Word Press Site Slowdown

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

I’ll try that and get back to you later on the outcome. Thank you for the speedy response and suggestion.

Thank you Esmi. I tried deactivating plugins and saw some improvement. I’ve reactivated a few items and the improvement has stayed steady. I checked my site on WRC Markup Validation and got 13 error and a warning. Anybody have any idea what this means and if it could be contributing to my issues?

https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melgattisphoto.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&group=0&verbose=1&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices

It appears to indicate an issue with the theme and maybe my Meta Slider plugin.

Have a read of this: https://www.sitepoint.com/seven-mistakes-that-make-websites-slow/

See also: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Validating_a_Website

Also, test your site at (free online testing) at: https://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html or https://www.webpagetest.org/ or https://fpt.pingdom.com/#!/bZN8il/https://www.heartsandguns.co.uk/
Also, review these resources: – https://www.wptavern.com/determining-which-plugins-are-slowing-your-site-down
– https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/656/is-there-a-way-to-measure-server-resource-cpu-usage-by-wp-plugins/799#799
– https://wordpress.tv/2013/02/28/vinay-paudel-optimizing-and-speeding-up-a-wordpress-site/
– https://www.wptavern.com/my-performance-woes
– https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Optimization
– https://codex.www.ads-software.com/High_Traffic_Tips_For_WordPress
– https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Optimization/Caching (Caching Plugins…)
– https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance

Tara, thank you so much. Since I don’t have to work tomorrow, this is what I’ll be doing then I’ll report back. Thank you!