WordPress site is running extremely slow

  • I have set up a webshop in woocommerce in WordPress with the theme flexishop2 , but it takes around 8 seconds to load the site which is way too slow . I have already installed wp super cache so the second time they visit the same page in a short time it does load very quick. But i want it to load in around 1-2 seconds the first time they click on it . Can someone help me with this ? the site is https://www.freshtique.nl

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  • it took me at least 5 secs top open the site. Disable your active plugins and see if you have the same behavior, if no, then a plugin could be the problem, check specially that one that has the facebook lightbox.

    Your site is heavy with images and you need to set up browser caching. See
    https://gtmetrix.com/reports/freshtique.nl/DFIQEihH

    Thread Starter lethaljr

    (@lethaljr)

    Thank you for your fast replies, But the weird part is that i have installed WP super cache and i think its actually running. Or is browser caching something else? im sorry but im not so pro with WP. Thanks for the help though

    Browser caching is different than php server caching. Read the report above.

    Thread Starter lethaljr

    (@lethaljr)

    Thank you , I have added browser caching to my .htacces in this way : ## EXPIRES CACHING ##
    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType image/jpg “access 1 year”
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access 1 year”
    ExpiresByType image/gif “access 1 year”
    ExpiresByType image/png “access 1 year”
    ExpiresByType text/css “access 1 month”
    ExpiresByType application/pdf “access 1 month”
    ExpiresByType text/x-javascript “access 1 month”
    ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access 1 month”
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access 1 year”
    ExpiresDefault “access 2 days”
    </IfModule>
    ## EXPIRES CACHING ##

    Does that look alright? I do notice a small speed increase but not fast enough. Im going through all the points on gtmetrix and fixing all of it to see if it will speed up. But i cant immediatly see changes in gtmetrix right? Because leverage caching is still very low but i have implemented it in the .htaccces. Thank you for your help

    You might need a better web host. Some are faster than others.

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