{"id":130,"date":"2026-11-07T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benchnode.net\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T16:08:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benchnode.net\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Benchnode"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"130\" class=\"elementor elementor-130 elementor-16\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c2a95 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1c2a95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce880a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce880a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Benchnode<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d9a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25d9a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Benchnode exists<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e60558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e60558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most plugin comparisons repeat vendor claims or test on fast servers hardly anyone uses. Benchnode measures for itself: on shared hosting, with Elementor, on a page that looks like yours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f1ce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73f1ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who's behind it<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e8f245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e8f245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m Ben Marten and I run Benchnode. I work with WordPress and Elementor myself, and I know the question you&#8217;re probably asking right now: every plugin promises to make your site faster, safer or more privacy-friendly. Whether that&#8217;s true, and by how much, is almost never written anywhere. So I measure it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1428db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1428db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How I work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf00ec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf00ec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Every test runs in my own lab, a WordPress install on ordinary shared hosting in Germany.<\/li><li>I change one setting at a time and measure after every change. So you see what each setting really does.<\/li><li>Every result comes with date, versions and raw data. If a plugin changes significantly, I test again.<\/li><li>I write down what can break, not just what gets faster.<\/li><\/ul><p>The details are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/benchnode.net\/en\/methodology\/\">methodology<\/a> page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda9c14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dda9c14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What I don't do<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa61c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa61c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I don&#8217;t copy vendor claims without checking them, and I don&#8217;t sell placements. Benchnode is funded through affiliate links marked with an asterisk. A plugin with a partner program doesn&#8217;t get better numbers because of it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-046d2b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"046d2b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get in touch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9712b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9712b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want to know how a specific plugin affects your site, or found a mistake in an article? <a href=\"https:\/\/benchnode.net\/en\/contact\/\">Write to me<\/a>. 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