{"id":8553,"date":"2018-08-09T19:46:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/?p=8553"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:32:09","slug":"increase-wordpress-website-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/increase-wordpress-website-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Increase WordPress Website Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress is the best and easy to use CMS(Content Management System) for the last 15 years. Now more than\u00a010 million websites are using WordPress. But with many advantages, there is one weakness also WordPress speed is quite\u00a0slow.\u00a0Speed\u00a0impact\u00a0everything user satisfaction and lastly the profit. The site with more data, results becomes less efficient. Speed matters with each website regardless of using WordPress\u00a0or not.<\/p>\n

Increase WordPress Website Speed<\/h2>\n

Firstly you must check your WordPress\u00a0website speed with free and excellent tools like\u00a0gtmetrix and\u00a0pingdom.<\/p>\n

For speed improvement, we need to take care\u00a0of some points –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Best Free + Premium themes and plugins<\/a> –\u00a0Get start your WordPress\u00a0website with great themes and plugins. In the market there are numbers of Free + Premium themes and plugins are available.\u00a0Themes\u00a0that not slow down the speed and also no need to use an extra plugin to customize the theme. We must use plugins that are\u00a0extremely easy to install and use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Effective caching plugin – There are a few ways to improve your website speed but caching has the greatest impact. Caching is the best way to decrease the page load time. When a browser doesn\u2019t need to retrieve new info, a website is accessed it leads to quicker androidguidesp<\/a> page load times. Caching plugins work a similar approach. Use plugin that is extremely easy to install and use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Optimize Images – To speed up a WordPress\u00a0website we need to use an image as small as possible and compress the image without losing quality. Use image optimization plugins like\u00a0WP Smush. This plugin will compress any image you upload to your site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Customize your homepage to load quickly –\u00a0Things that you include in your homepage are – Remove inactive plugins and widgets that you don\u2019t need, <\/strong>Reduce the number of posts on the homepage, Remove sharing widgets from the homepage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. External scripts \u2013 External scripts\u00a0like\u00a0ads, fonts, loaders, etc\u00a0may\u00a0have\u00a0an enormous\u00a0impact on your\u00a0website performance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Read –\u00a0 5 TIPS FOR STARTING YOUR OWN BLOG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

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            When selecting a theme always recall, use a theme which improves website speed instead of slowing down –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            WordPress themes with\u00a0heaps\u00a0of dynamic\u00a0components, sliders, widgets, social icons and lots of\u00a0additional\u00a0shiny\u00a0components\u00a0square measure\u00a0vastly\u00a0appealing to\u00a0the attention.\u00a0however\u00a0keep in mind\u00a0this: if\u00a0they need too\u00a0several\u00a0components\u00a0and better\u00a0page sizes, then\u00a0they’re going to\u00a0undoubtedly\u00a0cause slow speed.\u00a0We also have an option for a theme that uses a good\u00a0framework like Bootstrap or Foundation.<\/p>\n

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            Features consist of code that needs to be loaded. So this features to increase the load time of the website\u00a0and website become slow.<\/p>\n

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            Like theme, also select plugins which improve website speed instead of slowing down –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            The plugins\u00a0could\u00a0even load\u00a0extra\u00a0files, scripts and stylesheets that\u00a0eventually can\u00a0have an effect on\u00a0the performance of your\u00a0website. If you\u2019re\u00a0using a\u00a0poorly coded plugin, then it will\u00a0considerably\u00a0slow your\u00a0website. Also, affect the page load time and performance of your website.\u00a0Remove unused plugins, disable them or better delete them completely.<\/span> Remind when you use plugins –<\/p>\n

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