanup settings allow you to specify which Tables must be included in your scheduled cleanups and corresponding experiences. The choices are:
Submit Revisions
Draft Posts
Trashed Posts
Spam Feedback
Trashed Feedback
Expired Transients
All Transients
To arrange, navigate to the Hummingbird Notifications module. Then from the Database Cleanup row, click on on the plus + signal.
From the Scheduling window, choose Frequency, Day, and Time, then click on the Proceed button.
Select your required choices within the Scheduling window.
Subsequent is the Recipients window. Add individuals one by one―from web site customers, or invite by e-mail―then click on the Add Recipient button after every. As soon as your recipient checklist is full, click on the Proceed button.
Add Recipients from web site customers or e-mail addresses.
Lastly we now have the Customise window. Test the packing containers for the Tables you’d like to incorporate (likewise, uncheck any to exclude), then click on the Activate button.
You get to determine which Tables you’d prefer to be within the Database Cleanup report.
That’s it! You’ll be able to view or revise your settings anytime from the Notifications part of the dashboard module in Hummingbird.
Click on right here for full documentation on Notifications in Hummingbird.
*Reviews can be found within the Professional model of Hummingbird solely.
Browser Caching Setup is a Wiz with This Automation
The brand new Browser Caching wizard will get you arrange correctly, and is a cinch to make use of.
In case your web site is hosted with WPMU DEV, Browser Caching has already been configured and no additional motion is required.
To entry the wizard, navigate to Hummingbird > Caching > Browser Caching, then click on on the Configure button.
Step one is Selecting Server Kind.
Hummingbird will mechanically detect the server sort utilized by your web site, nevertheless you may manually choose an alternative choice if want be. (In case you have CloudFlare integration enabled, the wizard will skip this step.)
Server sort is mechanically detected within the browser caching wizard.
Click on the Subsequent button to proceed to step two, Set Expiry Time.
Right here you may choose All file sorts or Particular person file sorts, together with greater than a dozen incremental time frames starting from one hour to 1 yr.
It’s perfect to Set Expiry Time to the longest worth doable.
Click on the Subsequent button to proceed to step three: Add Guidelines to your server sort.
In case you have enabled CloudFlare integration, the wizard will apply the foundations on to your CF account for this web site, and no additional motion will probably be required.
On Apache servers, the wizard will try to use the browser caching guidelines mechanically to the .htaccess file.
Nevertheless, in case your .htaccess file is just not writable or if the wizard encounters sudden points, you’ll be prompted to repeat & paste the code generated by the wizard. As soon as executed, click on the Test Standing button.
In case your web site is working on any of the under servers (and never hosted by WPMU DEV), Hummingbird can’t mechanically configure browser cache, so you’ll need to set it up manually. Contact your internet hosting supplier for those who’re undecided what server your web site is working on.
Steerage for establishing different server choices, follows:
OpenLitespeed – see this OpenLiteSpeed information
Nginx – manually add the required guidelines to your nginx.conf file, normally positioned at /and many others/nginx/nginx.conf or /usr/native/nginx/nginx.conf
IIS7 (or above) – manually add the required rule following this Microsoft information
At any time throughout this course of, you may return a step by clicking the Earlier button, or click on the Give up Setup button to exit the wizard.
Click on right here for full documentation on Including Guidelines in Browser Caching.
WP Ultimo Now Has Web page Cache Integration
Hoorah for WP Ultimo customers! This new function is computerized, so that you received’t see the settings for it, however relaxation assured we’ve received you lined.
Hummingbird mechanically works behind the scenes to make sure cache is cleared on domain-mapped subsites, appropriately.
One Final Enhancement (Trace: AO)
There may be one final enhancement on this model launch…
Now you can change the file location for Asset Optimization in multisite.
This lets you select the place Hummingbird ought to retailer your modified belongings. That is useful for many who desire to retailer belongings in customized directories, maybe as a result of inside firm insurance policies, or as a way to change the hummingbird-assets path for whitelabel functions.
To entry this setting, navigate to:
Hummingbird > Asset Optimization > Settings > File Location
Select the place you need your modified belongings to be saved.
If you happen to’re utilizing WPMU DEV’s CDN, this function is inactive.
Preserve Your Website Buzzing
The brand new options and enhancements on this newest model of Hummingbird proceed to make it vital instrument.
And, we have already got the subsequent set of recent options within the works, which as of proper now consists of:
Including font optimization to computerized mode in asset optimization module
Improved UI for handbook mode in asset optimization
New onboarding wizard
Secure Mode in asset optimization
many extra enhancements to asset optimization
We at all times preserve a working checklist of upcoming options in our roadmap so you may take a peek anytime and see what’s within the pipeline.
The free model of Hummingbird is feature-packed, and undoubtedly value implementing in your websites. However if you wish to actually blow your velocity out of the water and swap on extra premium options, take a look at Hummingbird Professional.
You will notice an unlimited enchancment in load instances as soon as you put in and activate both model of Hummingbird, and may proceed to tweak your settings for optimum efficiency.
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