Title: Slow loading imagebrowser
Last modified: August 27, 2018

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# Slow loading imagebrowser

 *  Resolved [l r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lainyrache/)
 * (@lainyrache)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-imagebrowser/)
 * I am using a child theme with an imagebrowser template and AJAX pagination.
    
   I have installed Litespeed Cache plugin (recommended with our server set up),
   but the page is still slow loading, and clicking next/prev to scroll through 
   the different images still feels a bit like going to a new page. Do you have 
   any recommendations for speeding things up?
 * Thanks for any help!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Imagely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imagely/)
 * (@imagely)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-imagebrowser/#post-10630380)
 * Hi [@lainyrache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lainyrache/)!
 * I’d be happy to help 🙂
 * I’m very sorry to hear about the slow load times 🙁 A few things to keep in mind
   and try:
 * 1) **Check your image sizes:** *Recognize when you deactivate NextGEN, all your
   image/galleries are not loading, so loading time will be faster. The larger your
   images, the more dramatic the difference. We would suggest optimizing your images
   for the web by resizing them to 960px on the longest side before uploading to
   your site or through the Manage Gallery. Or to keep them at a larger dimension,
   but smaller file size, run them through one of these apps before uploading: [https://www.imagely.com/image-optimization-plugin-comparison/](https://www.imagely.com/image-optimization-plugin-comparison/).
   Another thing to consider is the total number of images in a gallery. Upwards
   to 1,000 images will take longer than a gallery with only 100 images. So in the
   case of a much larger gallery, the load time will depend on the type of server
   you’re on (shared will be slower than VIP) and the internet connection. So you
   might consider breaking the gallery into two smaller galleries.
    2) **Check the
   first load vs subsequent load.** *We use displayed gallery caching so that subsequent
   loads after the first-page load (for all users) are faster. Could you confirm
   whether or not after reloading your page with your gallery, if opening it up 
   again in a different browser helps? 3) **Remove any plugins you don’t need.**
   A good plugin I would suggest to install to help you identify the larger plugins
   that use a lot of server resources: P3 Plugin Profiler (NextGEN will be one of
   them, because it is a large plugin, but it will help you identify others that
   you might consider deactivating and removing if you aren’t using them). 4) **
   Optimize Your Database & Remove ‘Bloat’.** Install and use WP-Optimize to help
   optimize your database tables and remove ‘bloat’ from your site (i.e. page & 
   post revisions, spam comments). 5) **Install an alternative caching plugin.**
   Some highly rated ones are: Breeze or WP Super Cache
 * NextGEN includes a lot of dynamic code. We’ve found that for websites that already
   suffer from some performance issues, usually due to hosting (most shared hosting
   platforms throttle sites -if other sites on the server are getting a lot of traffic
   or using a lot of resources, your site will be slower) or due to the performance
   of other plugins. It sounds like that’s what may be happening here. Our first
   suggestion would be to consider installing an alternative caching plugin. We’ve
   found that for those experiencing this, a caching plugin can have a major positive
   impact. Beyond that, the other solution we’ve found is to consider deactivating
   other intensive plugins we’ve seen the compound performance when used in conjunction
   with NextGEN.
 * Hope this helps!
 * -Becky

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-imagebrowser/#post-10630380)
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