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5 Tips to Speed Up Your Website
Page speed affects everything from search rankings to how many visitors stick around. The good news is that most slow websites can be sped up significantly with a few straightforward changes.
Five quick wins
Resize and compress images
Large, uncompressed images are the most common cause of slow pages. Resize images to the dimensions they are displayed at before uploading.
Use caching
Caching stores a ready-to-serve copy of your pages so your server does not have to rebuild them for every visitor.
Limit plugins and scripts
Every plugin adds extra code that needs to load. Remove anything you are not actively using.
Host close to your visitors
If most of your visitors are in Australia, hosting on Australian servers cuts down the distance data has to travel.
Upgrade your hosting plan
If your site has grown since you first signed up, an underpowered plan could be the bottleneck.
Common mistake
Uploading camera-resolution images straight from your phone is one of the biggest (and easiest to fix) causes of a slow homepage.
Not sure where to start?
Our support team can take a quick look at your site and point you toward the changes that will make the biggest difference — no obligation, just friendly advice.