Website takes almost 5 secs to load

  • Resolved ourcore

    (@ourcore)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hey, guys,

    Since installing W3 Total Cache, my website’s load time has shot up to 4.82 seconds, so I’m looking for some help ’cause I’m sure there’s an incorrect setting or conflict somewhere. It’s quite noticeable, as on first load (after clearing all caches), the page is completely blank for about 2 seconds. See https://www.marioparra.me.

    At the moment, I have the following enabled:
    – Page Cache (Disk: Enhanced)
    – Minify (Auto, Disk, Default, JSMin, Default)
    – Browser Cache (Set Last-Modified header, gzip Compression)

    Separately, I’m also compressing my images using WP Smush. I’ve also noticed that PageSpeed Insights doesn’t detect browser caching as enabled, stating “expiration not specified”.

    Any help or guidance would be really appreciated. I can provide more detailed settings if necessary. Thanks in advance!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/w3-total-cache/

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  • 1. You need mod_expires installed for the browser cache to function properly.

    2. Try setting the minify to manual.

    Thread Starter ourcore

    (@ourcore)

    Thanks a lot for the advice, but I still don’t really get it.

    I’ve added the mod_expires and mod_headers modules to my .htaccess file per this article, and PageSpeed Insights still doesn’t detect browsing caching. More importantly, the website is still painfully slow to load. These are my browser cache settings.

    Thanks again.

    Thread Starter ourcore

    (@ourcore)

    I set the expires, cache control, and eTag headers via W3’s settings, which has brought the site load time back down to 1.84s. It overlooked these as I figured the default settings would be optimal, but that wasn’t the case. Thanks.

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