Why is my Wordpress website slow?
Maybe your site was never fast, maybe it was, but something happened. We can help!
Why some Wordpress websites slow down
There are a few reasons for that:
- Content changes
- Theme errors
- Updates, or lack there of
In the first case, where you content is slowing the site down, the issue usually stems from really busy people putting content into the site without regard for the size of the assets and tag attributes in the code. These issues can be solved by finding the slow content and optimizing the offending files, making sure those images are not larger than they need to be, checking the HTML code to prevent layout shifts, and checking that caching is working.
The second reason is that Wordpress themes can have coding errors. Wordpress surpresses errors on public sites, so you may not "see" an error, but it may be the cause of something not behaving as expected, or causing your page load times to come to a crawl.
The third reason lies in the nature of the web itself. Scripting languages change, to improve security, reliability and performance. Wordpress, themes and plugins all have updates from time to time. On occassion, compatibility issues can arise. So, updates should not be taken lightly. They should be done with care, and have the abiilty to revert to an earlier state should issues arise.
