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Performance & Troubleshooting

Fix a disk space full warning

Free space without taking your site offline.

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Quick answer

Free space without taking your site offline.

  • Slow sites are usually caused by large images, heavy scripts, or missing caching.
  • Start with quick wins: compress images and enable LiteSpeed Cache.
  • Core Web Vitals influence both rankings and conversions.

Key details

Disk space warnings appear when backups or uploads fill your account.

Large image libraries and old backups are the most common causes.

Clearing space improves performance and prevents errors.

Step-by-step

  1. Open Disk Usage Viewer in cPanel.
  2. Delete old backups or unused files.
  3. Compress large image folders if needed.

Quick checklist

  • Run a speed test
  • Optimize images and scripts
  • Clear cache after updates
  • Disable heavy or unused plugins

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