Hello There!
I didn’t find problems with your DNS records but one of your nameservers (ns3.unoeuro.com) is not responding , it might cause a problem so you should check with your hosting provider.
You should also try to minify the html , css & javascript because sometimes it can result in a slow site.
Try these steps which might increase the performance of your site-
1. Choose a good host
2. Use an effective caching plugin , e.g W3 Total Cache
3. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) – I personally recommend CLoudflare , It also has a free plan with SSL for all customers for free.
4. Optimize Images – You can use a plugin , e.g. WP-SmushIt
5. Optimize your WP Database – You can use a plugin , WP-Optimize
6. Disable hotlinking and leeching of your content – Place this code in your root .htaccess file without quotes
“disable hotlinking of images with forbidden or custom image option
[ Moderator note: code fixed. Please wrap code in the backtick character or use the code button. ]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?sparringmind.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?google.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?feeds2.feedburner.com/sparringmind [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ – [NC,F,L]"
7. Add an expires header to static resources-
Place the following code in your root .htaccess file
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpg A2592000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
Regards,
Akash
What does 6 and 7 do?
I have all of the above except for the CDN. Will the free plan make a difference? My site is only used by Danes. I hope I set my cache up correctly? How slow was the site for you?
Looks like you have some pretty large images there, and your site load speed would benefit from compression, particularly C8D7780.jpg:
FAILED - (10,241.0 KB, compressed = 2,609.1 KB - savings of 7,631.8 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/C8D7780.jpg
FAILED - (1,835.5 KB, compressed = 509.0 KB - savings of 1,326.6 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rsz_20130805_sroadcat-0147.jpg
WARNING - (1,084.2 KB, compressed = 607.4 KB - savings of 476.9 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mtb-test-bane-4.jpg
WARNING - (751.9 KB, compressed = 439.2 KB - savings of 312.6 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mtb-test-bane-3.jpg
WARNING - (648.1 KB, compressed = 378.9 KB - savings of 269.2 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mtb-test-bane-1.jpg
WARNING - (148.4 KB, compressed = 121.8 KB - savings of 26.6 KB) - http://daniaevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/home_tourist_video_bg.jpg
Yes , CDN makes a big difference , you can check my website [sig moderated; see http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Signatures ] & see the load speed , But you’ll have to set the settings in CLoudflare , BTW I’ve used the free plan & it’s Awesome.
Regarding your Image size , use the WordPress Plugin WP-SMUSHIT & smush (compress) the images..
Hello guys! Thank you so much for your help. It is much appreciated! I will do my best to solve it, however, I have a bunch of concerns. I hope you will take some time to continue helping me.
1. I do have a Cache, and I did tell it to minify etcetera – yet it seems that it does not? At least according to some scans I did online.
2. I do have WP-Smushit and WP-Optimizer yet the images still seem to be too big? What do I do here? It says all images have been smushed and everything?
If I sent you a login could you take a look at it Akash? Or do you have anywhere else I could read more? I am not sure why it is not doing it.
I will try to setup the CDN is it hard? 🙂
I installed the Cloudflare CDN now and is waiting for namesrvers to update. I will report back on that. Should I change any special options? Should I make it minify? If I have CDN should I delete my regular cache since Cloudflare does caching? Should I change the expiration of the cache? Standard? No query Strings? Ignore Query? Should I ever purge? 🙂
Yes make it minify and delete your cache memory, make it standard then purge everything , you might send a login but dat’s of no use since only administrator users have access to everything , you should also install the cloudflare plugin & wordpress https plugin if you want to use ssl , install & set these plugins then change your site address & url from http ti https..
@emilml94
I’ve never had much luck with WP-Smushit for image compression. Try compressing the files locally using the Caesium – Image Compressor before uploading to your site.
Do Install the plugins I told otherwise your website will not function correctly on https & your admin panel might result into an infinite redirect loop
I have added you Akash 🙂 Thank you all. Does using Cloudflares Cache not interfere with already having Super Cache installed? What exact should I purge/delete? 🙂 Where do I do that.
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Not sure what you mean by adding Akash, there’s no private message service here.
I have not done 6 and 7 can you elaborate on how to do these?
Does the CDN Cloudflare Cache not interfere with the cache I already have? The W3 Total Cache?
I have installed and activated Cloudflare, if anything my site seems to run slower?
What are the names of these plugins and where do I download them? 🙂
I found the plugins, but I do not understand the last part with SSL, HTTP VS HTTPS
Thank you so much all for helping by the way, you are absolutely fantastic!
Actually if you set your wordpress to run SSL by changing the site url from http to https , sometimes the website goes into an infinite redirect loop so these plugins will fix it & these plugind also make sure that all the files on your server use SSL
