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How to Boost Your WordPress Website Speed to 95+ (Without Premium Plugins)
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I'm reaching out for some advice on improving my WordPress website's speed. I'm currently using a free theme for this fusion magazine and aiming for a score of 95+ on Google PageSpeed Insights. I'm aware that premium plugins can significantly enhance performance, but I'm hoping to achieve similar results using primarily free solutions and manual optimizations.
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Optimize Images: Compress and resize images to reduce their file size, improving page load times. Tools like TinyPNG or WP's built-in options can help achieve this.
Leverage Browser Caching: Configure browser caching through your .htaccess file or a free caching plugin to store static resources locally in users' browsers, decreasing load times for returning visitors.
Minify CSS, JavaScript, and HTML: Remove unnecessary code and whitespace from your website's files. This can be done using free plugins or by manually editing the files to enhance performance.
For comprehensive improvements, consider utilizing professional WordPress Development Services to tailor optimizations specific to your site's needs.
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Use LiteSpeed cache free version for speed optimization. Upload images in webp format. If possible, host images on a subdomain. Could you check this website as a sample?
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@mohammadrehanseo Hello Friend!
In my observation and results now I only use the LiteSpeed cache plugin to increase the speed as LiteSpeed cache plugin has updated its features and more user-friendly interface you have to choose the pre-written template to increase the speed you can check one by one all the template to increase speed. I have increased my speed from 55 to 99 on my two websites you can check them if you want and you can also take my help if you want here these are my two websiteThis is one of the most easy method to increase the speed I have ever used
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@mohammadrehanseo I am eager to tell you that WordPress speed optimization is my profession. So you may just focus on this list and forget about the rest. You should consider the following:
- HTML caching on the CDN (not only the host)
- Redesign or rethink about the main thread of work (JavaScript execution)
- rearrange the ATF objects and dont lazy load if image or video and don't use web fonts if paragraph or any kind of text.
- Extract the Critical Path CSS style definitions and put it into the head section and request for the rest as a separate external CSS file
- configure asset caching
You may find some other useful tips on WordPress Speed Optimization page on Stack Exchange
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For boosting your WordPress site's speed, especially for a site like whatsgb, focusing on optimizing images, leveraging caching, and minimizing plugins can make a big difference. Consider using a lightweight theme and ensure your hosting provider is optimized for WordPress. These steps, combined with careful optimization, can lead to significant improvements without solely relying on premium plugins.
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Please look at my website, there is no way to achieve a result of more than 45. (((
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the process of boosting you WordPress website speed is first to optimize your images, CSS files and clear the caches of your website
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Choose a fast hosting provider with SSD storage.
Use a lightweight theme and delete unused plugins.
Compress images and use lazy loading.
Set browser caching and use caching plugins.
Minify CSS and JavaScript files.
Use a CDN like Cloudflare.
Optimize the database and enable GZIP compression.
Address server response time issues.
Optimize the homepage and landing pages.
Use Google PageSpeed Insights for analysis. -
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Great tips! Improving WordPress speed without premium plugins is a game-changer. Your guide provides practical insights for optimizing performance, making it accessible to all. Website globalfist.com speed is crucial for user experience and SEO, and your suggestions offer a valuable solution for WordPress users. Thanks for sharing these effective strategies!
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I tried very hard to work on climateretrofit.co.uk for page speed especially by minimizing the and using webp images but still performance is very very bad and webpage loading time is very high. Additionally DA is very low, i am working on this website almost from 2 years but still not very satisfied. What should I do?
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@mohammadrehanseo I just analyzed your site:
Desktop score is OK, mobile one needs some work.
Here is what I would do based on my optimization experience and what PageSpeed Insights for your site are suggesting:
- Install a free caching plugin, I've heard a free module Cache Enabled from KeyCDN is OK, just google for alternatives
- Move Javascript to the bottom to improve Start Render Time, there are free plugins for it
- Convert images to WebP and AVIF formats for lower weight. Use picture HTML5 tag to fallback to png or jpeg for browsers that don't support WebP/AVIF
- Use bigger TTL (about a year) for static content
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@mohammadrehanseo You can use the LiteSpeed cache free plugin for speed optimization and no need to buy premium. I am also using it on a site FIFA 23 for Android and it's working well.
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