Slow site speed

Hi Martins,

I see. To have a better understanding of the issue, may you kindly provide the link to the site in question?

You may use the private information field for this: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-the-premium-support-forum/#private-information

Hope to hear from you soon. :)

The link is skincareoss.com

Thank you for sharing the link to your site.

Upon checking, there are 3 rooms for improvement we can first look at.

1. Reduce unused Javascript

It seems that most Javascript are coming from Google. Whether, you’re using this for analytics, ads or something else, Google usually causes issues like this.

One thing we can try is to use a Caching/optimization like WP rocket for instance to delay/defer javascript resources: https://wp-rocket.me/google-core-web-vitals-wordpress/remove-unused-javascript/#:~:text=for%20unused%20JS.-,Removing%20or%20Reducing%20Unused%20JS%20Resources%20with%20Plugins,-You%20have%20different

This would also be a helpful article: https://onlinemediamasters.com/remove-unused-javascript-wordpress/#:~:text=8.%20Defer%20Or%20Delay%20Non%2Dessential%20JavaScript

Another optimization plugin which you may want to look at is: https://wordpress.org/plugins/flying-scripts/

2. Serve images in next-gen formats

Image formats like WebP perform better than other image formats when it comes to websites.

There are also image optimization plugins that can do this for you, or you can convert them manually on your own.

3. Use HTTP/2

You can reach out to your hosting provider with regards to this.

Hope this helps!

CAN U SUGGEST ANY IMAGE OPTIMIZATION PLUGIN I CAN USE PLEASE? I"LL REACH OUT TO MY HOST AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP DEFER SOME OF THE UNUSED JAVASCRIPTS AS SUGGESTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Are you able to assist with using WP rocket plugin to optimize my site? Thanks

CAN U SUGGEST ANY IMAGE OPTIMIZATION PLUGIN I CAN USE PLEASE?

I use this website before uploading the image:
https://imagecompressor.com/

Are you able to assist with using WP rocket plugin to optimize my site? Thanks

Unfortunately not - this is something you will need to check with WP Rocket's support team.

We use Autoptimize for our sites with the suggested settings here:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/configuring-autoptimize/

I'm really confused at this point. If you look at the email trail and how it started, you'll notice that I was told to use WP rocket plugin to optimize optimize my website as I am looking at deferring some unused javascripts. Now you are saying to use autoptimize. Do they do the same thing by deferring/delaying javascript resources???

Secondly, will imagecompressor.com give me a plugin that will automatically serve WebP images or convert all images on my website into WebP images for optimization purposes?

Thanks

Sorry - I missed the part where Fernando suggested WP Rocket. If that's the case then you can give his solution a shot.

The https://imagecompressor.com/ simply compresses the image file and that's it. You would need to find a plugin that convert all image to WebP if that's a requirement. We don't have a specific recommendation for this so just test a few and see which one works for you the best :)

What's the difference between wp rocket and autoptimize? which is better at optimizing, in your opinion?

What do you know about "Converter for Media – Convert WebP and AVIF & Optimize Images | Ease image optimization" plugin. I saw it on wordpress. Will it convert pre-existing and new images automatically to webp images by installing it?

What’s the difference between wp rocket and autoptimize? which is better at optimizing, in your opinion?

I can't comment on this as they are not our products so we don't do a detailed analysis for them. All I can say is that we use Autopimize in our sites.

You can always try both (one by one) and do a site speed tests before and after.

What do you know about “Converter for Media – Convert WebP and AVIF & Optimize Images | Ease image optimization” plugin. I saw it on wordpress. Will it convert pre-existing and new images automatically to webp images by installing it?

I don't know anything about it unfortunately - please check with the support team of that plugin.

I personally use Imagify in conjunction with WP Rocket.

With Imagify you can add additional domains and set them to go over quota if you purchase the $99 yearly subscription. So unlimited domains for one account.

But if your needs are modest their “starter” plan is free but only allows a certain amount of use monthly I think.

I was advised by my website host that my domain has inbuilt stuff that does similar thing as WP Rocket and installing it may be conflicting.

My host uses Varnish which typically caches like WP Rocket does, I think another big host is similar. Anyway WP Rocket has a built in function of accommodate so one can get the benefit of the other features WP Rocket has.

Either way you know your host better than I do, so I would defer to them.