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My WordPress site is slow, how can I make it faster?
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Here are some steps you can take to optimize the performance and speed of your WordPress site:

1. Measure Current Performance

  • Run your site through testing tools like GTmetrix, Google PageSpeed Insights, or WebPageTest to get baseline performance metrics
  • Note your current loading time, page size, number of requests, and PageSpeed/YSlow scores

2. Enable Caching

  • Install a caching plugin like WP Rocket, WP Fastest Cache, W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache
  • For most sites, WP Rocket is the most user-friendly and effective option. It has a built-in page caching, browser caching, GZIP compression, and other optimization features
  • In the plugin settings, enable page caching, browser caching, mobile caching, GZIP compression, and minification of HTML/CSS/JS
  • If using WP Rocket, enable file optimization to minify and combine CSS/JS files
  • Preload your cache and consider using a CDN for further speed improvements

3. Optimize Images

  • Images are often the largest files on a page. Properly compressing them can significantly reduce page size
  • Use an image compression plugin like Imagify, ShortPixel, or Smush to automatically compress images as you upload them
  • Specify image dimensions in your HTML/CSS to prevent layout shifts
  • Lazy load images and videos so they only load when visible in the viewport
  • Consider using WebP images as they offer better compression than JPG/PNG

4. Reduce Plugin Usage

  • Deactivate and delete any unnecessary plugins, as each active plugin adds to the loading time
  • Replace plugins with lightweight custom code snippets where possible
  • Avoid resource-heavy plugins like statistic trackers, heavy social media widgets, etc.

5. Optimize Your Theme

  • Ensure your theme follows WordPress coding best practices and doesn't have excessive or unoptimized code
  • Minimize use of external scripts and stylesheets. Combine them where possible
  • Avoid large, complex page builders as they often add a lot of code bloat
  • Reduce usage of web fonts and icon libraries

6. Optimize Your WordPress Database

  • Over time, your WordPress database accumulates clutter that can slow down your site
  • Use a database cleanup plugin like WP-DBManager or Advanced Database Cleaner to optimize your database tables and remove orphaned metadata
  • After cleanup, remember to repair and optimize your tables

7. Implement Lazy Loading

  • Lazy loading defers the loading of non-critical resources (images, videos, etc.) until they are needed
  • Use a lazy load plugin like BJ Lazy Load or a3 Lazy Load to only load images/videos when they are visible in the viewport
  • If using WP Rocket, it has built-in lazy loading functionality

8. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

  • A CDN serves your static content (images, CSS, JS) from servers closer to your visitors, reducing load times
  • Integrate your site with a CDN service like Cloudflare, KeyCDN, or BunnyCDN
  • If using WP Rocket, it has built-in CDN integration that makes setup easy

Follow these steps and re-test your site to measure the performance improvements. The key areas to focus on are enabling caching, optimizing images, minimizing plugins/scripts, and utilizing lazy loading and a CDN.

Let me know if you have any other questions! I'm happy to provide further guidance.