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  • October 26, 2015 at 12:26 pm #524814
    Lordsassafrass

    Hi

    I have a website that I’m in the process of building:
    http://www.sealtightgaskets.com
    It based on a sisters company website:
    http://www.kb-engineering.co.uk

    The KB website loads much quicker that mine. Just wondered if someone could point me in the right direction.

    Thank you

    Gavin

    October 26, 2015 at 4:37 pm #525030
    Elliott

    Hi Lordsassafrass!

    The best way to optimize a WordPress site is to use a caching plugin. A plugin such as BWP Minify will help in minifying your JS / CSS as well.

    Also be sure to crop / scale your images down to a reasonable filesize.

    I recommend this tool, https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/, for checking your site speed.

    Regards,
    Elliott

    October 26, 2015 at 6:24 pm #525125
    Lordsassafrass

    Thank you Elliot. I tried that plugin and it didn’t seem to have much affect but did remove my slider images on my two pages.

    I’m sure there is something silly I have done because it is much slower that the sister site which is pretty similar

    I’ll try the google insights

    October 27, 2015 at 10:54 am #525391
    Rikard

    Hi,

    A minify/caching plugin should definitely help performance, please let us know if you should have any more questions on the topic.

    Thanks,
    Rikard

    October 27, 2015 at 6:25 pm #525733
    Lordsassafrass

    Thank you Rikard I installed and activated W3 Total Cache and it seems to have improved it, although considering the lack of content it still seems slow. And certainly slower than the sister website.

    g

    October 27, 2015 at 6:27 pm #525734
    Lordsassafrass

    I think something else is causing the pages to load slowly?

    October 28, 2015 at 4:54 pm #526284
    Elliott

    Hey!

    Other than that it depends on your server connection and your internet connection. You’ll want to contact your hosting provider. Perhaps they have a better hosting package you can upgrade to.

    Cheers!
    Elliott

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