About MakeWPFast
The mission is simple: Make WordPress Fast Again. MakeWPFast is a WordPress performance lab built by Marcin Dudek — a developer who has spent years diagnosing and fixing slow WordPress sites. Not by writing about speed, but by building the tools that deliver it.
Who I Am
I’m Marcin Dudek, the developer behind WP Multi Tool — a WordPress plugin that handles database optimization, autoload management, and slow query detection. I also build nginx-optimizer (server configuration tools) and contribute to the WordPress performance ecosystem through open-source tools and educational content.
My experience spans hundreds of WordPress sites across shared hosting, VPS, and enterprise infrastructure. I’ve seen what actually makes WordPress slow — and it’s rarely what the popular advice tells you.
Why Backend-First
The WordPress speed optimization space is dominated by frontend-focused solutions: image compression, caching plugins, CDNs. These matter, but they’re the easy part. The hard part — and the part that delivers the biggest gains — is backend optimization:
- Database optimization — bloated wp_options tables, excessive autoloaded data, orphaned transients
- Slow query identification — finding the specific database queries that add seconds to page loads
- Server configuration — nginx tuning, PHP-FPM settings, FastCGI caching that actually works
- Plugin audit — identifying which plugins are the real performance offenders
This is what I focus on. This is what I build tools for. This is what I teach.
What I Build
I don’t just write about WordPress performance — I ship the tools and run the services that fix it.
WordPress products
- WP Multi Tool — a WordPress developer toolkit: bulk operations, debugging, and database/performance optimization.
- Fix-WP — AI-powered WordPress emergency repair; critical issues fixed within hours.
- WhyDoesMySiteSuck — a free 324-point site health and performance audit that scans any site in seconds.
WordPress services
- WordPress Performance Audit — a backend slowdown audit with prioritized, written fixes.
- WP Plugin Security Review — a security audit for plugins: SQLi, nonces, XSS, and REST exposure.
- WordPress Consulting — backend advisory: architecture, MySQL, plugin design, and security.
Open-source performance tools
- nginx-optimizer — one-command nginx performance and security for WordPress (HTTP/3, Brotli, FastCGI cache, hardening).
- litespeed-optimizer — one command to make WordPress on LiteSpeed/OpenLiteSpeed fast and secure.
- wp-local — one-command Dockerized local WordPress with SSL.
Contact
Have a WordPress performance question? Need help with a slow site? Reach out at contact@makewpfast.com.