How to decrease load time?

  • Hello,

    I am not sure that this is 100% theme related, but I would really appreciate any help you can provide, my problem is the time to load my site, is huge. I analyzed the website with a google tool and it says:

    Your resources page has 25 scripts and 23 CSS resources causing a blockage. This causes a delay in processing the page. Unable to view the contents of the upper half of the page without having to wait for any of the resources are loaded. Try to postpone or load asynchronously resources that block the display, or insert critical portions of these resources directly in the HTML.

    I am also having a huge response time from the server, but it only happens on my site and with the theme and all the plug ins active, so I am not sure if its because the extra load or a hosting issue.

    The website is: https://www.weiver.com.mx
    The host is dreamhost.
    My theme is Kleo
    I have a variety of plug-ins working on my site: buddypress, woocommerce, woocommerce and buddypress integration, forms, jetpack, etc.

    It doesnt seem one that one is slowing the whole site, it seems is the conjuction of all of them.

    Right now I dont have a cache, because everytime we activate WP super cache my site start to act crazy, it only works for pre-logged users, pages disappear, etc.

    Thanks for any comment, guide, or thought!

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  • What the Google Webmaster tools are telling you is that your site is loading JavaScript and CSS files in between the head tags (<head> and </head>) of your web page (view the source code to see them).

    What Google expects you to do is to load JavaScript and CSS files at the bottom of the page which allows other more important things to load first. Realistically it’s difficult to change where and when these files load. The only thing to suggest as an immediate action is to reduce the amount of plugins on your site if you can.

    Other than, you’ll need to change the way the plugins load the assets on the page.

    Thread Starter enad12

    (@enad12)

    Thanks for your answer Daniel, we tried to reduce the number of plug ins, but I don’t see were to cut anymore. Do you had the opportunity to visit my site? D you think this kind of website can improve using a tool like WP super cache? I was not able to set it correctly and at the end I deactivate, but it seems something like that is my only option, right?

    A better hosting can help?

    Sorry for the late reply.

    There are a few things that could cause your website to run slower than it should. I would recommend trying the options below.

    • Compression – This is a little minor in less you have more than 2 or 3 images on a page. Either way you should get into the habit of compressing your images BEFORE you upload them to your website. Also I would suggest making them jpg and as small as possible. If you have a bunch of images that you need to compress on your website then there are some plugins out there. I would recommend Compress JPEG & PNG images.
    • Cache – The most popular way to go about cache is to use a plugin like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. Although, downloading the plugin and activating it doesn’t just magically change your page speed. I would suggest checking out these two tutorials for WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache. They provide great information for setting the plugins up properly to get the best results. Note that there are other cache options out there that are not listed. You can check them out on the WordPress directory.
    • CloudFlare – I don’t know if you use CloudFlare or not but if you do I would suggest deactivating it and seeing if it helps. Also sometimes a good purge of the cache on CloudFlare can help.
    • Plugins – Plugins can be a thing that can really weight down your website. How many plugins do you have installed? I would suggest using the P3 plugin to see what plugins are slowing down your website the most. Sometimes there are multiple other plugins out there that you can use as alternatives if the one that you are currently using is slowing your site down.
    • Theme – This is minor but a very select few themes can slow down your website. I would suggest switching to the Twenty Fifteen or Twenty Sixteen theme to see if it speeds up your website. Note that when you switch themes and then switch back to the theme that you were using you can lose settings and may need to set the primary menu and sidebar widgets again.
    • Host – If all else fails then I would suggest contacting your host provider. It could be a problem on their end or they may be able to help with troubleshooting. Also if you are contacting your host provider then you should make sure that you are on the most recent PHP version (5.6 is the current I think). Also you may want to look into upgrading your plan to provide better server speed.

    Let me know if any of the above were able to help you solve the problem! If not then I can give you some more suggestions.

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