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18 Proven Tips to Speed Up Your WordPress Site and Improve SEO | 2023 Guide

Vitus White
Last updated: 17 January
Vitus White 9 months ago
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  1. Optimize images: Large image files can slow down your site, so make sure to compress and resize them before uploading them to your website. You can use a plugin like WP Smush to optimize images automatically.
  2. Use a content delivery network (CDN): A CDN stores copies of your site’s files on servers around the world, so that users can access them more quickly. There are several popular CDN services available, such as Cloudflare and MaxCDN.
  3. Minimize the number of plugins: While plugins can add useful functionality to your site, too many of them can slow it down. Remove any unnecessary plugins and consider using a plugin like P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) to identify which plugins are causing the most issues.
  4. Use a caching plugin: Caching plugins create a static version of your site’s pages, which reduces the amount of processing power required to load them. Popular caching plugins include W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache.
  5. Optimize your database: Over time, your database can become cluttered with old data, which can slow down your site. Use a plugin like WP-Optimize to clean up your database and improve performance.
  6. Minimize HTTP requests: Each time a page loads, it makes several HTTP requests to load all the different elements on the page. Minimizing the number of requests can significantly speed up your site.
  7. Use Gzip compression: Gzip compression reduces the size of the files that are sent to users’ browsers, which can speed up the loading time of your site. You can enable Gzip compression with a plugin or by editing your site’s .htaccess file.
  8. Optimize your code: Make sure your code is clean and well-organized, and use a tool like Google’s PageSpeed Insights to identify specific areas that need improvement.
  9. Use a good hosting provider: The quality of your hosting can have a big impact on the speed of your site. Look for a provider that offers fast servers and solid uptime.
  10. Monitor your site’s performance: Use a tool like Google Analytics to monitor your site’s loading times and identify areas where performance can be improved.
  1. Use a theme optimized for performance: Some themes are built with performance in mind, while others may be heavy and slow. Choose a theme that is optimized for speed and has a clean codebase.
  2. Use lazy loading for images: Lazy loading loads images only when they are in the viewport, which can significantly speed up the loading time of your site, especially if you have a lot of images.
  3. Use a database optimization plugin: Some database optimization plugins can optimize your database tables and improve their performance.
  4. Use a code minification plugin: Code minification plugins remove unnecessary characters from your code, making it smaller and faster to load.
  5. Use a browser caching plugin: Browser caching allows the browser to store a copy of your site’s pages and elements, so they don’t have to be loaded every time the user visits your site. This can significantly improve your site’s speed.
  6. Use a DNS prefetching plugin: DNS prefetching resolves the DNS for external resources before the user clicks on a link, which can reduce the time it takes to load the resource.
  7. Use a heart beat control plugin: WordPress has a default Heartbeat API that allows the browser to communicate with the server and check for updates. This can cause high CPU usage, slow down your website, and drain your server resources. You can use a heart beat control plugin to limit the frequency of the Heartbeat API calls.
  8. Make sure your website is responsive: A website that is not responsive can be slow to load, especially on mobile devices. Make sure your website is responsive and optimized for mobile devices to improve speed.

Note: It’s always a good idea to take a backup of your website before making any changes and test changes on a development environment before applying it on live website.

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