Site Speed Issues

[casionmark]

Hi -

Just following another thread on here and checked our site speed on Google Page Speed Insights, GT Metrix and Pingdom. Looks like we are not optimised in this area. 2 things google has picked up on are Server Response Time and Leveraging Browser Caching.

Server Response Time - looks like this could be many thing including site architecture, but are there any immediate go-to points to look at that might help find a fix to this? We are on 123-reg hosting, WP theme is custom built, usual plug ins (yoast, ratings, optimonk pop ups, redirection).

Leveraging Browser Caching - Google says: Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.

​In this case, what would be a reasonable max age for static resources.

This is not an area I know much about . Any advice appreciated.

[luckyga]

Try adding this to your htaccess file, you can make adjustments if you wish although this is the standard setting I use for my sites. You may also look to switch from 123 Reg to better hosting, they don't have the best reputation for quality or server speed, try looking at a more dedicated WordPress hosting and avoid the likes of 1and1, Go Daddy, Hostgator etc.

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>

[casionmark]

Try adding this to your htaccess file, you can make adjustments if you wish although this is the standard setting I use for my sites. You may also look to switch from 123 Reg to better hosting, they don't have the best reputation for quality or server speed, try looking at a more dedicated WordPress hosting and avoid the likes of 1and1, Go Daddy, Hostgator etc.

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>

Thanks - can your recommend a good WP hosting?

[Former Member 14]

Server response time, generally means the time it takes for the server to respond, and send the 1'st byte of data. Shared hosting; especially cheap shared hosting, can greatly cause issues with this 1'st time to byte etc. Which ultimately will produce load time issues.

Taking a quick peek at your site (given your on shared hosting), the main image magical-vegas1.jpg (109Kb)...add in all the rest such as gday-casino-logo.png (29Kb), etc., etc.

I'd be optimising ALL your images, before anything else. To do that, I use: http://compresspng.com/

This thing maintain image quality, yet can decrease size, EG - day-casino-logo.png (29Kb) using compresspng shrunk this to 7Kb without losing quality


All these things add up, to reduce overall site size etc., which, will decrease your load times

[luckyga]

Hiya,

Try the likes of WP Engine or a hosting package that isn't sharing with 2,484,932 other domains as yours currently is. With hosting as with most services, you pay for what you get so the likes of 123 reg may be cheap, but they're cheap for a reason. I personally use Clook Internet who are based in the UK, but it's definitely worth shopping around.

[Former Member 14]

Thanks - can your recommend a good WP hosting?

https://www.siteground.com/web-hosting.htm (GoGeek Package). They have fast shared hosting, but their VPS managed is garbage.

If you want a really fast site, then KnownHost has fully managed SSD VPS from US$25 per month. I have a SSD with them (SSD-3) and my WP sites fully load in 1.5 sec or less (that's without using a CDN), only a cache and highly optimised WP coding etc.

https://www.knownhost.com/managed-ssd-vps-hosting.html

[casionmark]

Server response time, generally means the time it takes for the server to respond, and send the 1'st byte of data. Shared hosting; especially cheap shared hosting, can greatly cause issues with this 1'st time to byte etc. Which ultimately will produce load time issues.

Taking a quick peek at your site (given your on shared hosting), the main image magical-vegas1.jpg (109Kb)...add in all the rest such as gday-casino-logo.png (29Kb), etc., etc.

I'd be optimising ALL your images, before anything else. To do that, I use: http://compresspng.com/

This thing maintain image quality, yet can decrease size, EG - day-casino-logo.png (29Kb) using compresspng shrunk this to 7Kb without losing quality


All these things add up, to reduce overall site size etc., which, will decrease your load times

Thanks - I noticed image size was flagged as an issue. I'll try with compresspng to tidy things up.

[casionmark]

Server response time, generally means the time it takes for the server to respond, and send the 1'st byte of data. Shared hosting; especially cheap shared hosting, can greatly cause issues with this 1'st time to byte etc. Which ultimately will produce load time issues.

Taking a quick peek at your site (given your on shared hosting), the main image magical-vegas1.jpg (109Kb)...add in all the rest such as gday-casino-logo.png (29Kb), etc., etc.

I'd be optimising ALL your images, before anything else. To do that, I use: http://compresspng.com/

This thing maintain image quality, yet can decrease size, EG - day-casino-logo.png (29Kb) using compresspng shrunk this to 7Kb without losing quality


All these things add up, to reduce overall site size etc., which, will decrease your load times

The following have just been recommended to me by a developer:

WP-Optimize(for database),
Download Smush Image Compression and Optimization(for images)
W3 Total Cache(for files & Cache).

Anyone have experience of these?

Also, is there an issue with adding more and more plugs ins to WP?

thanks,

[PromoteCasino]

The more plugins the more it will slow down your site so I would keep it to a minimum.

For image compressions I use http://optimizilla.com/ where you can drag and drop and set your compression level.

This would be great for all new images but if you have a large site with images on already then use Smush It to do them

[Progger]

Search for...

4 Cores 8 Gb Ram - Cent Os - Cpanel and u are fine.

[CasinoSolutions]

I personally use either WP super cache and w3 total cache plugins for my wordpress sites.

[ApostaGanha]

install lightspeed on your server

[wonderpunter]

install lightspeed on your server

I was looking at this, I already run cloudflare pro + argo smart routing and have upgraded to php 7.. would litspeed be compatible? also thinking of moving to a dedicated server which is where the biggest beefit wuld be? right now i use vps 24 core 6gb ram, managed to get the load speed down to 0.6 s on second load but first load is still around 3 seconds

[ApostaGanha]

i think so, after installed you will notice imediatly

[hcgroup]

Hello All,

The most critical factor is d to the Hosting Company. (server response time)

You may do your best to speed up the site but the winner GOAL should be made the hosting company!

Cheers!

Hi -

Just following another thread on here and checked our site speed on Google Page Speed Insights, GT Metrix and Pingdom. Looks like we are not optimised in this area. 2 things google has picked up on are Server Response Time and Leveraging Browser Caching.

Server Response Time - looks like this could be many thing including site architecture, but are there any immediate go-to points to look at that might help find a fix to this? We are on 123-reg hosting, WP theme is custom built, usual plug ins (yoast, ratings, optimonk pop ups, redirection).

Leveraging Browser Caching - Google says: Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.

In this case, what would be a reasonable max age for static resources.

This is not an area I know much about . Any advice appreciated.

[casionmark]

Hello All,

The most critical factor is d to the Hosting Company. (server response time)

You may do your best to speed up the site but the winner GOAL should be made the hosting company!

Cheers!

Ok - so even on a relatively low traffic site, hosting set up is still the big one in terms of site speed?

[BestBonusBets]

Server response time, generally means the time it takes for the server to respond, and send the 1'st byte of data. Shared hosting; especially cheap shared hosting, can greatly cause issues with this 1'st time to byte etc. Which ultimately will produce load time issues.

Taking a quick peek at your site (given your on shared hosting), the main image magical-vegas1.jpg (109Kb)...add in all the rest such as gday-casino-logo.png (29Kb), etc., etc.

I'd be optimising ALL your images, before anything else. To do that, I use: http://compresspng.com/

This thing maintain image quality, yet can decrease size, EG - day-casino-logo.png (29Kb) using compresspng shrunk this to 7Kb without losing quality


All these things add up, to reduce overall site size etc., which, will decrease your load times

This is good advice!

There's also a plugin called WPsmush which will compress all your images aswell. I like to do it using the same above link and then have WPsmush do its thing.

[hcgroup]

Of course not. You have to complete all of the on-site image optimizations, CSS + Javascript minifications etc and then the match-winning goal will be the Hosting Company's speed!

Cheers!

Ok - so even on a relatively low traffic site, hosting set up is still the big one in terms of site speed?

[casionmark]

Further question on this - would the company who are the registrars of your domain influence site speed (based on DNS?)?

[universal4]

Further question on this - would the company who are the registrars of your domain influence site speed (based on DNS?)?

Registrars themselves have little at all to do with speed or even DNS, unless you use them as your DNS providers.

Registrar's register your DNS provider's name server's name with the root servers, and the dns provider can be the web host, or the registrar if you choose, or any other dns provider.

The original name lookup, goes to the root server's to ask who the dns provider is, and then to the dns provider for the IP address, and the registrar does not have to be involved in that lookup at all.

Speed could be affected by the dns provider, or the web host, and (most likely) not affected much by the root servers.

Rick
Universal4