Help, my website is slow

Speed is very important in the world of websites and web hosting.After all, people are used to everything being lightning fast and will also leave quickly if it is too slow.

It is therefore important that you ensure at all times that your website runs well and fast.Besides choosing SSD hosting for example, you also need to perform optimization.
Because it is so important that your website is fast, in this blog post we will discuss what exactly you can do to speed up your website.

Images

Most people who have their own website also use their own images.An image says more than words and it also looks good on your website.
br>You have to take into account that an image also takes up more space.If it is an image that is, say, more than 20MB in size, you will also notice considerable lag on your website.
br>Therefore, it is important to take into account a number of things.For example, remember to use the right format, you can better use a jpg than a png image for this.
br>JPG images are compressed images and will therefore take up a lot less space.You also need to take into account the resolution of the image.
br>No matter how beautiful it is to have a 4K image on your website it will take up a lot of resources.For that reason it is recommended never to take a higher resolution than 1200 by 1000 pixels.
br>You can also do this in combination with GZIP




, this will immediately make your website a lot faster.

Keep your website up to date

If you use a CMS like WordPress you will probably have noticed that there are updates available for it.Some people don't do that much with it and leave it at that, but this is strongly advised against.
Besides the fact that your website can be a lot slower because of this, it is also a security risk.Often it is the case that in these updates also the security is improved.
br>Also the speed is often improved in these updates so it is important to keep this up.Not only for your website but also for the PHP version of your website.
br>PHP 7.4 is many times faster than PHP 5.6 and also a lot safer.If you are still using PHP 5.6 then your code or your website is basically already outdated and you should update it as soon as possible.

Cache

It is also advisable to use a caching plug-in.For WordPress, the plug-in WP Super cache is highly recommended.
br>This will create static HTML pages on the server.These pages are then loaded instead of the PHP scripts that take up more resources.
br>If your visitors cannot create an account on your website they will see the static HTML pages.The PHP scripts will only be loaded when they are really needed.

Remove unused content

If you do not use content such as images, plug-ins or themes it is always best to remove them.Despite the fact that this content is unused, it will still be loaded on the server
.The consequence of this is that the load times of your website will increase.You can always remove unused images, plugins and themes in your admin area.
br>You should also pay attention to missing content, as this slows down your website even more than unused content.If you have this you will often see a 404 error message pop up when you press F12.
br>When loading the file it will look for your file and if it does not exist then it cannot be loaded.Therefore, always make sure that you do not have missing content on your website.
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