You have a nice website, but you notice it's slow. Pages take a long time to load and images don't load quickly. Chances are, visitors don't want to wait for this and leave your website. So a slow website is detrimental to your conversion rate. Of course, you want to avoid this. That's why we give you 7 tips to speed up a slow website design.
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1. Videos
Do you have a lot of videoson your website? Videos are often large files. Putting them directly on your website can greatly affect the speed. We recommend using videos via YouTube or Vimeo on your website. This way, you don't put the entire video on a web page, but "embed" the code. This keeps the file size small.
4 easy steps to get your YouTube video on your website
2. Images
Image are super important on your website. Using good images can make customers stay on your website longer. However, too many images can prevent your website from loading quickly. Try to make your image files as small as possible. You can manually make the files smaller in WordPress through the media heading. There are also plugins in WordPress that allow you to make all the images smaller at once.
The 6 best image optimization plugins for WordPress
Hosting 3.
A good hosting service is hugely important. Cheap hosting providers put as many websites as possible on one server. This affects the speed of your website. Especially if these hosting providers have a server that is not located in your country. A server in Canada will cause your website to be much slower than when your website is on a server in the United States. This is a good example of cheap is expensive. That is why it is best to purchase hosting from a good hosting service. Your website will be constantly monitored and optimized by professionals. At Monkey Vision bieden we super snelle laadtijden, extra website beveiliging en 24/7 service.
5 things you need to know about (WordPress) hosting
4. Code
Coding is a profession and thus not something to do yourself. This is why we recommend going to a professional when problems arise. But how can code actually cause your website to be slow? If the code on your website is not correct, the speed of your website can be greatly affected. This is because this code is supposed to get the information to your website. For example, it can if a piece of code from another website is routed to yours. Or if information on a database needs to go to your website. Because fixing these problems is a very complicated matter, we recommend having your website maintained. Here's how to make sure your website always achieves the performance you want.
5. Plugins
Plugins on your WordPress website can be very valuable. As we told you earlier, plugins can help compress your images. We often see with WordPress websites that there are many plugins installed, but not all of them are used. This can also cause your website to slow down. Therefore, always remove unused plugins. Also pay attention to which plugins you use. If you use many plugins, they can work against each other, causing your site to malfunction or become slow.
6. Cache
Cache, as it were, is a place where your data is temporarily stored. If your Web site data is pulled from a database, it may be wise to cache your Web pages. Instead of retrieving the data from a database, it is already on your server, so your website will load faster. This does require you to set how often to refresh the cache.
7. Let the professional do it
Making and keeping a good and fast website design often requires a lot of time and effort. Therefore, we recommend having a professional do it for you. This way you will always have a well-functioning website and you will not lose valuable time trying to find the problems. Are you experiencing problems with your website, such as long loading time or coding issues? We from Monkey Vision have a lot of experience in solving these kinds of problems. Our Monkeys are happy to help you maintain your website and optimize its speed. Do not hesitate and take contact with us! We are happy to provide you with expert advice.
