Common causes and solutions
1. Poor Hosting
- Choose a reliable provider
- Avoid "unlimited" offers
- Consider VPS for high traffic
2. Unoptimized Images
- Use WebP/AVIF formats
- Resize to display size
- Apply lazy loading
- Use image optimization plugins
3. Too Many Plugins
- Every plugin means extra requests
- Poorly coded plugins block rendering
- Even inactive plugins can add load
- Use Query Monitor plugin
- Remove unused plugins
- Choose quality plugins
4. Missing Cache
- Install cache plugin (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed)
- Set up browser caching
- Use CDN (Cloudflare is free!)
- Consider Redis object cache
5. Render-Blocking Resources
- Minify CSS
- Use defer/async for JavaScript
- Implement Critical CSS
- Remove unused CSS
6. Poor Mobile Optimization
- Verify responsive design
- Mobile-specific image sizes
- Touch-friendly elements
What can you do now?
Measure
Run PageSpeed Insights test.
Identify
Find the biggest problems.
Fix
Start with images and cache.
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