{"id":7297,"date":"2024-07-25T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dondigital.gr\/taxitita-eshop\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T09:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T09:02:40","slug":"speed-up-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dondigital.gr\/en\/speed-up-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide to Speeding Up Your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Speed and performance in WordPress<\/a> are critical to the success of your website, and even more so for an e-shop, whether you sell in Greece or abroad. A slow site drives visitors away and lowers conversions, and search engines such as Google rank slow pages lower. Here are the key steps to make your WordPress site faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Choose the right hosting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Good hosting is the foundation of a fast website. Choose a reliable provider with WordPress-optimised plans, such as Hostinger<\/a> or Bluehost<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Install a caching plugin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Caching reduces server load by serving static versions of your pages. Plugins such as WP Fastest Cache<\/a> or W3 Total Cache<\/a> do the job well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Optimise your images<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Unoptimised images weigh your site down. Use tools such as TinyPNG<\/a> or plugins such as Smush<\/a> to compress images without losing quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Use a CDN (Content Delivery Network)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A CDN stores copies of your static files on servers around the world, cutting load times for every visitor. Popular options include Cloudflare<\/a> and Sucuri<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Reduce HTTP requests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Limit the number of external requests your site makes, and combine and minify your CSS and JavaScript<\/a> files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Use speed-optimised themes and plugins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Choose well-coded themes and plugins built for performance, and avoid heavy, bloated themes that slow your site down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Optimise your database<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cleaning up your database regularly improves performance. Plugins such as WP-Optimize<\/a> make it easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Enable lazy loading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lazy loading delays images and videos until the visitor actually scrolls to them, which cuts the initial page load time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Don’t host video and audio yourself<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Instead of uploading video and audio to your own server, host them on platforms like YouTube or Vimeo and embed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Run the latest PHP version<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Newer PHP versions bring significant speed and performance gains. Make sure your server runs the latest supported version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow these tips and your WordPress site will be noticeably faster, giving visitors a better experience and improving your position in search results. These are just a few of the practices<\/strong> we use when we build and optimise e-shops. Get in touch<\/strong> to find out more about our e-shop service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want help growing your business?<\/strong> Talk to the DonDigital team about a website, an e-shop or ad campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ten practical steps to make your WordPress site or e-shop faster: hosting, caching, images, CDN, database and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eshop-seo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t