Site slow

acqua, hi.

Some basic stuff:
1 – really heavy image – 1.5MB
2 – ~700ms TTFB – is a little bit slow;
3 – not sure that “WP Performance Score Booster” plugin is really the best solution if you want to speed up your website.

See the below report for guidance.
https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.backdoorpodcast.com/XuEvaDzw

Ok thanks for the report but it’s not very easy to understand it for me.
Anything in particular I should focus on? Example install a certain plugin?

acqua,

1 – really heavy image – 1.5MB

You can optimize this image in Photoshop, for example. Or use this plugin to handle all this “images stuff” ??

2 – ~700ms TTFB – is a little bit slow;

It’s mostly a server side issue, not critical in this case, but still..

3 – not sure that “WP Performance Score Booster” plugin is really the best solution if you want to speed up your website.

Try another plugin, f.e.:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-super-cache/
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/w3-total-cache/
But ofc you need to configure any of this solutions for a better results.

For image resizing and optimization, if you don’t want to manually fix it, one option is this plugin: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-smushit/

For caching: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/autoptimize/

Small remark; Autoptimize (I’m the developer) does not do page caching, but JS/ CSS/ HTML/ Google Font and Image optimization (depending on which options you check). for page-caching my favorites are the aforementioned WP Super Cache and KeyCDN Cache Enabler.

Stay safe & have a nice weekend! ??
frank

@optimizingmatters You have a great plugin! I use it frequently.
What is meant by this line on the plugin description page?
“It can aggregate, minify and cache scripts…”

You have a great plugin! I use it frequently.
What is meant by this line on the plugin description page?
“It can aggregate, minify and cache scripts…”

thank you ??

it means that is optimizes JavaScript by combining and minifying it. The result is then cached for re-use (as esp. the minifying step is somewhat “heavy”).