Slow ‘Backend’ Duration in Speed Test

  • Hi there.
    I’m just reviewing a website I run to try and increase the load speed. Its a pretty busy WooCommerce store with around 50k products on there.

    Whilst doing a GTMetrix test, I can’t help but notice that the initial ‘Backend’ duration seems higher than it probably should be.

    Is there anything I can do to improve this?

    The site is hosted on a dedicated server.

    I’ve ran the test with the twenty twelve theme to see if it makes much difference and it doesn’t.

    There is a 5 second wait in this part of the test!

    Any suggestions much appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Craig

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  • Hi @craigs85

    I checked your website on both GTMetrix and Pingdom and one thing stood out on both – when a request is made to load your domain, the first ping time to your server is around 4+ secs. You should ask your hosting provider to look into this.

    Second, it was also pointed that many images on your website are scaled using HTML/CSS. That should not be the case, look into this and you’ll see the difference. In simple words, your are loading an image in its 100% dimension and then reducing the display of that image using HTML/CSS.

    Also, if I were you, I’d also consider investing in CDN with this heavy product catalogue. CDNs are pretty affordable these days.

    Thread Starter craigs85

    (@craigs85)

    Hi there.
    Thank you for your reply.

    The first bit is what I was querying really.

    Its on a dedicated server that I actually manage so I’m not too sure what needs doing regarding it.

    I’m no server expert but this could be a good starting point

    https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/Server

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