How to Identify if My Wordpress Website's Slowness is Due to Server Issues or Poor Optimization?

Pikerones · Feb 13, 2025

Hey everyone,

My Wordpress website feels slow, and I'm not sure if it's a server problem or poor optimization. I used to be on Namecheap shared hosting and recently moved to the Stellar Business hosting package, but now the website feels even slower.

I've noticed a drop in Facebook traffic and reach, probably because FB doesn't like slow websites.

Any ideas on how to identify if the issue is with the server or the website itself? Would really appreciate your help!

Thanks!

creditwala · Feb 13, 2025

check your bandwidth first and resources limit, if this goods or mini cpu usages than its optimization issue.

Dopious · Feb 13, 2025

What does these sites say: https://pagespeed.web.dev and https://gtmetrix.com ?

Pikerones · Feb 13, 2025

creditwala
this is results:

please read · Feb 13, 2025

Would also be nice to see the waterfall to see what is taking up so much time. Pretty big TTFB too

creditwala · Feb 13, 2025

man this is both server and poor optimization.

TTFB is high.
FCP is 2.6s that is lot
LCP is 3.8s means no optimization images,

use CDN, optimize the images, CSS, Javascripts and also check your server optimization.

Dopious · Feb 13, 2025

Pikerones said:
this is results:

Focus on optimizing your WordPress site, thats probably where your problems are.

bos999 · Apr 7, 2025

Pikerones said:
Hey everyone,

My Wordpress website feels slow, and I'm not sure if it's a server problem or poor optimization. I used to be on Namecheap shared hosting and recently moved to the Stellar Business hosting package, but now the website feels even slower.

I've noticed a drop in Facebook traffic and reach, probably because FB doesn't like slow websites.

Any ideas on how to identify if the issue is with the server or the website itself? Would really appreciate your help!

Thanks!

Hi friend, is your problem solved? I also experienced the same thing as you and had a hard time logging in to the WordPress dashboard because the access was very slow.

If you can solve it, if you would please help me to solve the problem on my website.

ZenWolf · Apr 7, 2025

It could be a hosting issue. Try running a speed test using tools like GTMetrix or pagespeedinghts to check if it's server-related.

bos999 · Apr 7, 2025

Ankur@123 said:
It could be a hosting issue. Try running a speed test using tools like GTMetrix or pagespeedinghts to check if it's server-related.

No, I have asked the hosting provider, it is not a server problem. But the problem of CPU usage exceeds the permitted. This is due to an optimization problem on my website, but I do not understand the optimization.

Can you help me? Or do you open such a service?

CyberHour · Apr 22, 2025

bos999 said:
No, I have asked the hosting provider, it is not a server problem. But the problem of CPU usage exceeds the permitted. This is due to an optimization problem on my website, but I do not understand the optimization.

Can you help me? Or do you open such a service?

Hard to say without knowing the specs, hardware, and how the server is set up. Also, 90% of the time, performance issues come from plugins, so without that info, we're just guessing.

Start by disabling all plugins and test things by enabling them one by one.
Make sure you’re using proper caching (plugin + server-side if possible).
Check that your host is running at least PHP 8.2 — older versions can slow things down a lot.
Also, reach out to your hosting provider and ask them to review your site's performance on their end.

Lastly, do yourself a favor and move to a VPS if you can. Even a basic one with some tech support (either one-time or monthly) will give you a big performance and stability boost compared to shared hosting.

thavis · Apr 24, 2025

How many active plugins do you have? Also, do you have a plugin to manage cache?

bos999 · May 1, 2025

thavis said:
How many active plugins do you have? Also, do you have a plugin to manage cache?

I use 11 plugins. Here is the screenshot.

My site is slow to load when visitors jump to 500 visitors online.

Can you help me fix this so my site will be fast?

soare1290 · May 1, 2025

bos999 said:
I use 11 plugins. Here is the screenshot.

My site is slow to load when visitors jump to 500 visitors online.

Can you help me fix this so my site will be fast?

If you have time/want to learn, check this guide (credit goes to jazir5 @ reddit). It's long (300 pages), a little bit disorganized and very surface level, but it includes useful information for someone with no experience.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ncQcxnD-CxDk4h01QYyrlOh1lEYDS-DV/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114514252262811175804&rtpof=true&sd=true

gpoutcast · May 1, 2025

Please check the I/O read of your plan. You will be shocked with what some hosting providers offer.

Also check PHP workers as well.

sandandkush · May 1, 2025

Try this cache plugin called BerqWP. Not affiliated but I use it on 2 of my sites and I get great results.

gpoutcast · May 1, 2025

sandandkush said:
Try this cache plugin called BerqWP. Not affiliated but I use it on 2 of my sites and I get great results.

Never heard of it. Better than WP Rocket?

sandandkush · May 1, 2025

gpoutcast said:
Never heard of it. Better than WP Rocket?

I think it is relatively new compared to the likes of WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, and others.

However, so far, it has performed much better than WP Rocket, and even WP Fastest Cache, which I believe is superior to WP Rocket.

Of course, every website is different — varying amounts of files, JavaScript loading, and so on. It's best to test it out for yourself.

On one of my websites, I have 38 active plugins, yet achieve a Google PageSpeed performance score of 83 (mobile) and 98 (desktop). (See screenshots)

gpoutcast · May 1, 2025

sandandkush said:
I think it is relatively new compared to the likes of WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, and others.

However, so far, it has performed much better than WP Rocket, and even WP Fastest Cache, which I believe is superior to WP Rocket.

Of course, every website is different — varying amounts of files, JavaScript loading, and so on. It's best to test it out for yourself.

On one of my websites, I have 38 active plugins, yet achieve a Google PageSpeed performance score of 83 (mobile) and 98 (desktop). (See screenshots)

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I will definitely have a look at it. It seems like a solid pick for caching.

Thank you for your feedback.

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