Long loading time,

  • Hello,

    Usually, I’m not a fan of posting about my website issues on forums, but today I’m really stuck and don’t know what else to do. I’ve tried everything I can think of, but the results haven’t improved.

    My website has been live for about a week, and I’m very excited about it. However, there’s a major issue with the loading time—it takes ages for my page to respond, which is incredibly frustrating. I’ve tried several plugins, like LiteCache and WP-Optimize, but nothing seems to work. I even reached out to my hosting support, and they said everything is fine on their end; they believe the issue is related to page optimization.

    I would be very thankful if you could give me any ideas on what might be causing this long response time and how I could fix it.

    The link is: https://www.pasiskaitom.lt

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  • Plugin Support wpmansour

    (@wpmansour)

    Hey @tomasabonis,

    I completely understand how disappointing it can feel to put so much effort into your site, only to experience slow loading times. Here are a few key actions with WP-Optimize that should help improve your site’s performance:

    1. Enable Page Caching: Head to WP Admin > WP-Optimize > Cache to enable page caching. This will allow WP-Optimize to serve cached versions of your pages, reducing the load time since the server doesn’t need to regenerate each page on every visit.
    2. Optimize the Database: WP-Optimize can help clear unnecessary data like post revisions, spam comments, and trashed items, which can bloat your database and slow things down. Go to WP Admin > WP-Optimize > Database, select the optimizations you’d like, and hit “Run All Selected Optimizations.”
    3. Compress and Lazy Load Images: Image compression is another great way to speed things up. WP-Optimize offers image compression and lazy loading, which means images only load when they’re about to be visible. Find these settings under WP-Optimize > Images.
    4. Minify CSS and JavaScript: You can reduce page load time by minifying (and optionally combining) CSS and JavaScript files. WP-Optimize’s Minify settings let you handle this with ease.
    5. Static File Caching: By caching static files (like images and CSS), WP-Optimize helps browsers quickly load repeat resources. This is handy for returning visitors and is adjustable under the Cache settings.

    One last tip: your hosting server does play a critical role in delivering content efficiently. If you’ve already optimized everything on your site, consider using a Content Delivery Network (CDN). A CDN distributes your site content across multiple servers worldwide, which can significantly improve load times for your visitors no matter where they are.

    Hope this helps, thanks!

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