A fast loading and speedy website can make a lot of difference on the online presence of your business. Google also gives priority to speedy websites while determining their rankings. Moreover, if your website takes too long to load and response then your visitors are bound to go for some other service provider.
There are many ways to enhance the speed and performance of a website. Mentioned below are some of the most useful tips for speeding up a WordPress website.
- Use Plugins Wisely:
We all are blessed by some great plugins that enhance the functionality of our websites. However, we also are guilty of installing plugins that we don’t require. We try them and when we realize that we don’t need them, we deactivate and leave them installed. Website owners should know that each plugin removal will increase the speed of their website. Make sure that only required plugins are installed which you intend to use. Sometimes, you can also find code that can be used instead of a plugin to achieve a desired functionality. Try to use such codes whenever it is possible. - The Cache Plugin:
If you are really serious about the speed of your website and don’t have the cache plugin installed then it should be the very first thing you should do. When a WordPress site is visited by a user, it collects all the information that is required from the database. A caching plugin will help you out by storing a flat HTML version of the website and providing it instead of repeating the whole process again and again. A new HTML file is created every time something is changed on the website such as new blogs, post, comments etc but still it is far quicker than the normal process. - The Hosting Provider:
Apart from the speed of the website there are many more problems that one can face by choosing a wrong hosting provider. Most people would go for a cheap and popular shared hosting provider without investigating the pros and cons of it. You should spend sometime over internet and your colleagues before making a decision in this matter. If you believe that you are going to have high traffic on your website then dedicated hosting will the better choice for you, otherwise you can go with shared hosting. - Use Web Optimized Images:
Large images are not suitable for websites as they tend to load slowly and compromise with the speed of the website. Make sure that the images are of the appropriate size and dimensions for your website. - Optimizing the Database:
Databases tend to get unruly with the time. You should regularly use the optimize option to sort out any wasted space on the database. You should do this whenever you delete a lot of comments which tends to create a lot of wasted space on your database. Make a note to optimize your database at-least once every month.
There are some more actions that you can take to further enhance the speed of your website but the above tips would also do the trick pretty efficiently. Clients can always take a maintenance package from a professional web development company and make sure that their website is always kept in best shape.
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I really don’t know about these great plugin but now i will definitely try this.Thanks for sharing.
I agree that the speed of your blog is extremely important. Most issues related to page speed can be solved through plugins. It’s just a matter of figuring out which ones you really need. A good caching plugin is one of the main ones you’ll need, but that is just scratching the surface.
Very true everything mentioned here, I apply these tips on every WP-based website I ever create or work on. A lot of webmasters haven’t heard of optimized images, I used to optimize them with smushit, online. It’s very important to have a fast website, it’s good for SEO also. Thanks for sharing!
Speed of your blog should always be at the look out. It’s just as easy logic as being at a restaurant and giving slow services, guests end up winding at a different restaurant with faster service. You just need to know which plugin to use for your blog’s speed top up a notch.
Very well said. I never knew that speeding up wordpress website will give you great assurance and possibilities to have good outcome.
plugins will help you speed up your blog site especially wordpress. Since you are able to manipulate and tweak some stuffs in order that it can serve more to the visitors that are visiting your site. And also deleting some spams and drafts in your post can also speed up your cache.
I had this auto links plugin that was seriously slowing down my wp blog. Any good suggestions to replace this plugin?
Nice descriptive blog here amy,
I would definatly recommend to anyone the cache plugin. It is much easier to know that a new html file is put in place everytime a change is made to the website. I find the plugin to be fairly good at saving time, however not as much as i hoped to be honest. It is however very worthwhile overall in my opinion.
A very cool site you have here Amy. I wasn’t even aware of the fact about plugins slowing down your site. I will be addressing that issue right away as I am guilty of it. I do have the cache plugin installed and I agree that I couldn’t live without it.
This is my 1st visit and I will be back to learn much more. Thanks so much and keep up the great work.
Hi Amy! providing this kind of information is really a big help. I agree with you that speed is really important. I will definitely follow all the tips that shared with us here. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
For speed up wordpress blog we should delete all the spam comments and unwanted plugins and themes. Here’s great tips in this post.
Thanks for sharing it…….
Good tips on the tactics we can use to speed up our wordpress and some are so simple such as the first one. Thanks for the share.
W3 total cache is better option in this case.
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Great post,I never realised that a plug still installed but not activated would slow site down so i have learnt something there,got three to remove. Thanks for posting
Nice post These tips all make sense, but it’s so easy to forget some of these points when you start writing a guest blog post… the last thing you want is to embarrass yourself on someone else blog!!
I never knew that speeding up wordpress website will give you great assurance and possibilities to have good outcome.I never realised that a plug still installed but not activated would slow site down so i have learnt something there,got three to remove. Thanks for posting
Great post! sharing this information to us, helps a lot of bloggers to improve their blog. Thanks for the tips and job well done.
This hosting provider would be another reason for the delay and other sort of inconvenient services. Since if you don’t have a good hosting provider you would experience some short end services. Like site delay load and site error were in after a short time of span it won’t be able to display. Especially if the browser is very slow and have some errors like Internet explorer.
I have installed the plugin w3 total cache, this plugin I like the function where you can pass data cdn for the blog to another server and improve the speed
good tips on the tactics we can use to speed up our wordpress and some are so simple such as the first one. Thanks for the share.
So true! I will apply this to my blog. Thanks for sharing. Any help about wordpress crash?
Thanks so much for the share, your tips are nice to know especially when you are in the situation of thinking to move an office. Thanks so much!
Speed of blog or site is very important. First tip is most important, use every plugin wisely. I think image optimization is essential for speeding up WordPress site. This information will help bloggers to improve their blog.
Great article.I like your idea to speed up a wordPress blog.It is very informative post.Thanks for sharing this post with us..
Nice article i have tried your instructions and they really works ;-)
I agree that plug-in are important to get speed of web-page, there are many plug-in that are paid and very useful. In order to get speed you must focus on design and graphics of the blog.
Straight forward post, i think it would be cool to add the list of plugins. thanks
I’ve been having a lot of issues with my blog loading and have done everything but the hosting provider suggestion. I just switched my blog over to the CloudFlare DNS provider but haven’t noticed much improvement, nor have my tools on my toolbar indicated that the site is loading any faster. I have all of my blogs and sites on a shared plan through MediaTemple. Is it worth getting a dedicated hosting plan through them? Or another company? What do you suggest; I definitely want to get this issue ironed out sooner than later. Thanks.
You can get web-page speed by avoiding
1. Flash Design
2. Graphics Formats that takes more time to load.
This are the two factors that can help you in getting speed.
Thanks for creating such a article about speed up wordpress website. I really search this tutorial from a long time and and after a long time I get from here.
Thanks for sharing this tips about wordpress. Actually it’s really very necessary to a website.
Speed up is really necessary for all kind of website for ranking.
Website Speed is very important factor these days. CloudFlare is a great CND solution. W3 Total Cache is great plugin. I only use this one. No database plugin. Spriteme is a great solution, but still I never try it.
Good information are shared and I will apply this to my blog. And really Speed up is necessary today..
Load time definitely plays a big role. No one likes a slow sight. Really good tips Amy, thank you.
I have followed the instructions you mentioned and i got effect ;-)
This is proving a very helpful resource for me, and indeed any budding online marketers, I am interested from earn online site. Thanks.
great article
Good job…. i appreciate your calls performance and information you provide on your site… thanks and keep posting such informative post… for more stock tips
Awesome post! I think that number usability one of the most important and often overlooked aspects of website.
Speed of your blog should always be at the look out. It’s just as easy logic as being at a restaurant and giving slow services, guests end up winding at a different restaurant with faster service………..
I really do appreciate the way you have presented this specific topic which is very informative for me. Thanks for sharing.
Bandwidth optimization can also be done to achieve optimized WordPress blog, because most of the time network in itself is so occupied with the traffic that it is not able to allocate the space for the blog administrator and thus, admin experiences slow WordPress operations.