WordPress Speed Optimization
Making slow WordPress sites fast by removing plugin bloat, fixing hosting and caching, and optimizing images and database queries.
- Price
- From $145.00 per hour
- Free trial
- A free technical review of one page, written up, no card, no commitment.
What to send us
WordPress and hosting access, plugin list, analytics, speed test results and the pages that matter most.
What you get back
Speed improvements through caching, plugin changes, image optimization, database cleanup and hosting recommendations, with before-and-after measurements.
What to check before you sign off
Test key pages with field data or several runs, not one speed score. Also check that removed plugins did not break needed features.
Part of WordPress Development. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the web design & development guide.
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Web Design & Development page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
A Practical Guide to Core Web Vitals
Learn what LCP, INP and CLS measure, why the 75th percentile of field data is the real score, and how to diagnose and fix each Core Web Vital by page template.
Web Design & DevelopmentHow to Get Responsive Design Right
Building one page that adapts its layout, type and images to the viewport it is being read on, rather than maintaining separate mobile and desktop sites.
Web Design & DevelopmentA Practical Guide to Semantic HTML
Using the HTML element that describes what a thing is — nav, main, button, table, heading levels — rather than styling a generic div to look like it.
Often combined with WordPress Speed Optimization
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
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