Title: Poor performing website
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Poor performing website

 *  [rcquinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcquinn/)
 * (@rcquinn)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performing-website/)
 * I have a website with a blog and multiple photo galleries, plus a few static 
   pages. Most pages on my site are very slow to load, even when using a high speed
   internet connection. There’s also a persistent problem with pages that freeze,
   and won’t allow a user to scroll up or down. This happens quite commonly when
   you follow a link from one of my pages to an external page, and then navigate
   back to my site. The original page sticks/freezes. The problem can be corrected
   by refreshing the page, but it shouldn’t be happening in the first place. I’m
   running a theme called Trend. I like the look, but it definitely has some quirks.
   Could both the dismal page loading speed and the page freeze issues be related
   to the theme? Should I consider a higher level of service from my host? The website
   is non-commercial–there are no ads, and I’m not selling anything. At this point
   I’m just trying to build content and get some traffic going, and these glitches
   are turning people off, and holding me back.
 * check the site at rcquinn.com
 * Any advice on improving performance, and making the site more user friendly would
   be much appreciated!
 * Thanks,
 * Rick

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performing-website/#post-6490955)
 * Are you saying your site is extremely slow/heavy CPU load?
 *  Thread Starter [rcquinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcquinn/)
 * (@rcquinn)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performing-website/#post-6490994)
 * I wouldn’t say heavy CPU load. The pages are slow to load. Site displays a blank
   screen for as much as 20 seconds, especially on pages that have a lot of graphic
   content.
 *  [Siva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sivasankar/)
 * (@sivasankar)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performing-website/#post-6491022)
 * You Website have large Size Image >1MB
    Site Loading data >25MB [http://i.imgur.com/4pzhIpm.png](http://i.imgur.com/4pzhIpm.png)
 * Reduce your image size and upload it again
 * Thanks

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Siva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sivasankar/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-performing-website/#post-6491022)
 * Status: not resolved

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