Something is slowing down the loading of the homepage.

  • souravjj4

    (@souravjj4)


    8 months, 2 weeks ago

    There’s something really slow about the initial homepage load of my website, and I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve been facing this issue for a long time now. It takes around 6 seconds just to load an image. I’m not very technical, so I’m not sure what’s causing it. I’d really appreciate it if you could help me out.

     The pre-loader on the website is too long and makes the site feel even slower. Maybe something theme-related?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Kenneth Macharia

    (@kmacharia)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    Hi @souravjj4,

    Thank you for reaching out!

    I have just tested your homepage on Google Pagespeed Insights and one of the suggestions is to resize the images that you are using on the page. I can also recommend installing the WebP Express plugin to help improve how images are served on the page. For more details, I’d recommend taking a look at this guide.

    I hope this helps. Please let me know if this helps to resolve the issue.

    Thread Starter souravjj4

    (@souravjj4)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    Thanks for the suggestion! My homepage images are already in WebP format, and I’d rather not add a plugin because I don’t think it would make much of a difference (at least that’s what I believe). Plus, I’m already using quite a few plugins. I suspect the issue might be related to the theme or something connected to it.

    Kenneth Macharia

    (@kmacharia)

    8 months, 1 week ago

    Hi @souravjj4

    Thank you for getting back to me.

    Could you please confirm if you have already tried to resize the images on the page? I also noted that your server responded slowly (observed 2415 ms) in the page speed test. If it is an option, I can recommend upgrading to a dedicated or managed server. As you said, the number of plugins installed is also a factor and I can recommend reducing the number of active plugins to improve the page speed further.

    I hope this helps!

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