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Speed Up a WordPress Site

Updated 2 July 2026

Slow sites hurt conversions and SEO. Performance work targets hosting, caching, images, and code.

This article explains the highest-impact performance improvements across hosting, caching, media optimisation, and plugin usage.

Quick wins

  • Use a quality host with adequate PHP resources.
  • Enable object caching and page caching (LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, etc.).
  • Compress and lazy-load images.
  • Remove unused plugins and limit page builder bloat.
  • Serve assets via CDN.

BugShield can audit and optimise performance via a fix request or as part of ongoing maintenance.