Improve the speed of your WordPress website

Most people have their own website with their own Hosting.Of course it is important that you keep your website as fast as possible.
In this blog post we will discuss how you can make your website as fast as possible.

A few tips

WordPress is currently the most popular Content Management System and is also used by most people.Therefore, it is also important to know how to keep WordPress as fast as possible.

First you should always update everything as much as possible, think of plugins, your theme, WordPress itself and the PHP version.In newer versions of WordPress you should always use PHP 7 or higher, PHP 5 is no longer supported.This is because of security concerns, as from the beginning of this year PHP 5 will no longer receive any security updates.However, this is not just for security, PHP 7.2 is extremely fast and therefore recommended to use WordPress Hosting.

You can set this by logging into your Control Panel account.Then click on Websites and then on your domain name, you will get a menu, click on extensions.If you have clicked on that then you can change the PHP version, it is recommended that this is set to 7.0 or higher.

Furthermore it is also recommended to use Gzip, this is a technique where fewer large files are sent so the website loads faster.If you want to activate Gzip you can read the following article.

What makes my website slow?

Of course it is also important to know what can make your WordPress website slow down.If you have a lot of plug-ins installed but don't use them, this can not only slow down your website but can also be an opening for malicious users.Always remove plugins you do not use or do not use anymore.

It is also important that your files are not too large.If you have an image for example, then it is recommended to upload it in .jpg format instead of .png..png files are namely much larger and will therefore cause delay in your website.

If you have any questions about how you can speed up your WordPress website you can always check if there is a chat agent available.If there is no chat employee available you can always create a ticket to our helpdesk.