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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

  1. Install LiteSpeed Cache if you use WordPress.
  2. Compress oversized images with an image optimizer.
  3. 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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