Title: Server Response Time
Last modified: May 30, 2021

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# Server Response Time

 *  [Ravi Denawaka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravidenawaka/)
 * (@ravidenawaka)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * Just a quick question. Our website “initial server response time” is
    5.74S according
   to the Google Page Insight tool. Is this normal or need to be fixed?
 * Is this fix related to server side or wordpress settings side?
 * Thank you in advance.
 * Ravi Denawaka

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 *  [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * (@website-rob)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499058)
 * Considering 600 ms (0.6s) or less is what is desired, having 5.74s is way out
   of line. This is connection is at the server level and (usually) beyond your 
   control. Surely Lighthouse flagged this as too long?
 * It would be more inline if you were in the US and the site you were trying to
   reach was in Australia.
 *  Thread Starter [Ravi Denawaka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravidenawaka/)
 * (@ravidenawaka)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499064)
 * Thanks for the reply Rob. Any suggestion how we can fix this ?
 *  [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * (@website-rob)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499090)
 * Not without seeing the site.
 * You could try these online tools to see if they help your situation:
    [https://gtmetrix.com/](https://gtmetrix.com/)
   [https://webpagetest.org/](https://webpagetest.org/) [https://validator.w3.org/](https://validator.w3.org/)
 *  Thread Starter [Ravi Denawaka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravidenawaka/)
 * (@ravidenawaka)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499095)
 * Thank you for the reply.
 * Site: [https://olankatravels.com/](https://olankatravels.com/)
 *  [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * (@website-rob)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499113)
 * I’m sure the tools I mentioned pointed out some areas where page load time can
   be improved. You just need to follow up making the changes.
 * With that said, there are 4 Google connections being made for every page. As 
   they are for CAPTCHA they only need to be on one or two pages; Contact, Sign 
   In, etc. Making that change will also speed things up.
 * And change the Cache settings,
    from: Cache-Control: private, proxy-revalidate,
   s-maxage=0 to: Cache-Control: private, stale-while-revalidate=3600
 * That will also speed up page load and take a bit of stress off the server.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-response-time-10/#post-14499113)
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