{"id":505,"date":"2020-09-11T06:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2020-09-11T06:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:24:12","slug":"best-ways-to-speed-up-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/best-ways-to-speed-up-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Ways To Speed Up WordPress Website In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Best Ways To Speed Up WordPress Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speeding up a WordPress site is one of the main operations to be carried out at the end of the development of a site to improve its loading speed. To\u00a0speed up your WordPress site\u00a0we will rely on\u00a0\u00a0<strong>W3 Total Cache,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0one of the best plugins currently available for WordPress with which it is possible to\u00a0<strong>increase the loading speed by<\/strong>\u00a0exploiting special functions made available by the plugin itself. So let&#8217;s see how to\u00a0<strong>reduce the loading time<\/strong> of our WordPress site in a few simple steps. Let&#8217;s move to <strong>Best Ways To Speed Up WordPress Website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Install W3 Total Cache<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Start by installing the\u00a0\u00a0<strong>W3 Total Cache<\/strong>\u00a0plugin from the WordPress plugin installation menu, as in the image below. At the end of the installation, activate the plugin to make it immediately functional.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>View the main settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After installing and activating the plugin you will see a new item called\u00a0<strong>\u201cPerformance\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0appear in the WordPress side menu.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the\u00a0<strong>\u201cGeneral Settings\u201d item<\/strong>, located within the \u201c\u00a0<strong>Performance<\/strong>\u00a0\u201d submenu to move to the section where all the main functions will be present. At this point, all you have to do is choose which functions to activate to speed up the WordPress site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Activate the optimization options<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To\u00a0<strong>improve the loading speed<\/strong>\u00a0of your WordPress site you will need to check the boxes relating to the &#8221;\u00a0<strong>ENABLE<\/strong>\u00a0&#8221; option of the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Page Cache<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; allows you to create a static copy of the pages on the site, thus avoiding having to generate them every time someone views a page, drastically decreasing the loading of the site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minify<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; compresses the .css files related to the site style and the .js files related to javascript, reducing the space occupied and at the same time leaving their properties intact.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Database Cache<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; allows you to store data relating to the database on your browser so that during your use in the management part of the site it is faster.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Object Cache\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; another useful function in speeding uploading while using it in the management part of WordPress<\/li>\n<li><strong>Browser Cache<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; allows you to store WordPress site files by using the advanced browser storage functions of each user who visits the site, significantly reducing loading times on subsequent visits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After checking all the boxes, click on \u201c\u00a0<strong>Save all settings<\/strong>\u00a0\u201d to make the changes active<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTENTION:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0I advise you not to change any other options, or if you know what they refer to then you are free to change them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By following these steps you will have greatly improved the loading speed of your WordPress site!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codeinwp.com\/blog\/ways-to-speed-up-wordpress\/\"><strong>Advantages of speeding up a WordPress site<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-513\" src=\"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WordPress-Speed-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress-Speed\" width=\"733\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WordPress-Speed-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WordPress-Speed-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WordPress-Speed.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are curious to know why it is important to speed up a WordPress site, here is a list of the advantages deriving from this operation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lower consumption of data traffic<\/strong>\u00a0and a decrease in bandwidth usage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Less waiting time<\/strong>\u00a0for site visitors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improvement of the browsing experience<\/strong>\u00a0by users.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improvement in<\/strong>\u00a0SEO\u00a0<strong>indexing<\/strong>\u00a0in search engines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Test WordPress loading speed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To find out how much your site&#8217;s loading speed has improved, try a site\u00a0<strong>loading test by<\/strong>\u00a0comparing the before and after.<\/p>\n<p>You can do this using GTMetrix, a handy free tool that gives you data on page size and site loading time, as well as tips on how to further improve your WordPress site&#8217;s loading speed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use fast and efficient hosting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Often too slow loading of your WordPress site is due to the low performance of most of the too cheap hosting on the market.<\/p>\n<p>To speed up the loading of your site I recommend you to use\u00a0<strong>Siteground<\/strong>, one of the best dedicated WordPress hosts, it provides ultra-fast loading times, as well as having excellent customer support that is available at any time to solve any problems or questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Compress heavy images<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To put things in perspective, here&#8217;s a fact. A simple WordPress theme takes up around 30MB of storage space, while a visually heavy website, such as e-commerce, takes up several GBs of image storage. What if you could reduce the image file size by more than 50% with indiscernible quality differences?<\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0<strong>resize and compress images in an<\/strong>\u00a0OS-based<strong>\u00a0compression tool<\/strong>\u00a0before uploading them or use a WP plugin like SmushIt to reduce the image file size for your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eliminate unnecessary and heavy plugins<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-509\" src=\"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images-5-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress-Speed\" width=\"724\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images-5-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images-5.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WordPress plugins are useful, however, too many plugins mean too many requests on the server, which leads to slow page loading. Other related problems include\u00a0<strong>security threats and memory problems<\/strong>. The best practice is to only install plugins that your site cannot do without.<\/p>\n<p>You can use Plugin Performance Profiler (a plugin itself) to\u00a0<strong>identify the worst plugins on your WordPress<\/strong>\u00a0and replace them with better alternatives.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read More:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/amplethemes.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/5-best-blog-wordpress-theme\/\">5 Best Blog WordPress Theme<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-summary\"><\/div>\n<p>Also, some plugins are barely used more than twice a month (like thumbnail generators, etc.). It is\u00a0<strong>best to activate them at the time of use<\/strong>. You can also check which plugins you can just uninstall and use some online tools instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Take advantage of light structures and themes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WordPress themes carry a good amount of files, which reduces the page load speed of your website. This can be related to heavy stock images, long and inefficient codes, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The best step forward is to find\u00a0<strong>the right blend between a theme&#8217;s visual appeal and page loading speed<\/strong>. When looking for a WordPress theme, keep the following points in mind:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check\u00a0<strong>reviews on the theme<\/strong>and specifically look for performance information.<\/li>\n<li>Test the\u00a0<strong>performance of the theme demo pages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Look for the\u00a0<strong>default WordPress themes<\/strong>, which are light in code and therefore work well.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the themes\u00a0<strong>based on Genesis and Thesis Framework<\/strong>which are known for their performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want your users to get frustrated with your website speed, try these different tips and tricks I mentioned in this post that you can use to improve your WordPress site performance and increase page load speed.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know how you managed to speed up WordPress and some of my tips have helped you. Happy experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Ways To Speed Up WordPress Website \u00a0 Introduction Speeding up a WordPress site is one of the main operations to be carried out at the end of the development of a site to improve its loading speed. 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