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How to increase load up speed of WP site?

by Nenad Adamovic
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My simple one page WP Blog takes 7 sec to load up. What can I do to make it load faster? Thanks
#increase #load #site #speed
  • Profile picture of the author James-
    Try and use as little plugins as possible. Too many will slow it down for sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    7 Seconds is way longer then usual, so my guess is a Hosting issue.

    But for the record, how many plugins do you have in use?
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    • Profile picture of the author Nenad Adamovic
      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      7 Seconds is way longer then usual, so my guess is a Hosting issue.

      But for the record, how many plugins do you have in use?
      Hi Fernando, just checked, there is 9 plugins. Hosting is on Host Gator. Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Nenad Adamovic View Post

        Hi Fernando, just checked, there is 9 plugins. Hosting is on Host Gator. Thanks
        I run WP + hostgator, my sites load pretty fast IMO.
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        • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          I run WP + hostgator, my sites load pretty fast IMO.
          Same here.

          Try this OP: first install WPCompressor - same thing as SuperCache but it's not a pain to uninstall

          Then Deactivate your plugins one by one and go checking here: Pingdom Tools

          One of them (or two working badly with each other) is creating that huge loading time. No worries, you will find the culprit. Then update us on how it goes.

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      • Profile picture of the author EvanBeck
        Originally Posted by Nenad Adamovic View Post

        Hi Fernando, just checked, there is 9 plugins. Hosting is on Host Gator. Thanks
        That many plugins should not be an issue fo Hostgator. I sometimes run up to 20 plugins. Try using w3-total-cache plugin and wp-optimize plugin. In fact, these are both recommended by Hostgator.
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by EvanBeck View Post

          That many plugins should not be an issue fo Hostgator. I sometimes run up to 20 plugins. Try using w3-total-cache plugin and wp-optimize plugin. In fact, these are both recommended by Hostgator.
          Yikes, 20 plugins on a single theme!
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Depends what OP has on the page.

    Things like javascript & flash will slow a page down when loading.

    Large chunks of white-space in the source code can be made to run faster with plugins like wp-minify, when you view the source code html, all the white-space will be gone & the code will be very compact, which helps load times run faster.
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  • Profile picture of the author gtk29
    Hostgator is a very good web host. So it is problem with your site. You should try installing WP SuperCache plugin to minimize the load on server.
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  • Profile picture of the author TokiTover
    Here is a great resource for site speed.

    How to Speed Up Wordpress - The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide | IM Impact
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  • Profile picture of the author MIlana
    You can use the Firebug + PageSpeed addons for Firefox. In this way you can debug the problems with the theme (very common) and with the files with problems. You can debug the problems one by one. You must start the compression from the .htaccess file too.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    The "W3 Total Cache" plugin is the most efficient plugin for speeding up your WP site.
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  • Profile picture of the author alexander0076
    You can use "W3TotalCache" plugin to speed up your site and also use very less number of plugins to your wp site. You can also optimize your images for faster loading.
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  • Profile picture of the author arunii
    Yes "W3TotalCache" plugin is a must have plugin for every blogger. You should also use it. I have used the wp optimize plugin to remove bulk comments and also to optimize my database tables. It is a very good plugin also.
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  • Profile picture of the author jackthomson1
    I think it is a theme uploading problem change your theme it will solve your problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author katsar0v
    There are a lot of plugins that fix the cache of the CMS. You can use them to decrease the time your website loads ...
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  • Profile picture of the author bg-011
    which one is better w3 total or wp super cache ?
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  • Profile picture of the author SimpleSEOTips
    Originally Posted by Nenad Adamovic View Post

    My simple one page WP Blog takes 7 sec to load up. What can I do to make it load faster? Thanks
    Hi Nenad,

    I blogged about this subject this morning and I hope Pearson (the forum mod) won't mind me linking directly to it: Page Load Time SEO | Website Load Time for Search Engine Optimization
    It gives an overview on the subject of site speed and its importance within SEO.

    If you don't fancy reading the blog post directly here are two very useful resources of advanced tactics to help speed up your blog which are cited within the post:
    25 Ways to Speed Up your Website
    Speed Up Wordpress

    Hope that helps.
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