<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nInstalling and using an image optimization plugin will not only speed up your website but will also save you a lot of bandwidth costs too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting a lot of comments on your blog posts is a good thing.<\/strong> It means your audience loves your content and wants to connect with you on a personal level.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut the problem with comments is that they add a lot of weight<\/strong> to your website\u2019s size and can slow your site down.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHaving only a few comments on your blog won\u2019t affect your website\u2019s speed that much but if you get a lot of comments on your blog posts, then it will start to slow down your website for two reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nComments increase the size of your database and slow down loading times of your site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n They also increase the size of your web pages and increase the size of your website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nThe best thing you can do about the comments on your blog is to split them into multiple pages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOnce you do this, the comments on your blog will be split into multiple pages to reduce the page size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s how you can do it:<\/strong>Log on to your WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Settings -> Discussion<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow, check the \u201cbreak comments…\u201d checkbox:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThat\u2019s it, done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, WordPress will split your comments into multiple pages. This will speed up your blog posts that get a lot of comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Disable unused WordPress plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Every time someone visits a page on your website, WordPress runs thousands of lines of code of its own. Every plugin that you install on your WordPress website increases the amount of code<\/strong> that WordPress has to run on every visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you have 20 plugins installed on your website, then WordPress will run their code every time someone visits your website. This includes plugins that aren\u2019t in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The more code WordPress has to run around and process things, the more it affects the speed performance of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I recommend that you disable any unused plugins<\/strong> you have installed to speed up your website\u2019s load times.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHere\u2019s how to do this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVisit Plugins -> Installed Plugins<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow, disable any plugins that you don\u2019t need or that aren\u2019t in use anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you aren\u2019t sure about a specific plugin, then you can disable it and visit your website. If it doesn\u2019t break your website when disabled, then this plugin is not needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disabling all the unused plugins can give your WordPress site a boost in speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Disable pingbacks and trackbacks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Pingbacks and trackbacks are a way for WordPress to communicate with other WordPress blogs<\/strong>. Although it can be helpful at times, it can also put a lot of load on your servers<\/strong>, which will slow down the experience for everyone who visits your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNot only that, hackers can use pingbacks and trackbacks to take your website down using DoS attacks. Pingbacks and Trackbacks are a thing of the past and aren\u2019t really used much anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I recommend that you disable pingbacks and trackbacks<\/strong> to reduce server load and speed up your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHere\u2019s how you can disable Pingbacks and Trackbacks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nNavigate to Settings -> Discussions:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow, uncheck the \u201cAllow link notifications from other blogs…\u201d checkbox:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis will disable pingbacks and trackbacks on your website and reduce server load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress speed optimization tips: Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n If your website is loading slow, then you are losing money every single day. And if that wasn\u2019t enough. Human visitors and search engines like Google both expect, and demand, that your site\u2019s load times are fast. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAlthough making your website as fast as it can be will require you to hire a web developer, following the above speed optimization steps can drastically cut down your website\u2019s load times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if you don\u2019t follow all the steps, I recommend that you at least install a caching plugin<\/strong> on your WordPress site and install an image optimization plugin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThese two things will give your website a boost in speed right away and don\u2019t require any technical configuration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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