speeding up website load time

9 years ago

Hi, I would start by changing your big slider picture. When a big blurry picture is the first thing you see, it is not very encouraging.

I would also try removing it altogether and test the speed. Sliders generally don't increase sales. Try putting in one clear still image.

Try switching from super cache to quick cache. Also, your js is slowing things down a little - try auto optimize plugin.

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Ali Alvie

9 years ago

Add things to .htaccess file. And from your home page squeeze the slider a little bit.

Look out for these points:

Expires caching (.htaccess)
Enable HTML Compression
Enable HTTP Compression (.htaccess)
Enable Gzip Over Images
Use Head Cleaner
Minify CSS and JS
Optimize Database with WP-Optimize
Put JavaScript in Footer
Make Fewer Server Requests

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johnben1444

9 years ago

Some of the things you can also do are:

Host your images on different servers
Change your hosting company

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Kingfish85

9 years ago

I would address most of the things listed here first:

WebPagetest Test Details - Dulles : www.pcm...enancelondon.co.uk - 03/04/14 21:42:09

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RobinInTexas

9 years ago

I've seen clients get some improvement hosting images on Picasa

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ebizman

9 years ago

Hire a good developer to optimize your speed if you've tried your best.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

It's currently loading pretty fast. I agree with other commenters: get rid of the worthless slider, or at least optimize the background. It's almost 200kb when it should be 65kb. That isn't just random number and reduction in size, I tried "lossless" JPEGmini optimizer on it. You also seem to be loading the same blurry pic several times from different addresses.

Is your theme doing something dynamic with the CSS? Is there a purpose for that?

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k0103707

9 years ago

Made some of the changes on here. It's working even better now, even with the
banner.

Thank you guys, very useful tips.

Still got a couple of concerns...

a) The initial time to first byte is very high, almost one second...
on this - #h##p://www.pcmaintenancelondon.co.uk/
b) Time to first byte is very high, also almost one second for this too... on this - #h##p://www.pcmaintenancelondon.co.uk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=themeton_customcss&ver=3.7.1

These couple of things are taking up 2 seconds of load time. Just waiting doing nothing... I've used the "wp super cache" plugin and it reduced the "time to first byte" to almost nothing, but the page load time becomes unstable so i've decided not to use it. What needs to be done remove this significant wait? These 2 things are the main problems after doing an analysis of page load time.

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by k0103707

a) The initial time to first byte is very high, almost one second...

It's possible that your site is just on a slow server. If that's the case you might not see much improvement in these tests. However, server-side and browser caching will help your real users.
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Rembro

9 years ago

Try this test
Site Load Test

As I can see, almost all of your images are NOT optimized. You configured gzip compression for images, but it's totally useless. At the same time your HTML code is being served uncompressed. Keep-alive is off. And the server itself seems to be slow.

And one more thing.... I'm sure you don't really need that huge ugly blurry "cool header".

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paulgl

9 years ago

Wordpress is a piece of junk, bloated CMS.

If people would just create a friggin' website, or
use a real CMS, they would have very few of the problems
kicked around on the WF.

I can't even believe in 2014 anyone is talking about site load time.

Paul

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

Wordpress is a piece of junk, bloated CMS.

If people would just create a friggin' website, or
use a real CMS, they would have very few of the problems
kicked around on the WF.

I can't even believe in 2014 anyone is talking about site load time.

Paul

I can't believe someone would know HTML/PHP & not be able to figure out Wordpress themes are HTML/PHP.

All WP is doing is pulling data from a database. It's only bloated If you make it bloated.

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paulgl

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

I can't believe someone would know HTML/PHP & not be able to figure out Wordpress themes are HTML/PHP.

All WP is doing is pulling data from a database. It's only bloated If you make it bloated.

It's bloated because it makes multiple, and I mean multiple with a capital M requests on
the server. It has separate files for almost everything.

Wordpress, although it spits out html, spits out html by making so many server calls,
for a site with a lot of stuff, it's going to be weighted.

Toss in databases, javascripts, even php includes, and you can get something
like healthcare.gov

The thing breaks down under its own weight.

Anyway, to the point: Nobody should give a rat's behind about load time 2014.

If your site has a load problem, and it's WP, start looking to dump WP.

Paul

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

It's bloated because it makes multiple, and I mean multiple with a capital M requests on
the server. It has separate files for almost everything.

Stock WP install isn't bloated, but the default way of themes and plugins to include css and javascript will multiply the requests to the server. Install five plugins that have at least some on-page functionality, and your site might load 10+ extra files. Combine that with inexperienced users who install plugins without thinking... I think you're right about this. However, while WP could handle this way better it's not the only system suffering from this problem.

Unfortunately solutions like combining files with W3 Total Cache are for advanced users. CDN might also help a bit too, because these non-essential static files would come from a different server.

On a more generic level, almost every non-custom CMS I've seen has been wasteful with MySQL queries. MySQL is expected to be blazing fast, and usually it is.
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limekyln

9 years ago

I avoid wordpress for my money sites. I do old school Dreamweaver html sites. I do this to avoid running both a webserver and a database server. on the cheap hosts, I have found that the MySQL database can be the bottleneck. I try to build sites with plain html and well optimized images. I I don't go crazy adding scripts that can hang up loading like unnecessary social buttons or widgets. I take advantage of .htaccess to cache everything. Less is more. More speed.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by limekyln

I avoid wordpress for my money sites. I do old school Dreamweaver html sites. I do this to avoid running both a webserver and a database server. on the cheap hosts, I have found that the MySQL database can be the bottleneck. I try to build sites with plain html and well optimized images. I I don't go crazy adding scripts that can hang up loading like unnecessary social buttons or widgets. I take advantage of .htaccess to cache everything. Less is more. More speed.

Last time I used Dreamweaver it kept adding unnecessary code to the HTML files. That was a few years ago, maybe they've updated/changed? I use Notepadd++ & hand code/edit, even on Wordpress themes.

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satrap

9 years ago

Here is a thread I started a while back that contains lots of doable little hacks and tricks you can use to speed up your site, including a few htaccess tricks: http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...zing-fast.html

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cbnet

9 years ago

I understand to have a good ranking, your site should load fast. Some one has advised me to install "WP Super Cache" plugin on my site.

But before installing it, I thought to check here in this forum, whether it is a good practice to install it on one's site.

And whether any better plugin is available for this purpose.

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Mubashirshafi 9 years ago

Yes, W3 Total Cache and Wp Super Cache both plugins can help you in speeding up the page. You can also check the ratings on wordpress support forum before installing them. I personally like Wp Super Cache.
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- nik0 Banned 9 years ago
  
  If you really want to speed up your site you should look into CDN (content delivery network)
  
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