How to speed up your WordPress site

A faster site keeps visitors happy and ranks better. Here are the highest-impact ways to speed up WordPress.

Quick wins

  1. Use a caching plugin — LiteSpeed Cache or WP Super Cache serve pages much faster.
  2. Optimise images — compress them and use modern formats; a plugin can do this automatically.
  3. Use a light theme and remove plugins you don't use.
  4. Run a recent PHP version — set it in cPanel's Select PHP Version (8.x is faster).

Going further

  • Enable a CDN (like Cloudflare) to serve content closer to your visitors.
  • Limit heavy page builders and large sliders.
  • Clean up your database periodically.

Test with a free tool like PageSpeed Insights. Want us to check your server-side setup? Open a ticket.

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