Ways To Fix a Slow Word. Press Admin Panel (Dashboard)Slow Word. Press admin panel? You may need to disable object cache in W3 Total Cache or switch cache plugins to WP Rocket which was rated #1 in a Facebook poll and has less issues than W3. TC. You can also disable unnecessary Word. Press settings using WP Disable and delete/replace any high CPU plugins. Before activating JetPack: Approximately 2 seconds of loading After activating JetPack (only Sharing active plugins): over 7 seconds. But not only, Admin side has. It could also be a slow server. Run your site through Google Page Speed Insights to see if reduce server response time is in your report (screenshot) and use bytecheck. TTFB (time to first byte) – these are 2 solid indicators of server speed. You can fix these by either upgrading plans with your current host to include more server resources or migrate to someone like Site. Ground who was rated the #1 host in multiple Facebook polls taken by the WP Hosting Facebook Group and is the only host listed on all 3 Word. Press, Joomla, and Drupal hosting pages. I use their semi- dedicated Go. Geek plan which has 4x more server resources than shared hosting and have a 2. Pingdom and . 5s in GTmetrix. This tutorial should speed up your website AND admin panel. It will also improve load times and grades in GTmetrix/Pingdom. My Word. Press speed optimization guide has more tips with comments like “My page speed score on gtmetrix went from 6. Comment with any questions : )1. Check Your Server Response Time. Server Response Time – run your site through Google Page Speed Insights to see if the “reduce server response time” item appears in your report. Google recommends > 2. TTFB – time to first byte measures the responsiveness of your web server (hosting). Run your site through bytecheck. You can also check TTFB in the GTmetrix Timings tab…PHP Version – PHP 7 makes your site faster and more secure, but only 1. Word. Press users are on PHP 7. Install the Display PHP Version plugin to see what version you’re running. If you’re using an outdated version, check whether your theme/plugins are compatible using the PHP Compatibility Checker plugin then upgrade to PHP 7 through your host. Some hosts don’t support PHP 7 (Godaddy still uses PHP 5. Site. Ground and most hosts use PHP 7. Slow Server – What Should I Do? I’m not going to tell you to upgrade plans or migrate hosts if you don’t need to. But I would definitely stay clear of hosts owned by EIG (Bluehost, Host. Gator, Site. 5, etc) since they’re known for acquiring companies and cutting costs by downgrading hardware and packing more people on the same server. Check this Facebook poll and if you are with a bad host, consider migrating to someone like Site. Ground which is who I got my 1. Pingdom load times and . GTmetrix with on their Go. Geek plan. The 4x server resources can make a hell of a difference since “number of servers” is one of the largest factors from the Word. Press optimization guide. Disable “Object Cache” In W3 Total Cache. If you’re using W3 Total Cache go to the General Settings and disable object cache. See my W3 Total Cache settings to make sure everything is configured properly since Cloudflare and Max. CDN may also be the culprit – plus most people don’t have the ‘performance tabs’ setup correctly. That tutorial has been used by over 1. However W3 Total Cache has bugs and the plugin developer doesn’t go a great job updating it – so do yourself a favor and switch to WP Rocket if you have $3. WP Fastest Cache). Configure WP Disable. WP Disable lets you disable settings in Word. Press that consume CPU and slow down your site. It also has options for heartbeat control (if you remember the actual heartbeat control plugin you can now delete it and just use this)… as well as a few other options that can speed up your admin panel/website. Go through the settings and simply select the ones you want…Tips On Using WP Disable. Disable EVERYTHING you don’t use. Scheduling spam deletion is a good idea. Emojis, Google Maps, and Gravatars take a long time to load. Disable everything in the “tags” tab since they’re all unnecessary. Pingbacks and trackbacks aren’t usually worth the extra resources. Set post revisions to 3- 5 so you have backups, but you don’t need hundreds. Host your Google Analytics tracking code locally in the ride side of settings. Host Google Analytics Locally – on the right side of the WP Disable settings, enter your Google Analytics UA code. This should fix the “leverage browser caching” item for Google Analytics often seen in GTmetrix, Pingdom, and Page Speed Insights. Be sure to delete ALL other tracking codes and Google Analytics plugins, and make sure GA is still tracking user data. Configure A Cache Plugin (WP Rocket)Try using WP Rocket if you’re willing to drop $3. Facebook poll and can speed up your website / dashboard even more than W3 Total Cache. I wrote a tutorial on how to configure WP Rocket and was able to get . Pingdom compared to the . I got with W3 Total Cache and other cache plugins. It also has features W3 Total Cache doesn’t: lazyload, preload bot, database cleanup, and more. It’s solid and it’s also WAY easier to configure, is updated frequently, and doesn’t have bugs like W3. TC. 5. Clean Your Database. This deletes your spam folder, trash folder, transients, and the potentially thousands of post revisions stored in your database. You don’t need these, so delete them and schedule a cleanup to run every week (or at least every month) which can be scheduled using one of these plugins. If you’re using WP Rocket, you can do this in the database settings…If you’re NOT using WP Rocket, use the WP- Optimize plugin…6. Avoid High CPU Plugins. Thank you Ivica from the Word. Press Speed Up Facebook Group for making this list. The most common culprits are related post, statistic, sitemap, chat, calendar, page builders, and plugins that run ongoing scans/processes or show multiple times in your GTmetrix report. Broken link checker. Constant Contact Word. Press Widget. Contact Form 7 (https: //contactform. Digi Auto Links. Disqus Comment System. Divi builder. Jetpack. Next. GEN Gallery. PHP Code for Posts. Reveal IDs. Revslider. S2 member. Simple Post Thumbnails. Skype Status. Sumo. Me. Vault. Press. Visual Composer. Woo. Commerce. Word. Press Facebookwp. Cloaker. WPMLYet Another Related Post Plugin. The P3 Plugin hasn’t been updated in forever but it used to do a great job at finding slow loading plugins – it may not work but try it out if you want. Go to your Plugins menu and navigate to P3→ Scan Now → Start Scan → Auto Scan. View the results. You can also use the GTmetrix waterfall tab to see slow plugins…7. Disable Unused Plugin Settings. Go through each of your plugins and decide which settings you can turn off (this will lower CPU). For example, in Yoast under Settings > General > Features I disabled the following…Disable plugin settings that: Provide statistics. Run ongoing scans. Send admin or email notifications. Examples: Wordfence’s live traffic reports. Broken Link Checker’s ongoing scans. Yoast’s settings under Dashboard > Features. Chat and calendar plugins that run constantly. Statistical plugins that constantly collect data. Related post and popular post plugins that store tons of data. Delete Unused Plugins/Themes. Unused themes store preconfigured settings in your Word. Press database (similar to plugins). First go to your plugins menu and deactivate/delete ALL plugins you’re not currently using…Now go to Appearance > Themes and delete all themes you’re not using…9. Offload Resources To Cloudflare/Max. CDNCloudflare and Max. CDN host your website files on multiple data centers around the world so your content is delivered from the closest data center to your visitors. This offloads resources to their data centers (reducing bandwidth consumption on your own server) and should also significantly improve load times for people who (used to be) geographically far away from your 1 origin server. Using a CDN is also a recommendation in the Word. Press optimization guide. Max. CDN vs. Cloudflare – Cloudflare is free and has over 1. It helps with both speed/security but they don’t provide support for the free plan. Max. CDN is $9. 0/year with my coupon (or do a free 3. One of the most valuable things about Max. CDN is their support team who helped me configure everything… they improved my GTmetrix scores to a perfect 1. I would try using both if you can. Cloudflare helps offload bandwidth consumption…So does Max. CDN…Tutorials (These Integrate With Most Cache Plugins)1. Exclude WP- Admin From Cloudflare Using Page Rules.
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