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When your site is running slowly

What to check if your site feels slow.

Written by Daniel

If your site feels slow, a few Console features can help. Work through these in order.


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Turn on caching

SmartCache serves ready-made copies of your pages and is the single biggest speed win for most sites. Make sure it is switched on (see Using SmartCache).


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Use the CDN

Enable the CDN so images, CSS, and JavaScript load from a server close to each visitor (see Using the CDN).


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Check your plan

Open the site's Statistics page. If the site is consistently busy or near its plan limits, a larger plan gives it more resources. The Business and Pro plans also add Redis object caching, which speeds up the database queries behind dynamic pages.


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Review your plugins

Heavy or poorly built plugins are a common cause of slow sites. Deactivate any plugins you no longer use, and keep the rest up to date.

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