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Performance & Troubleshooting
Why is my website loading slowly?
Identify the most common speed problems and fix them fast.
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Quick answer
Identify the most common speed problems and fix them fast.
- 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
Slow websites usually come from large images, heavy plugins, or uncached pages.
Start by running a quick speed test to see the main bottleneck.
In most cases, enabling caching and optimizing images makes the biggest difference.
Step-by-step
- Install LiteSpeed Cache if you use WordPress.
- Compress oversized images with an image optimizer.
- Remove plugins you are not using.
Quick checklist
- Run a speed test
- Optimize images and scripts
- Clear cache after updates
- Disable heavy or unused plugins
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