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WordPress · Speed
A slow WordPress site, fixed at the cause.
We find out what is slowing your WordPress site down and fix the causes, not the symptoms. Theodoros has built, fixed and migrated WordPress sites for more than 18 years.
Signs your site needs speed work
- Pages feel slow on a phone, even when they seem fine on your office computer.
- Google PageSpeed Insights or Search Console reports poor Core Web Vitals.
- The WordPress admin is slow to open and edit.
- The site got slower after a new theme, builder or plugin.
- The last advice you were given was to install another caching plugin.
What usually makes WordPress slow
| Cause | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Hosting | How long the server takes to start sending a page, the PHP version, and whether the plan has the resources the site needs |
| Page caching | Whether visitors get a stored copy of the page, and whether forms, carts and logged-in pages are correctly left out of the cache |
| Theme and page builder | How much code and markup each page loads, and whether the layout depends on heavy scripts |
| Images | File sizes, formats, dimensions and whether images below the fold load lazily |
| Plugins and third-party scripts | What loads on every page, what could load only where it is needed, and what can be removed |
| Database | Old revisions, data left behind by removed plugins and options that load on every request |
We explain these in more detail in Why is my WordPress site slow?.
How we work
- Measure first. We test key pages on mobile, check server response times and look at Google’s speed data from real visitors where your site has enough traffic. We measure more than once, because a single run proves little.
- Biggest causes first. We start with the changes most likely to matter, rather than working through a long checklist.
- Backup or staging first. We take a full backup before making changes, or work on a staging copy, and we change one thing at a time.
- Test what matters. After each change we check your forms, checkout, logins and key pages still work. Caching in particular can break these if it is set up carelessly.
- Measure again and write it up. We measure again afterwards, and you get a written summary of what we found, what we changed and what we left alone.
What you get
- A plain-English list of what is slowing the site down.
- The fixes made, with measurements before and after.
- A list of anything we did not change, and why.
- Honest advice if the real bottleneck is your hosting or your theme.
What we do not promise
We do not promise a particular score. PageSpeed scores vary between runs and between tools, so we focus on what your visitors experience and on fixing the causes we can show you.
Keeping it fast
Sites slow down again as content, plugins and scripts are added. If you want us to keep an eye on it alongside updates, backups and security, see Web Support.
Common questions