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WordPress 5 Cookbook
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WordPress 5 Cookbook

by Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
March 2020
Beginner
660 pages
18h 28m
English
Packt Publishing
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Fixing slow WordPress sites

The default WordPress installation gives fast access to content and features. As we add data, features, and plugins, it will start to slow down. This is common for all websites. However, we might come to a stage where the site is functioning too slowly for the users. In such cases, we have to improve the performance and resolve issues that are contributing to the slowness of the site.

A WordPress site can slow down for different reasons, such as large amounts of data in the database, unnecessary file loading, too many active plugins, and too many database queries. We can fix the slowness issue by enabling caching features, optimizing the file-loading process, and reducing unnecessary database queries.

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ISBN: 9781838986506