• My blog: https://www.sandersconnection.com is going soooo slow. Can anyone help me figure out why? I know that dreamhost isn’t the fastest host out there, but still, other sites I’m hosting with them on their same servers run much faster. The slowness with WordPress is much more noticible with the ‘blog’ pages than the ‘admin’ pages.

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  • Other than total page size? It is huge. The largest file is a js script that loads first. Here is what websiteoptimization.com says about it:

    Analysis and Recommendations

    * TOTAL_HTML – Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization.
    * TOTAL_OBJECTS – Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 22 – consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external objects. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
    * TOTAL_IMAGES – Warning! The total number of images on this page is 12 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your graphics. Replace graphic rollovers with CSS rollovers to speed display and minimize HTTP requests.
    * TOTAL_CSS – Caution. The total number of external CSS files on this page is 3 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external CSS files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed CSS for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
    * TOTAL_SIZE – Warning! The total size of this page is 158940 bytes, which will load in 36.08 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 30K to achieve sub eight second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Consider contacting us about our optimization services.
    * TOTAL_SCRIPT – Caution. The total number of external script files on this page is 6 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refine, and optimize your external script files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages.
    * HTML_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 9962 bytes, which less than 20K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your page to display content in well under 8 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.
    * IMAGES_SIZE – Warning! The total size of your images is 82788 bytes, which is over 30K. Consider optimizing your images for size, combining them, and replacing graphic rollovers with CSS.
    * SCRIPT_SIZE – Warning! The total size of external your scripts is 54543 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your scripts for size, combining them, and using compression where appropriate for any scripts placed in the HEAD of your documents.
    * CSS_SIZE – Warning! The total size of your external CSS is 11647 bytes, which is over 8K. Consider optimizing your CSS for size by eliminating whitespace, using shorthand notation, and combining multiple CSS files where appropriate.
    * MULTIM_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 4K.

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    (@nealmueller)

    My website https://www.10degreeslatitude.com is also painfully slow. Can anyone help?

    Thank you
    Neal

    I would also like to know how to solve a similar problem. After two years my blog has started to be slow considerably and I would really like to solve this problem.

    I just went to the site mentioned in gadeterbob’s post above and used “the website analyzer.” It may help you figure out why your blog is so slow.

    I just installed SmartOptimizer: https://farhadi.ir/works/smartoptimizer

    It is a php tool that does a few tricks to optimize your web site on the fly. Endorsed here (under its former name, jsmart).

    When I tested the performance of my site using YSlow, my grade was raised from 47(F) to 81(B) – it compresses and minifies javascript and css, concatenates files, uses caching on both server and client side.

    It might be worth a try – you have to be able to edit your .htaccess file as well as change permissions on directories.

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