Draining too much sources

davikk
(@davikk)

9 years, 6 months ago

This theme was so good back in 2.x.x version. Light, fast. But 3.x.x is bit heavy. I’m not sure whats wrong. Please take a look at my site see why is draining so much sources, burden on my CPU.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/

Its 3 folds as much burden on my server than before (2.x version) and to my old theme(Atahualpa).

Yes, I can still run it, but its better off to find a solution here.

Another thing, I know author of this theme also have other themes, can you suggest other lighter one for me? thanks alot!

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Denzel Chia
(@denzel_chia)

9 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

You had already open a thread with a similar issue.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-this-theme-is-draining-my-servers-ram-memory-source-so-fast/

Please do not open duplicated threads.

Another thing, I know author of this theme also have other themes, can you suggest other lighter one for me? thanks alot!

The Author of this Theme only has two themes. You can try out Customizr theme.
https://wordpress.org/themes/author/nikeo/

It just occur to me that you can use this tool https://gtmetrix.com/ to see what’s causing your site to load slowly.

Your report points mostly to plugins that are slowing down your website.
https://gtmetrix.com/reports/investmentwatchblog.com/gVFfl7gz

You want to follow this two articles to fine tune your site.

http://docs.presscustomizr.com/article/243-speed-up-the-hueman-theme-how-to-setup-w3-total-cache-plugin

https://gtmetrix.com/wordpress-optimization-guide.html

Thank you

Theme Author presscustomizr
(@nikeo)

9 years, 6 months ago

Hi @davikk,
Another simple thing you can do to speed up your website is to enable the lazy loading for images.
This option is located in appearance > customizer > global settings > performances and seo > Load images on scroll

Only your viewport visible images will be loaded, the other images are loaded dynamically on scroll. This usually have a very good positive impact on page load time.

Thread Starter davikk
(@davikk)

9 years, 6 months ago

Thanks for all the tips.

One more question, how to make the thumbnails on the homepage smaller.

Thread Starter davikk
(@davikk)

9 years, 6 months ago

the lazy loading for images really help.

but I noticed the different from the last time I use hueman. Its I have started using custom CSS this time. and have so many CSS rules. will it slow down the site?

ThemeSumo
(@themesumo)

9 years, 6 months ago

I think the only time CSS would slow down a website is if you were loading lots of separate stylesheets, adding some custom CSS rules won’t affect your loading times.

Thread Starter davikk
(@davikk)

9 years, 6 months ago

I read teh W3 total:

http://docs.presscustomizr.com/article/243-speed-up-the-hueman-theme-how-to-setup-w3-total-cache-plugin

However, I use cloudflare too. Should I leave the minify to cloudflare or disbale minfy in cloudflare and do it with W3 total cache?

Which is better?

Denzel Chia
(@denzel_chia)

9 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

That documentation for using W3 Total Cache in Hueman theme is for basic setup only.

For in depth question, please post it on W3 Total Cache’s support forum, the plugin developer should be able to give you a good answer.
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache

Thank you.

Thread Starter davikk
(@davikk)

9 years, 6 months ago

I found out why there is spike in CPU, one of the main factor is that when you adding a new post, and publishing it. Both actions will result in a spike in CPU. I wonder if there are too many formats selections is the cause.

As a site with multiple writers, there are news posts publish every single minute. I wonder what I can do to reduce the cost.

Denzel Chia
(@denzel_chia)

9 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

Publishing and Creating of post is handled by WordPress.
Post format is also a WordPress feature.

I do not have the knowledge to assist in enhancing this WordPress features.

Thank you

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