Very slow page speed

  • I am having trouble with the page speed of my site. I ran a test on pingdom and Google Page Speed Insights but I am very inexperienced with fixing the issues with the site that are slowing it down.

    I have figured out that it does not seem to be my images as I have decreased their size greatly. Below are the results of my google test:
    https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=tonysmasonry.com&tab=desktop

    I tried a few different plugins but none seemed to fix the speed issues after testing them again.

    Any help as to how I can fix this would be greatly appreciated. Any plugin suggestions that may help fix this would be greatly appreciated as well. Thank you in advance.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I would try deactivating all of your plugins to explore whether any could be responsible

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Well that google test breaks down what plugins seem to be slowing things down.

    But those plugins are a part of visual composer plugin which I cannot remove.

    But what confuses me is that I have used these plugins on other sites but I have not had these slow issues.

    Thanks for the response.

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Would anyone else have any suggestions of how I can fix this problem?

    Thank you.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    It’s very hard to fix your page speed issues. It’s easier to fix the issues that Google has raised in their insights and there are plugins to resolve those. Which plugins have you tried to solve those issues?

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Thanks for the response Andrew.

    I have tried:
    ? WP minify Fix – that broke the site styles completely
    ? Zen Cache – did not change any speed results on Google Page Speed
    ? WP Fastest Cache – did not change any speed results on Google Page Speed

    Can you recommend any other plugins that can help with the issues.

    Thank you for your help Andrew.

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    I think if I am able to fix the google test things then that will ultimately fix the speed problems as that is what seems to be causing them.

    I have tried:
    ? WP Minify Fix – that breaks my site and destroys the css
    ? WP Fastest Cache – did not seem to work
    ? ZenCache – did not seem to work

    Do you have any other plugins that may work?

    Thanks for your help.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

    Ignore the “CSS” part of that. To fix the JavaScript issue, try this plugin:
    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/scripts-to-footerphp/

    But it may not work if the Minify plugin broke your site. Let us know if that Scripts to Footer plugin works

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Andrew

    Thanks for the suggestion but that broke my site as well.

    Any other ideas of what might work?

    Hi,
    Have you changed any css code in your theme or somewhere else, if there is an error in the css file, i think it can break things.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Maybe @tmh2k1’s theme is not enqueing JS properly.

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Chillmen – I will check that. Do you think that would cause things to run so slow though? Maybe I will try to strip down the css as much as possible.

    Andrew – would you know how I can fix that?

    Thanks for the replies guys.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    First to explore whether it is the case, that your theme isn’t enqueing its resources properly.. Can you switch to the Twenty Sixteen/ Fifteen theme and see if the plugins work?

    Thread Starter tmh2k1

    (@tmh2k1)

    Which plugins are you referring to?

    Thanks for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    The Scripts to Footer plugin for example, try that.

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