Nice to Meet You.
My name is John Webber, a WordPress Speed Expert by day, a crime fighting vigilante by night
A computer science degree Web Developer who focuses on writing clean, elegant and most of all - performance oriented code
A self-taught UX/UI Designer with a passion for designing beautiful and functional user experiences
I'm also a Denver Nuggets fan, a loudspeaker design geek, and very much enjoy gardening
The SuperSpeed Story:
My Quest to Maximize Where Others Only Optimize
Hey there!
I'm thrilled you're curious about the backstory. Grab a coffee, and let me tell you how SuperSpeed came to be.
From Frustration to Innovation
For years, I was the guy you'd call when your website was crawling. My days were spent squeezing every ounce of performance out of clients' WordPress sites. It was challenging, rewarding work, but something always nagged at me.
You see, the tools we had just weren't cutting it. I'd install popular speed plugins, only to find myself manually reworking sections in the page editor or writing custom code.
There was very little, to no automation!
- The plugins were not automatically locating the LCP and preloading it.
- They were not automatically resizing images.
- Delaying JS meant that you had to find all files that needed to be included and excluded, checking the frontend after each change.
- CSS solutions were unsatisfactory.
- Basically, too much was loaded, too soon, if we wanted to preserve styling and functionality.
To get the performance I promised my clients, I had to spend over a week fixing each site. Twice that when extending my code base for edge cases!
The Lightbulb Moment
One particularly frustrating day, elbow-deep in code for a resource-heavy e-commerce site, it hit me: these plugins weren't built by someone who lived and breathed site speed every day. They were missing the real-world perspective of a performance-obsessed WordPress speed expert.
I needed more than my mishmash of speed maximizing snippets. I needed a comprehensive solution that could handle everything for me, automatically. The software should be doing the work, not me!
Taking the Leap
So, I made a decision that seemed crazy at the time. I turned down client work, emptied my savings account, and devoted myself entirely to creating the plugin I'd wished existed, the plugin we all needed.
For nearly two years, it was just me, my computer, and an endless supply of coffee. I poured every ounce of knowledge I'd gained from speeding up hundreds of sites into SuperSpeed. My goal? To create a plugin that could strip any page down to its essentials, making even the heaviest sites lightning-fast. Then it would load only what is needed, at exactly the right time.
Breaking the Speed Barrier
After countless late nights and more than a few moments of doubt, it happened. SuperSpeed's core technology came together, and the results were better than I'd dared hope. We're talking about reducing multi-megabyte pages to around 100 KB, without sacrificing design or functionality.
I knew I was onto something big. Something that could change the game for website owners like you.
Where We're Heading
Now that we have the core functions, SuperSpeed's capabilities will be expanded by adding:
- Intelligent font handling
- WebP conversion
- Advanced caching
- and more...
My vision is for SuperSpeed to be the only site speed plugin you'll ever need, no matter how complex your site is.
Why I'm Sharing This With You
I'm not just telling you this to toot my own horn. I want you to understand that SuperSpeed isn't just another plugin churned out by a faceless, zero-innovation, 'me too' company. It's born from real-world experience, countless hours of problem-solving, and a genuine passion for making the web faster.
When you use SuperSpeed, you're benefiting from years of hands-on page speed experience. You're not being asked to change the page builder, theme or plugins. I've been in the trenches. I understand the challenges, and I've developed solutions for them.
Join Me on This Journey
SuperSpeed is more than just a product to me – it's a mission. We know that the success of a website, regardless of its size or complexity, is in part dependent on its speed. And I'm dedicated to providing you the tools that can make it blazing fast.
So, what do you say? Ready to experience what SuperSpeed can do for your site? Let's make the web a faster place, together.
P.S. Got questions? Want to share your own speed improvement war stories? I'd love to hear from you. Reach out anytime – after all, SuperSpeed is built on understanding the real needs of developers and site owners like you.