{"id":2392,"date":"2026-06-08T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:49:10","slug":"wordpress-website-performace-speed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/ar\/wordpress-website-performace-speed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Speed Up Your WordPress Site Once and For All in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Is your WordPress website slow? You need to increase the performance of your site and speed it up because it is costing you more than you could ever imagine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">WordPress is one of the most famous Contents Management systems but most users may suffer a sluggish website due to some reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A slow website will not only cost you repeat visitors but also cause a drop in the # of sales that your website is making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In this post, I won&#8217;t do how most people 10 ways to increase your speed or something like that. I&#8217;ll show you exactly how you can speed up your website speed step-by-step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Let&#8217;s begin. Shall we?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Why the speed of a website is very important<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">1. One-second delay reduces conversions by 7%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3012\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-in-relation-to-conversions.jpg\" alt=\"Slow website Reduce Convertions\" width=\"560\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-in-relation-to-conversions.jpg 560w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-in-relation-to-conversions-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2. Google has included the site speed as an algorithm as you&#8217;ll see in Brian&#8217;s Dean 200 Ranking factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>A little Caution:<\/strong> To be safe, Have a backup of your website. You can do that manually by going to Tools&gt;Export then Export Everything<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Basics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Before you do anything, some things could be slowing down your site. With a simple tweak, you can increase the speed dramatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Update <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress and Plugins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">One of the goals that WordPress developers have is to have a bug-free platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">With every update, everything becomes better. Check out if all your plugins and WordPress are up to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Make this Important Mobile Change First!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Most of the traffic comes from mobile devices. So, you need to take advantage of that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Google now wants visitors to access web pages almost instantly. For that reason, <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.googleblog.com\/2017\/02\/whats-in-amp-url.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMP was introduced<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">AMP accelerates your pages on mobile so that they load super fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Learn more below about AMP in the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Ever wondered how a page showed a flash when searched in Google?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Check this example.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3038\" style=\"width: 1023px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AMP-page-example.png\" alt=\"AMP page example to Speed your Website for mobile users\" width=\"1023\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AMP-page-example.png 1023w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AMP-page-example-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AMP-page-example-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AMP-page-example-30x14.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Note the Lightning Sign?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s easy yet important to optimize your pages for mobile. Google substituted page speed insights to <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">user experience tests for mobil<\/a>e to make pages fast on all devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Ideally, if a page is fast on mobile, it will serve more internet users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To Optimize your pages for mobile, you only need to Install and activate 2 Plugins.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/accelerated-mobile-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accelerated Mobile Pages<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMP<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Within a few days, your pages will be optimized for mobile. Relax.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#1. Choose a Good Host.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Come on Tony, we&#8217;ve heard that a couple of times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You heard it again. While most people start with shared hosting which is fine when you are ready you can use dedicated Hosting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Pat Flynn Recommends\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/bluehost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bluehost<\/a>\u00a0while John Chow Recommends <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/dreamhost-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HostGator<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/dreamhost-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dreamhost<\/a>,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/siteground-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SiteGround<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/inmotion-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>InMotion<\/strong><\/a> are also receiving high ratings among users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Spoiler!<\/strong><\/span>: I use <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wpx\"><strong>WPX Hosting<\/strong><\/a> to run Elite Affiliate Hacks. If you like the speed of this website, you have to make a move since you get support in less than a minute. (Now use<a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wealthy-affiliate-review\/\"> Wealthy Affiliate<\/a> Managed Hosting)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket<\/a> has passed in most experiments as the Fasted managed hosting with CoudFare enterprise included.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#2. Change the Theme<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Themes are developed differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Some themes are lighter than others. Always for a lighter theme. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/mythemeshop-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyThemeShop<\/a> has some of the lightest <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/top-best-wordpress-premium-themes-for-business\/\">premium themes<\/a> used by fellow bloggers like Matthew Woodward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Author Note:<\/strong> Also delete unused themes!<a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/asm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Thin-Banner.png.webp\" alt=\"Amazing Selling machine\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Thin-Banner.png.webp 728w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Thin-Banner.png-300x37.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#3. Delete Unnecessary Plugins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">While some people claim that an increase in the number of plugins decreases the load time of a website, that is not always the case. Some plugins can optimize your site for speed as you will see below. But&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you have any unused plugins, delete them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Every plugin adds a code that could slow down your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#4. Remove any external scripts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">External scripts can have a huge impact on how your website loads. These could be scripts from ads or anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">How to Check the Speed of Your Site<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">My website loads just fine in my browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You are WRONG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Different users from different locations have different experiences while loading your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A first-time visitor may experience a slow website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Here is where you can check the speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pingdom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pingdom<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GTmetrix<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WebPageTest<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You don&#8217;t have to strive to be perfect or you may have more problems. A website that is loading in less than 3 seconds is good to start with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t struggle too much for perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3016\" style=\"width: 1020px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3016 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-test.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Website Speed test\" width=\"1020\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-test.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-test-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-test-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/website-speed-test-30x9.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1.36s load time!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Have a look at mine. It loads in less than 2 seconds. Amazing![sociallocker][\/sociallocker]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Let's Now Speed your website further together in just 6 steps\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Let&#8217;s Speed Your Site Together, Step-by-Step<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Are you terrified?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">When most webmasters hear about anything to do with website optimization, they think of coding. There is no coding in this step-by-step tutorial. I promise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you can butter a toast. You can do this. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#1. Use a Content Delivery Network<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">CDN is a collection of interconnected web servers distributed across the world. The main intention is to serve visitors on the server around them instead of a server connected miles away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This would, therefore, increase your website speed in different locations in BIG time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A CDN is responsible for reducing the number of HTTP requests. It hosts your static assets such as images, javascript, and CSS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxcdn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MaxCDN<\/a>. They are the best for content delivery and the most recommended<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Cloudflare is also another alternative that you can use to speed up your WordPress Site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"># 2. Use a Caching Plugin<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">WordPress pages are ever-changing. To display pages to your users, WordPress has to process the required information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The process is complex and involves plenty of steps. Your website will be slow when you have different people from different places(or the same) visiting your website at once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This is where a caching plugin comes to your rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">While there are so many caching plugins out there, Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WP Fastest Cache<\/a>. It is the one I use for both my website and clients&#8217; websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Below are the settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3008\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3008\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WorPress-Fastest-cache-to-increase-speed.png\" alt=\"WordPress Fastest cache Plugin to Increase Website Speed\" width=\"779\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WorPress-Fastest-cache-to-increase-speed.png 779w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WorPress-Fastest-cache-to-increase-speed-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WorPress-Fastest-cache-to-increase-speed-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WorPress-Fastest-cache-to-increase-speed-30x22.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Increase speed with a caching plugin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Caching can make your website 2x to 5x faster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">By now, your website should be fast already by implementing only a few things that I already mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Let&#8217;s optimize it further. Shall we?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#3.Image\/Video Optimization<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Do you want to tell us not to use images or videos?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Hell no!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Everyone would love their website to look as attractive as possible to the users. Therefore we need engaging pictures or videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Author Note:<\/strong> Although there is an option to add a video, Never add a video directly. Upload first to YouTube then Embed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">For images, you can optimize them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Install Ewww Image Optimizer<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This will reduce the size of all your images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Large images play a bigger role in slowing your website. Install and Activate the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ewww-image-optimizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EWWW Image Optimizer<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3019 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EWWW-image-optimizer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EWWW-image-optimizer.jpg 264w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EWWW-image-optimizer-30x14.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Access it in Settings, EWWW image optimizer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Then click Bulk optimize to optimize all your images.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3018\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bulk-optimize-in-Ewww.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bulk-optimize-in-Ewww.png 543w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bulk-optimize-in-Ewww-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bulk-optimize-in-Ewww-30x3.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/>Sit back and relax and let it do the magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Install BJ Lazy Load<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Install it directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bj-lazy-load\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directory here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Have you been wondering how an image loads when they are about to be seen?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It is by the use of this amazing plugin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It reduces the page load time as it does not have to load all the content before delivering it to the user.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#4. Optimize Everything Else<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This is where you&#8217;ll be optimizing things like javascript and CSS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But you promised there will be no coding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Today I&#8217;ll teach you how to code. Just kidding. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Revisions, tags, and trashed items also take a lot of your space and reduce the loading speed of your site, therefore, they need to be optimized.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Install Optimize Database After Deleting Revisions<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This plugin takes care of things like # of revisions(No need for more than 3), unused tags, pingbacks, and trackbacks trashed and spammed items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Install and activate <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/rvg-optimize-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimize Database after Deleting<\/a> Revisions then change the settings as shown below,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3020\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Optimize-Database-to-increase-Website-Speed.png\" alt=\"Optimize database to Increase WordPress Website Speed\" width=\"670\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Optimize-Database-to-increase-Website-Speed.png 670w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Optimize-Database-to-increase-Website-Speed-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Optimize-Database-to-increase-Website-Speed-30x21.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Click save changes, go to optimizer then start optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Install Autoptimize<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Search for <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Autoptimize<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The plugin concentrates on Javascript and CSS and compresses them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It is simple to set up as shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3009\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Autoptimize-settings.png\" alt=\"Setting up Autoptimize for a faster spedd\" width=\"802\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Autoptimize-settings.png 802w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Autoptimize-settings-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Autoptimize-settings-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Autoptimize-settings-30x19.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Concentrates codes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">After installing, Go to settings, then Autoptimize.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"># 5. Use Static Homepage and Excerpts Achieves<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A website showing the latest post loads faster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This is the default setting but some may have tweaked it already.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To optimize it further, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">show only the last 10 posts in Excerpts<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#6. Split Comments<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Have plenty of comments? Awesome, that&#8217;s a sign that you are already an authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you are using the Facebook Comments plugin, disable it. It could be one of the reasons to slow down your site. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/seo-facebook-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this plugin<\/a> to get all your comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3024\" style=\"width: 1182px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3024 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress.png\" alt=\"Breaking comments in WordPress to Speed up your Site\" width=\"1182\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress.png 1182w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress-768x199.png 768w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Breaking-comments-in-WorPress-30x8.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You just have to tick the box I left unchecked!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To split comments, go to settings&gt;&gt;Discussions then click break comments into pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Additional Optimization<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Install <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/scripts-to-footerphp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scripts to the footer<\/a>. This will put the CSS and javascript in the footer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Install far <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/far-future-expiry-header\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future expiry header<\/a>: Adds expiry headers on your pages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pro Tip: Disable Hotlinking<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">A little code won&#8217;t hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you are writing top-notch Content, people will find a way to steal it if you are not protected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">That is the bitter truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Most websites steal content directly from the RSS feed. The worst part is they are serving the images from your website instead of uploading them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This uses your bandwidth for no reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Paste this code in your htaccess file to block.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">#disable hotlinking of images with forbidden or custom image option\r\nRewriteEngine on\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?:\/\/(www\\.)?eliteaffiliatehacks.com [NC]\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?:\/\/(www\\.)?google.com [NC]\r\nRewriteRule \\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ \u2013 [NC,F,L]<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Remember <\/span><\/strong>to replace EliteAffiliateHacks with your Domain!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">That&#8217;s it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Wrapping Up<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">You now know why website speed is important and how you can increase the speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Keep auditing your site from time to time to make sure that you maintain the speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Who wants a slow website? Every internet user wants a fast website as you would wish when you&#8217;re searching for information online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">With a CDN like MAXCDN and good hostings like <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/bluehost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bluehost<\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/inmotion-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">InMotion<\/a>,\u00a0and<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/dreamhost-rp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HostGator<\/a>\u00a0you could increase your website speed dramatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I hope that this tutorial helped you in learning some useful tricks to <strong>speed up your WordPress site<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Did the tutorial work for you? Is everything working as intended? Share your experience with us. Do let us know in the comment thread below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Also, remember to share this article to help fellow WordPress Users speed up their website speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The Sky is the Limit,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1965\" src=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/695867998031812050416.png\" alt=\"Tony Omary Signature\" width=\"89\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/695867998031812050416.png 89w, https:\/\/eliteaffiliatehacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/695867998031812050416-30x11.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 89px) 100vw, 89px\" 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