Title: Slow website Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Slow website * Resolved [patyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patyg/) * (@patyg) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/) * Hello! I really need help on my website [http://travelerguides.net](http://travelerguides.net) * The site was working perfectly, but for some reason a few days ago it just became REALLY slow suddenly. * I alreaady tried to change to one of the basic themes and also to desactivate all plugins, with no success. * Can you please help me finding and fixing the issue? * Thank you! Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6545972) * Try the following fix. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully and in the order that they are given: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-cpu-load-after-update-to-v43?replies=17#post-7330770](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-cpu-load-after-update-to-v43?replies=17#post-7330770) * Source: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-%E2%80%93-wordpress-43-master-list?replies=4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-%E2%80%93-wordpress-43-master-list?replies=4) * Thread Starter [patyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patyg/) * (@patyg) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6545978) * Thank you for the links Tara. * I applied it but it doesn’t seem to have fixed it. Do you have any other ideas about how to fix this? * Again, thank you! * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546002) * 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.); generally, every inexpensive host out there is slow. – lots of images. * Test your site at (free online testing): [http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html](http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html) [http://www.webpagetest.org/](http://www.webpagetest.org/) [http://tools.pingdom.com](http://tools.pingdom.com) [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) * 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/)– [https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugins-speed-test/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugins-speed-test/)– try installing the [Query Monitor plugin ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/) and seeing how long the queries are taking. – [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) * [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/) * (@accuwebhosting) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546068) * Hi. * I did inspect element on your website and I noticed following Javascripts and several google fonts are taking huge time to load. * travelerguides.net/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1 * Refer following URL for more information on page analysis of your web page. * [http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/dLWGLU/http://travelerguides.net/](http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/dLWGLU/http://travelerguides.net/) * Thanks, * Thread Starter [patyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patyg/) * (@patyg) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546117) * Thank you for your replies! I tried to login to dashboard to try to install p3 and disable google fonts, but it also doesn’t load the dashboard! Is there a way to try and fix this directly in the files? If so, how can I do it? * Also I can’t test the website in the links you gave me: [http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html](http://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html) [http://www.webpagetest.org/](http://www.webpagetest.org/) [http://tools.pingdom.com](http://tools.pingdom.com) [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) * because it says it times out before the site loads 🙁 * Sorry for all the questions, but I really need help from someone more experienced dealing with this, it’s destroying my site 🙁 * Thank you again! * Thread Starter [patyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patyg/) * (@patyg) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546127) * update: i was thinking maybe the problem was in the host, but the resources don’t seem to be overused, see below: [http://snag.gy/1WhfS.jpg](http://snag.gy/1WhfS.jpg)( hosted with Arvixe) * Also, this happened after the website had a day with unusual high traffic. * Now sure if it helps at all, hope it does! * Thread Starter [patyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patyg/) * (@patyg) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546201) * Issue was solved by changing host. * Thank you for the support! * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546206) * Glad you got it sorted 🙂 Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Slow website’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slow-website-10/#post-6546206) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics