Webpage load speed is killing my website

  • emergetech.com is the site.

    I cannot seem to get a clear idea of what is causing it to load so slow. I have downloaded W3 Total Cashe and Leverage Browser Caching Ninja.

    I have optimized the images and minimized what I can with plugins.

    https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=emergetech.com&tab=desktop For desktops I scored an 86. Isn’t that supposed to be good?

    https://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/clqpAy/emergetech.com I seem to be around 3.5 seconds on Pingdom. However, it feels like when im loading my page it takes much longer than 3.5 seconds.

    It feels like navigating my website is like trying to walk through a foot of mud, loading each page is an issue. And this is coming from the computer that is on the website every day…shouldn’t it at least load fast for me?

    Could the issue be related to something on the server or with the hosting? Im not tech savvy so I’m out of ideas on where to improve the speed.

    What can I do?

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  • jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    can you give us a link to your site so we can see the load time for ourselves?

    also: what version of wordpress are you using? what theme and what plugins (active AND inactive) are you using?

    Thread Starter jeremyjmccourt

    (@jeremyjmccourt)

    emergetech.com

    Using the Agile Theme by themeforest. https://themeforest.net/item/agile-multipurpose-app-showcase-wordpress-theme/6631729

    Active Plugins:
    Contact Form 7
    Contact Form DB
    Gallery
    Google Analyticator
    Leverage Browser Caching Ninja
    Post Types Order
    Public Post Preview
    Recent Tweets Widget
    Revolution Slider
    ShareThis
    Simple File Downloader
    Templatera
    W3 Total Cache
    WordPress SEO
    WPBakery Visual Composer

    No inactive plugins.

    jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    it loaded for me around 2+ seconds. you’ve got quite an image/js heavy theme there. have you tried the default theme to see if that improves the load time.

    there are quite a few plugins there that will be using a lot of resources too so maybe trim back on them a bit, figure out the ones that are mission critical and the ones that are just cool and drop the cool ones.

    Thread Starter jeremyjmccourt

    (@jeremyjmccourt)

    Thank you, Jack. I’ve been considering the theme as the culprit but even the sample theme loads way faster than my website and the sample theme has more content on it.

    https://portfoliotheme.org/themes/?theme=Agile – sample
    https://emergetech.com/ – my site.

    I’ve cut back on the plugins but Im still wondering if there could be issues with the hosting.

    jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    it’s a possibility, have you been on to your hosting? who are you with?

    also, did you try going back to the default wordpress theme to see if that speeds up the load time?

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