8 Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

Why Speed Matters

Google uses page speed as a ranking factor. Sites slower than 3 seconds lose 50% of visitors. Each 1-second delay drops conversions by 7%.

8 Key Optimizations

1. LiteSpeed Hosting - Up to 9x faster than Apache
2. Cache Plugin - LiteSpeed Cache, W3TC or WP Rocket
3. Optimize Images - WebP format with Smush or ShortPixel
4. CDN - Cloudflare free plan
5. Remove Unused Plugins - Delete completely, not just disable
6. Database Cleanup - WP-Optimize for revisions and transients
7. Update PHP - PHP 8.1 is ~30% faster than 7.4
8. GZIP Compression - Via .htaccess or cache plugin