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Tagged: load time

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 7 months ago by William.
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  • November 13, 2013 at 9:00 am #72703
    beoleary1
    Member

    My site is fairly new and my homepage is taking 15 seconds to load according YSlow reporting. I am at a lose what to do to increase loading time. I tried deleting the Youtube video, no change. Next I will try the social links, but there really is not much to take away?

    http://www.microsprayinternational.com
    November 13, 2013 at 10:40 am #72720
    William
    Member

    That theme is actually capable of loading very quickly, but any theme will slow down if you load it with plugins and calls to other services. It could also be due to your hosting and other factors.

    Here's a good post showing what you can do with that theme and a good host.

    http://www.copyblogger.com/make-wordpress-faster/


    –William
    http://williambeem.com

    November 13, 2013 at 11:15 am #72724
    beoleary1
    Member

    William - awesome advice. I installed the W3 Total Cache plug-in and my site instantly dropped from 15 secs to 4!

    November 13, 2013 at 1:47 pm #72748
    William
    Member

    Much better!


    –William
    http://williambeem.com

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