WordPress painfully slow

  • Wordpress has been painfully slow. I hosted my wordpress in bluehost. Initially I thought it’s the server issue. But then I tried hosting in the Hostinger web host service and still found it extremely slow. It takes 45secs for the first page request(eg : merlinsourcing.com/about) to complete but after which all other assets complete loading instantly. Sometimes after trying to load for more than 45 secs I get “Error establishing a database connection”.

    To note: I migrated this wordpress from another hosting.
    Any suggestions on how to fix/debug this?.

    Following are plugins I use:
    Translate press, Htmegamenu, Elementor, Elementor Pro, Contact Form 7, nitropack, leadsquared Suite, Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7, Head, Footer and Post Injections, Ivory Search, WP Job Openings, Yoast SEO

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    You’re not using any caching or optimization plugins. I like using the combination of “autoptimize” and “comet cache” to get decent TTFB and a reduction in the number of requests.

    See https://i.imgur.com/YW3M4F8.png

    In addition to what Steven has said, Elementor is adding a lot of overhead to your site. Please search for ways to optimize an Elementor website. It can be done, but it takes work.

    Thread Starter xendworks

    (@xendworks)

    Thanks Steven for the feedback. Will check those plugins. @bigmoxy I have another elementor wordpress website and it works flawlessly. Can this frequent database connection error relate something to the issue I’m facing?

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