Title: Making wordpress extremely slow
Last modified: May 15, 2024

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# Making wordpress extremely slow

 *  [japanoholic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japanoholic/)
 * (@japanoholic)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-wordpress-extremely-slow/)
 * I only have this plugin activated when I am NOT online as it is making WordPress
   extremely slow. At first I thought it was my internet connection or browser, 
   but then I noticed how my homepage was acting normal and that I only had issues
   when using wordpress. After turning off the plugins one by one I finally reached
   this plugin in the bottom and wordpress got soooo much faster. Before it could
   take more than 5 minutes to load a page, now it takes less that 5 seconds. It
   is beyond horrible that such a popular plugin can damage your site performance
   so badly and they dont seem to try to fix it as people are complaining about 
   it a lot. All in all it is a really bad plugin with good intentions.

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 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-wordpress-extremely-slow/#post-17782679)
 * Thanks for the feedback [@japanoholic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japanoholic/)!
 * We are sorry to hear that you were having performance issues with our plugin.
   We would like to clarify that Yoast SEO does not directly cause a site to be 
   slow. It can occur for various reasons, such as a [conflict with other plugins or themes](https://yoast.com/help/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/).
   Site speed depends on a lot of factors. Kindly check the following article [How to speed up your site](https://yoast.com/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-website/)
   where we have added tips for increasing site speed.
 * To investigate the issue, you may check the following:
    1. Please make sure the website is meeting the necessary [plugin requirements](https://yoast.com/help/plugin-requirements/)
       and the rest of your plugins and themes are up-to-date
    2. Are you using visual page builders or editors that replace the default WordPress
       editor?
    3. Does it resolve the issue if you go to **WordPress **> **Yoast SEO** > **Settings**
       > **General** > **Site features** and disable the **Insights feature**?
    4. Could you check if you’ve already completed the SEO Data Optimization process
       under **Yoast SEO **> **Tools**?
    5. If you go to Yoast SEO > Settings and disable the _**Text Link Counter**_, _**
       Insights**_, and _**Link Suggestions**,_ does the issue still happen?
 * If the issue persists, you may ask for additional assistance from our Support
   team by creating a [new topic here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/).
   We would be happy to help!

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 * Last activity: [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-wordpress-extremely-slow/#post-17782679)