Title: Post Editor Initial Load Slow without Cache Last modified: January 16, 2024 --- # Post Editor Initial Load Slow without Cache * Resolved anonymized-15870942 * (@anonymized-15870942) * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache/) * _Note: I am **not **referring to lag while typing (especially with long-ish posts), which is a known and persisting issue._ * I have noticed that the Gutenberg post editor takes an inordinate amount of time to load – well above 20 seconds. A quick examination revealed this happens because it’s fetching 10+ MB worth of scripts and stylesheets (there’s an interesting discussion there, beyond the scope of the present message). In other words, loading the editor, going back to the dashboard, and coming back to the editor is _much_ faster (3-4 seconds). * My .htaccess is configured to cache scripts and css for two weeks, but this isn’t respected. I don’t know what’s going on under the hood of Gutenberg (and I’m not sure I want to know, either 😁) * WordPress version 6.4.2, PHP 8.3. I’m not using any plugins except Yoast (up to date), and the site utilizes a custom theme I’ve designed myself. The frontend is lightning-fast (96-99 performance on PageSpeed) and the dashboard otherwise quite OK. It’s the Gutenberg editor that causes issues. * My questions: 1. Is there any known github bug/discussion on the topic I could follow? 2. Are scripts/stylesheets on Gutenberg not deferred? It feels weird the editor uses render-blocking scripts for 20+ seconds. 3. Any other info on the topic, welcome! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpost-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-20801613) * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache/#post-17346981) * You can start your reserch here [Post Editor Initial Load Slow without Cache backend guntenberg – Išči (bing.com)](https://www.bing.com/search?q=Post+Editor+Initial+Load+Slow+without+Cache+backend+guntenberg&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=post+editor+initial+load+slow+without+cache+backend+guntenber&sc=0-61&sk=&cvid=1DAAB3B918B04084BDF4D1F65D442CB8&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=) or check similar problem [Site Editor: Slow loading · Issue #51608 · WordPress/gutenberg (github.com)](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/51608), try also [WordPress/gutenberg: The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository. (github.com)](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg) and search trough issues using search. * Thread Starter anonymized-15870942 * (@anonymized-15870942) * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache/#post-17347294) * I did search github (and wordpress.org), but most issues refer to the editor being slow during usage (as I mentioned in my original post). Issue #51608 (which I also found earlier) is about the site editor, not the post editor. * Anyway, most other responses (e.g. on the Bing search you suggested…) offer the same generic non-solutions (like “use classic editor”). * I’ll mark this as resolved, because I realize I can’t find any answers. There are 583 things going wrong with WordPress, and this is one of them. I guess I just have to accept it. * Still, thanks for the effort. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache/#post-17348630) * 20+ seconds is definitely excessive, it should of course take a fraction of that. * This problem may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to deactivate all plugins and switch to the default Twenty Twenty-Three theme. If the problem goes away, re-activate them one by one to identify the source of the problem. * If you can install plugins, install [Health Check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/). On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to deactivate all plugins and change the theme for you while you’re still logged in **without affecting normal visitors to your site**. * @rokmeglic Folks are fully capable of searching Bing, Google, GitHub, Trac, etc, themselves. Please refrane from linking to search results like that and just give them the specific links you want them to look at (if you have any to offer). * Additionally, posting an offer for off-forum contact is against the guidelines here: [https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#we-reserve-the-right-to-manage-the-forums-to-the-best-of-our-ability](https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#we-reserve-the-right-to-manage-the-forums-to-the-best-of-our-ability) Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Post Editor Initial Load Slow without Cache’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor/) * [gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/gutenberg/) * [performance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/performance/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editor-initial-load-slow-without-cache/#post-17348630) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics