Faster loading websites are scoring high on search engines. Bounce rate also increase if site loads slowly.
WordPress is the number one CMS. It powers around 43% of all websites on the internet.
Making WP site faster is a hot discussion on forums, blogs, and social media.
So how could we make our WordPress site faster? Its very simple!
Follow the below seven tuning and your site will get faster than ever. My site got approx 40% faster using these simple tricks.
- Update the WordPress versions to latest one
Updating of WordPress version is the most important thing for a WP site. This update brings new features, bug fixes, and any security improvement. By running the latest WordPress version on your site, you’ll improve your overall performance.
- Update all the plugins, themes and widgets
Themes and plugins are a vital part of WP site. You should always check for a newer version of plugins and themes. New releases can often come with the ability to improve the speed of your website.
- Remove unwanted plugins and themes
WordPress come with some preinstall theme and plugins. Also if you install WP using any hosting provider panel as a result it will install with more plugins and themes. Always remove unwanted plugins and themes this will increase site performance and increase security.
- Remove unwanted widgets
Similarly to themes and plugins, removing unwanted widgets will improve site performance and security. Unwanted widgets that are hidden from our view can also pose a security risk.
- Install a caching plugin
In short a WP site always communicate with the database. Depending on the configuration, Cache plugins instruct servers to store recently requested files to RAM or disk. Without caching, visitor may always download every elements every times they visit your site. A cache plugin eliminates the many steps. W3 Total Cache is one of the best free cache plugin with 1+ million active installations.
- Install an image optimization plugin
There are many benefits of image optimization, improve page load speed, Improves site user experience, save server memory and reduce load on the Server. WP-Smush or Smush is the most popular image optimization plugin for WordPress. It can Optimize images, turn on lazy load, resize, compress & improve your Google Page Speed, more!
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- Optimize your database tables
To optimize a table in MySql there is a command named: OPTIMIZE TABLE
OPTIMIZE TABLE reorganizes the table’s physical storage and associate index data. It reduces the storage space and improves access to data. It is recommended to optimize tables once a week.
Optimize a Table Using MySQL
OPTIMIZE TABLE <table_name>;
Optimize multiple Table Using MySQL
OPTIMIZE TABLE <table_name>, <table_name>, <table_name>;
All of the above can be done within your present WordPress setup. It’s easy and will not take more than 60 minutes.
However, there are some more things that you can apply like change to a better web hosting provider, selecting a lightweight theme, etc.
The main advantage of increasing site speed is that it gives a better experience to visitors. It also increases your ranking in SERPs.
Now it’s your time to speed up your WordPress site. Apply those and see the improvement.
Do you have any tips or tricks that you have applied to your site and get the benefit? You can share with us in the comments section below!
