Title: Slow Dashboard Performance
Last modified: October 30, 2020

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# Slow Dashboard Performance

 *  [INGRID SMITH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imsstratnews/)
 * (@imsstratnews)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-dashboard-performance-2/)
 * Hello Forums,
 * I’m new to this group and hope you can help.
 * I have a WordPress Platform, which was developed years – as opposed to months–
   ago. However, it has been in cotton wool with very little content added for a
   long while.
 * I’ve decided to revive the site but find that the backend/Dashboard is performing
   at a very slow rate – it takes around 20 seconds to switch from one of the functions
   in the Dashboard list to another.
 * The speed from the front end of the website for visitors is acceptable.
 * The site is hosted with IONOS and has been for the last three years – although
   it was hosted with Names for almost five years previously and functioned well
   then.
 * IONOS has informed me they can’t help with this performance issue and that I 
   have to consult WordPress.org.
 * The WordPress developer of the site is no longer available.
 * The site is asking to be updated to WordPress 5.5.2 and there are 16 plugins 
   which also need to be updated.
 * Do you think simply by updating to 5.5.2 and the outstanding plugins will resolve
   the speed issue, or does something else have to be addressed?
 * I do also require a WordPress developer to make some tweaks to the site.
 * Look forward to hearing from an expert with some good advice; thank you.

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-dashboard-performance-2/#post-13601944)
 * >> Do you think simply by updating to 5.5.2 and the outstanding plugins will 
   resolve the speed issue, or does something else have to be addressed? <<
 * Maybe. What is your current WP version? Also, what version of PHP are you using.
 * >> I do also require a WordPress developer to make some tweaks to the site. <
   <
 * Please try [https://jobs.wordpress.net/](https://jobs.wordpress.net/) or [https://jetpack.pro/](https://jetpack.pro/)
   and do not accept any hire offers posted to these forums.
 *  Thread Starter [INGRID SMITH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imsstratnews/)
 * (@imsstratnews)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-dashboard-performance-2/#post-13602071)
 * Steven hi,
 * Thank you for getting back so quickly and providing the jobs links.
 * While I can’t see which version the site is using, I’ve found the following message
   on the dashboard:
 * ‘PHP update required
 * WordPress has detected that your site is running on an insecure version of PHP’.
 * I’d be grateful for your advice on this.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-dashboard-performance-2/#post-13602182)
 * PHP 7 is significantly faster than PHP 5, so an upgrade is a good idea (in addition
   to getting a secure version of PHP).
 * See [https://wordpress.org/support/update-php/](https://wordpress.org/support/update-php/)
   and [https://github.com/WordPress/servehappy-resources/blob/master/tutorials/hosting-specific/tutorials-en.md](https://github.com/WordPress/servehappy-resources/blob/master/tutorials/hosting-specific/tutorials-en.md)

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## Tags

 * [Backend](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/backend/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [performance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/performance/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-dashboard-performance-2/#post-13602182)
 * Status: not resolved

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