10 WordPress speed fixes that actually work
Slow WordPress sites lose visitors and rankings. These are the fixes we apply first on every rescue project.
Start with hosting
Trim plugins and themes
Optimise images
Start with hosting
No plugin can fix a slow server. NVMe storage, LiteSpeed or Nginx and server-level caching make the biggest single difference.
Trim plugins and themes
Remove unused plugins, replace heavy page builders where possible and avoid themes that load every feature on every page.
Optimise images
Serve WebP/AVIF, lazy-load below-the-fold images and size images to the space they occupy.
Cache and CDN
Page caching, object caching with Redis and a CDN for static files cut load times dramatically.
