Title: WordPress very slow pre-loading / TTFB Last modified: May 12, 2017 --- # WordPress very slow pre-loading / TTFB * [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * (@scapolupogmailcom) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/) * Hello, * I’m using latest WP on a custom installation (shared hosting by OVH, btw), with child theme + about 15 plugins + mu-plugins; all are strictly necessary, by the way, for site functions and features. All my customers say that website is very slow on first load, I suppose is a critically slow TTFB so I made some test and there is the results: [http://imgur.com/gallery/gRpa0](http://imgur.com/gallery/gRpa0) * Take a look to the first, yellow line: what is happening here? I really cant understand that; btw, is not plugin related, I tried to disable and it’s the same. * Is there a way to act on this aspect specifically? Could be my server so bad? Meanwhile I’m trying to install on another hosting. Any help or suggestion / hint would be appreaciated, thanks in advance - This topic was modified 9 years ago by [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/). Reason: wrong title, sorry :-) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9125200) * If the TTFB is the same with all plugins deactivated and a default WordPress theme activated (e.g. Twenty-Seventeen), then it’s straight to your host with those results as it sounds like a server issue (overloaded? oversold?). * [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/) * (@sinip) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9126054) * There’s space for improvement, first of all image-wise. [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/cipiaceoriginal.it/0HqkstAu](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/cipiaceoriginal.it/0HqkstAu) I’ve also encountered several server failures (500 or error establishing database connection) before I’ve managed to pull that speed test, so that server is certainly unstable. * Thread Starter [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * (@scapolupogmailcom) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9126910) * Hi and thanks for help. * Image optimization will be scheduled in next days, this could help a little I suppose: photos are cropped and cached so this could influence performance, but problem basically remains. * I also found something slow happens in first and/or second line of WP bootstrap: * ``` //wp-blog-header.php lines 12-16 require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-load.php' ); wp(); require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template-loader.php' ); ``` * Any way for detailing this better? It would be great to find/trace the precise issue. * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9127663) * AFAIK optimising images and addressing the loading of bootstrap will only improve the speed once contact has been made with the server. It still looks like your server is the issue: ⌊WebPageTest results⌉ * Thread Starter [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * (@scapolupogmailcom) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9128370) * I’m trying to replicate same website on another web-hosting, will post results asap. - This reply was modified 9 years ago by [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/). * Thread Starter [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * (@scapolupogmailcom) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9128742) * Hi again, new test just made, I’m finishing uploading images via FTP but results seems better… * ![new test](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/mAk51AJ.png) * It is the same website on a free hosting, this seems a little weird (??!), meanwhile I notice “wait time” reduced to just a second. Think will change hosting very soon 😀 - This reply was modified 9 years ago by [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/). * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9128767) * That tells the story clearly. I’d show this to your host and request a refund, or a move a more responsive server. Might be worth thinking about another hosting solution if there is no improvement. * [sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/) * (@sinip) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9129064) * [@scapolupogmailcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) If you’re looking for new hosting (as you apparently should) head to [http://www.webhostingtalk.com](http://www.webhostingtalk.com) and spend some time reading. * Thread Starter [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * (@scapolupogmailcom) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9130687) * [@sinip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinip/) That’s a great idea, I’m just doing that. Hope change would be useful, finally. * I had some better results optimizing wp_options table, little hint for others having same issues. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘WordPress very slow pre-loading / TTFB’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [slow wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/slow-wordpress/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Salvatore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scapolupogmailcom/) * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-pre-loading/#post-9130687) * Status: not a support question ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics