Title: HTML Wait Time Very Long
Last modified: December 6, 2016
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# HTML Wait Time Very Long
* [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/)
* Screenshot:
[https://s15.postimg.org/ewhqckjzf/pingdom.png](https://s15.postimg.org/ewhqckjzf/pingdom.png)
* If you see in the screenshot the HTML wait time is 20 something seconds. That
seems quite long. What is causing that?
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* Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
* (@t-p)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522182)
* that’s a long wait time.
* Try reviewing these WP codex:
– [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization)–
[http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance)
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522207)
* It’s something on the fyver.io end. I ran three speed tests and they all had
24+ second wait times.
* Thread Starter [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522220)
* Thanks. But I have already installed many of the cache plugins. I have W3 Super
Cache, EWWW Image Optimize, Autoptimize, and deleted many of my plugins. I only
have well-known reputable plugins. All my images are smushed.
* Any other recommendations? What do you think is the root cause of the long wait
time?
* Thread Starter [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522225)
* [@bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/) Yes I have also tested
it that way and see the same results. Could it be a problem with the theme? The
theme I am using is theFox theme which is a quite popular premium theme.
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522244)
* It doesn’t have anything to do with your site; it’s the fyver.io server that’s
the problem. Clear your browser cache and go to the fyver site directly in your
browser; you’ll get the same slow results.
* Thread Starter [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522302)
* [@bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/) Oh so its a problem
with the server (like my hosting company) what should I change over on that side?
* For some reason speed is much faster once I switch to 2016 theme no plugin differences.
- This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/).
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522539)
* OK, maybe I misunderstood what you were describing. Is fyver.io your site?
* [j09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j09/)
* (@j09)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8522861)
* _You have:_
* **+45 js files
+25 css files +15 font files
* These take time to _download_ / _process_ / _parse_.
* Consider **reducing and combining** as much as possible.
* [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8523246)
* the time till first byte (the wait for the initial HTML) is too long and you
indeed have a lot of JS, CSS & Fonts. based on the HTML & HTTP response headers
neither W3TC (which should fix the TTFB-issue) nor Autoptimize (which should
cut down on number of CSS/ JS files) are active at the moment?
* frank
* Thread Starter [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8524739)
* Funny that you mention autopmtimize, since I deactivated it and now the website
loads much faster. I think if I split the files it should be fine.
* [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8524777)
* well, as you’re using a page cache (w3tc), any impact of AO should only be on
first load (after which it should fly really). using AO without a page cache
is frowned upon 😉
* concerning the impact of AO on your first load; that depends on context (CSS/
JS injected by theme + plugins) and configuration. if would ever want to optimize
CSS/JS (I know I would), you should have a look at the [AO FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/faq/).
* frank (ao’s developer 🙂 )
* Thread Starter [pandawang16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandawang16/)
* (@pandawang16)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8525130)
* My theme support said
* > For Autopmize, you will have a problem with our theme if you put all the files
> in one file, if you split in two or three it should works fine.
* How do I split the said files?
* [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-wait-time-very-long/#post-8525269)
* putting all in one file should not necessarily be a problem, but you could always
exclude one or more of the bigger files from optimization.
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