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Why is my website slow?
Visitors leave a page that does not appear quickly, and Google considers speed a quality signal. Most slow sites suffer from the same handful of problems.
The usual causes
- Oversized images — a phone photo uploaded straight from the camera can be several megabytes. Resize and compress before uploading, and use modern formats such as WebP.
- Too many plugins or add-ons, especially page builders layered on top of heavy themes.
- Cheap shared hosting that is overcrowded or located far from your visitors.
- No caching, so every visit rebuilds the page from the database.
- Third-party scripts: chat widgets, trackers, social feeds and fonts loaded from other servers.
- An old PHP version. Modern PHP releases are noticeably faster.
How to find out what is wrong
Test your page with Google PageSpeed Insights on the mobile setting and read the list of opportunities it shows. Check your hosting's resource usage in cPanel. Disable plugins one at a time on a staging copy to see which ones cost the most.
How to fix it
- Compress and resize images, and lazy-load those below the fold.
- Remove plugins you do not use, and replace heavy ones with lighter options.
- Enable page caching and gzip/Brotli compression.
- Move to a better host and update to a current PHP version.
- Load only the fonts and scripts you really need.
If this feels like too much, our website maintenance includes speed checks, and our hosting runs on servers we administer ourselves.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good load time for a website?
Aim for the main content to appear within about two to three seconds on a mobile connection.
Does a slow website affect Google ranking?
Speed is one of many signals, but a slow site also loses visitors who leave before it loads, which hurts enquiries directly.
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