Fast, secure and safe

1. 1What makes a website fastFast is a measurement, not a feeling. Your page is usable on a mid-range mobile phone in under two seconds for most real visitors, and you can check it yourself in five minutes.6 minutes
2. 2What makes a website secureSecure means there is as little as possible to attack, what remains is patched inside the window attackers now use, and there is a tested way back if it fails.5 minutes
3. 3What makes a website safe for the people who use itSafe is about the visitor. It means the site collects nothing it does not need, can be used by anyone, and does what it says, and each of those is checkable wherever your buyers are.7 minutes
4. 4The October 2026 PHP flaws reach every website that runs on PHPTwo critical flaws fixed in PHP itself on 21 October 2026 reach every website that runs on PHP, whichever system sits on top, and only a PHP update fixes them, so the question for an owner is which PHP version the site runs and whether it has a fix.5 minutes

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