Best thing to improve page speed ?
- Thread starter Wengou
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- Oct 9, 2025
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Compress images and optimize scripts
Seo Captain
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Changing to a faster host can make big difference.
Wengou
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When you say optimize, you mainly mean to minify them ? Also, is there a big speed diff between scripts added directly in the DOM and separated js files which are included ?
Seo Captain
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No need to do all this alone if you do not have much idea. You can get it done by some other guy.
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To speed up your pages, the most crucial thing is to get rid of extra weight. This means compressing images, using lazy loading, and cutting down on scripts or plugins that make your site slower. I would recommend starting with Google Lighthouse for a quick overview. Then, to learn more and see how things are getting better over time, you may utilize GTmetrix and PageSpeed Insights.
khanhluu1211
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Optimizing images, leveraging caching, and minimizing scripts are key, and I usually use Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and PageSpeed Insights for testing.
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Optimizing images and using a good cache plugin usually make the biggest difference I mostly check results with Lighthouse and PageSpeed Insights
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To improve page speed, I focus on reducing server response time, compressing images, and minifying CSS/JS. Using caching and a CDN also helps a lot. I usually check page speed with tools like Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and WebPageTest.
Jack Sparrow09
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Optimizing images, caching, and minimizing scripts are key. I use Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, and GTmetrix for detailed performance analysis.
navyraiser
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THIS!!!! I hosted on wordpress directly for months, then changed to hostinger (same website), the difference is day and night.
Wengou
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Yes I know but I prefer to do it myself as I developed my entire website (Laravel). I was just curious about that because I have a lot of "inline scripts" on my pages and I didn't put them in separate files (lazyness i guess + the fact that you can add PHP variables in it, even if it's surely a bad practice).
I know you can then add "async" and / or "defer" on them when they are in separate files, so I guess the performances are better if you put js outside your main page.
AiTakenOverWorld
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if wordpress > WP Rocket
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Pagespeed insights provide enough data to understand key factors. Hosting can make or break speed. Shared hosting for WordPress website will be slow no matter what you do. If the host is good, then you can improve speed just by using a cache plugin like wp-rocket.
inkbotdesign
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Remove ads! We switched from WP Rocket to LiteSpeed cache and the QuicCloud CDN, and it got us to almost 99 across the board.
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Reduce requests optimize images and use caching for faster load times tools help check what slows your site down
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Nothing beats lightweight code and proper caching trim your scripts, lazy-load media, and serve everything via CDN. I rely on Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and PageSpeed Insights together they expose every millisecond killer
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Compress images and use a good caching plugin, it makes the biggest difference. I usually check with Google Lighthouse and GTmetrix.