Title: SLOW 7+ seconds load time for https request usually; rarely only 300ms
Last modified: April 3, 2020

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# SLOW 7+ seconds load time for https request usually; rarely only 300ms

 *  [shiftisnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiftisnow/)
 * (@shiftisnow)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-7-seconds-load-time-for-https-request-usually-rarely-only-300ms/)
 * I have a WordPress install on a site hosted on Siteground that is the only one
   of around 10 I have on my account there that has very long load times between
   transferring from http to https. Here are two GTMetrix reports that show you 
   what the load times are like when, for some reason, sometimes there is hardly
   any load time between the http to https transfer (very rare and brief). The second
   report shows you what is almost always the case…there is 6-7 seconds of load 
   time when going from http to https.
 * Fast http to https: [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/upliftguide.com/MQj905Ls](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/upliftguide.com/MQj905Ls)
   
   Slow http to https: [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/upliftguide.com/mnGyRkUU](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/upliftguide.com/mnGyRkUU)
 * I’ve spoken with my webhost (Siteground) already and even after using the Better
   Search Replace plugin to replace all http links with https, I’m having this issue.
   They assured me there’s no issues on the server-side, but I don’t know what the
   exceptionally long https request load time could be stemming from.
 * Any ideas what could be the issue here? I am using Let’s Encrypt for the SSL,
   which comes as an option to turn on in the cpanel. I don’t have https enforce
   activated on this or any of my other sites; just have Let’s Encrypt active. I’m
   on a shared hosting server with no dedicated IP address.
 * Here’s another one of my sites on the same server also using Let’s Encrypt, and
   loading https very fast: [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/hiptreasure.com/w0YEnWfM](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/hiptreasure.com/w0YEnWfM)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fslow-7-seconds-load-time-for-https-request-usually-rarely-only-300ms%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [shiftisnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiftisnow/)
 * (@shiftisnow)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-7-seconds-load-time-for-https-request-usually-rarely-only-300ms/#post-12621246)
 * I would like to add that I spoke with Let’s Encrypt and it doesn’t seem to be
   the SSL causing the slow load time, since the SSL itself loads in 117.5ms. They
   said 7 seconds to create the Html-Content may be because of a slow database, 
   or maybe missing or wrong indices. The thing is, I literally just created the
   website a few days ago, so what could be stalling the loading of the content 
   so much?
 * Screenshot of the breakdown: [https://prnt.sc/rs3fzm](https://prnt.sc/rs3fzm)
 * Also, I misspelled the URL earlier; it’s [https://upliftguide.com/](https://upliftguide.com/)
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [shiftisnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiftisnow/).
 *  Thread Starter [shiftisnow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiftisnow/)
 * (@shiftisnow)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-7-seconds-load-time-for-https-request-usually-rarely-only-300ms/#post-12623181)
 * I worked this out and it turns out, Siteground’s SG Optimizer plugin has an option
   to configure the site to work correctly via HTTPS and forces a secure connection
   to your site, so once that was disabled, there’s no more long load times of https.
   I really thought it was something more complex than that, but there it is!
 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-7-seconds-load-time-for-https-request-usually-rarely-only-300ms/#post-12623186)
 * I can’t really help you TBH, but if I were you I would create a “test” website,
   to see if it’s the fault of your host, or the fault of something within your 
   current wordpress blog.
 * In a subdirectory, upload a new wordpress. Create a new database for this wordpress,
   and populate it with different contents: not the same plugins you already have,
   not the same theme you already have, create a few posts, and see if there’s the
   same problem or not.
 * With that, you’ll know if your host is at fault (and then it’s time to move, 
   hosts admitting they may have a problem are so rare), or if it’s indeed something
   within your current wordpress setup (and then good luck eliminating, one by one,
   the potential culprits).

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