Title: Slow loading
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Slow loading

 *  [expatginger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expatginger/)
 * (@expatginger)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-26/)
 * Hey Friends!
 * Curious as to why my site takes forever to load. Could it be file sizes of images?
   Thanks and appreciate the love. Totally new to this. Cheers!
 * Website
 * matthewparentstories.com

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-26/#post-4997822)
 * Slowness/high CPU usage could be due to (but not limited to):
    – a poor or memory
   intensive theme – poor or memory intensive plugins – your server is slow (e.g.,“
   process hang”, overload, you get a lot of visitors, other problems, etc.).
 * Test your site at (free online testing): [http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html](http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html)
   OR [http://www.webpagetest.org/](http://www.webpagetest.org/)
 * Also, review these resources:
    – [http://www.wptavern.com/determining-which-plugins-are-slowing-your-site-down](http://www.wptavern.com/determining-which-plugins-are-slowing-your-site-down)–
   [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/656/is-there-a-way-to-measure-server-resource-cpu-usage-by-wp-plugins/](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/656/is-there-a-way-to-measure-server-resource-cpu-usage-by-wp-plugins/)–
   [http://wordpress.tv/2013/02/28/vinay-paudel-optimizing-and-speeding-up-a-wordpress-site/](http://wordpress.tv/2013/02/28/vinay-paudel-optimizing-and-speeding-up-a-wordpress-site/)–
   [http://www.wptavern.com/my-performance-woes](http://www.wptavern.com/my-performance-woes)–
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization)–
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/High_Traffic_Tips_For_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/High_Traffic_Tips_For_WordPress)–
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Caching](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Caching)–
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance)
 *  Thread Starter [expatginger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expatginger/)
 * (@expatginger)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-loading-26/#post-4997951)
 * Whoa, that’s aweosome! Thanks for getting back to me on that Tara. I will check
   out every single link. Cheers! You go Glen Cocoa

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