Title: Delay when accessing WordPress site
Last modified: October 5, 2026

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# Delay when accessing WordPress site

 *  [savo76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/savo76/)
 * (@savo76)
 * [15 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delay-when-accessing-wordpress-site/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a (very!) basic WordPress site and I note that when loading the website
   up there is often a delay of a 5 or so seconds. I’m not sure what is causing 
   it (perhaps some images are not optimised as best as they could be, or something
   is causing a delay)? I have recently been searching for some plugins that may
   assist (I have installed EWWW Image Optimizer but not had a proper play with 
   it yet).
 * Any ideas? (Funnily enough I just navigated to the website and it loaded quicker
   than usual – but generally I notice a delay).
 * Many thanks!
 * Kind Regards,
 * Gary
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 *  [Hameem Mahdad Kader](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hameem1102/)
 * (@hameem1102)
 * [13 hours, 50 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delay-when-accessing-wordpress-site/#post-19037178)
 * The cause of the delay can be several things, such as a server response time,
   caching, plugins or unoptimised images, which can cause a delay of about 5 seconds.
 * If you have already installed EWWW Image Optimizer, then I would strongly recommend
   you try WP-Optimize, which can help you optimize images, clean up WordPress database,
   unwanted revision logs and improve website performance with caching.
 * If the delay persists, review the website and see what is causing the problem,
   and do not install too many optimisation plugins.
 *  [ajr129](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajr129/)
 * (@ajr129)
 * [10 hours, 20 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delay-when-accessing-wordpress-site/#post-19037257)
 * Hey, is this a live business website? I noticed you have **noindex,nofollow**
   in the source code, which tells search engines not to index the site. That could,
   in the future, prevent it from showing up in search results, but I could be wrong.
   I also ran it through PageSpeed Insights(website check it out), and it shows 
   you could shave off 1.3 seconds with details on whats causing it. This won’t 
   explain everything but its a start. I’d also check the image sizes. The misted
   glass and van images seem to be loading larger than they’re displayed. I don’t
   think that’s the main issue, though, so I wouldn’t rush into changing everything.
   EWWW Image Optimizer could also be worth looking into could help with that
 * Like [@hameem1102](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hameem1102/) mentioned,“
   it could be many things,” including caching, hosting, network conditions, and
   other factors PageSpeed doesn’t measure. I’d fix the indexing issue first if 
   this is meant to be a public website, then look at caching and CSS/JavaScript
   loading, and finally optimize the images. After that, run PageSpeed a few times
   to check the results.
    -  This reply was modified 10 hours, 19 minutes ago by [ajr129](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajr129/).

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