Is your WooCommerce admin panel slow? A slow WooCommerce dashboard can usually be fixed by cleaning your database with WP-Optimize, disabling the WordPress heartbeat API, and eliminating high CPU plugins. It could also be because you have “object cache” enabled in W3 Total Cache, or that your cache plugin isn’t configured optimally. WP Rocket was […]
WooCommerce Speed Optimization: 24 Ways To Make Your Slow Store (And Website) Load Faster – 2019 Updated Guide
Have a slow WooCommerce site? I’ll show you how to make it faster by fixing items in GTmetrix/Pingdom (the same tips I used to get 100% GTmetrix scores). I’ll also show you how to optimize WooCommerce cart fragments, styles, scripts, product images, databases, CDNs, and other tips shown in the table of contents. Is my […]
How To Reduce CPU Usage In WordPress (AKA Bandwidth Limits) – That Annoying Restriction From Hosting Providers
I had serious issues with CPU overages on my WordPress site. All this means is we need to reduce the amount of resources consumed by high CPU plugins, images, wp-cron, databases, external requests (usually generated by plugins), comment spam, and prevent spammy bots from crawling your website using the Blackhole For Bad Bots plugin. We […]
How To Reduce CPU Usage On Godaddy (Also Known As Bandwidth Limitations / Throttling Which Cause 503 Errors)
If you’re getting CPU overages on Godaddy, it means your website (and plugins) are consuming too many server resources. Godaddy obviously wants you to upgrade, but hopefully after reading this guide, you won’t have to. I will show you how to upgrade to PHP 7.2, offload resources to Cloudflare’s free CDN, and optimize plugins/images to […]
How To Reduce CPU Usage On HostGator (Also Known As Bandwidth Limitations / Throttling Which Cause 503 Errors)
Exceeding your bandwidth limits on HostGator? Bandwidth limits happen when your hosting plan doesn’t have enough server resources to accommodate your plugins, images, theme, and other things that might be causing high CPU. You can use AWstats (built-in to your HostGator cPanel) and the Query Monitor plugin to find the source, but this tutorial outlines […]
How To Reduce CPU Usage On Bluehost (Also Known As Bandwidth Limitations / Throttling Which Cause 503 Errors)
Getting CPU overages on Bluehost? Here are some of the most common solutions. These are based on my own experience having CPU overages, and solutions that worked for people in WordPress Facebook Groups I’m in. The most commons ways to fix Bluehost CPU overages are: upgrading to PHP 7.2 in the cPanel, activating Cloudflare, eliminating […]
How To Improve Server Response Times On Godaddy’s WordPress Hosting (The Item In Google PageSpeed Insights)
Getting slow server response times on Godaddy? If you ran your site though Google PageSpeed Insights or Bitcatcha, your server response time should be under 200ms like Google recommends. If it’s not, I will show you how to improve it. Here’s how to fix slow server response times on Godaddy: upgrade to PHP 7.2, activate […]
How To Improve Server Response Time On Bluehost’s WordPress Hosting (The Item In Google PageSpeed Insights)
Bluehost is infamous for slow server response times. You can measure this in Google PageSpeed Insights or Bitcatcha, and Google recommends your server response time be under 200ms. Any higher than 1-2s and you’ve got a problem. You can fix slow server response times on Bluehost by: configuring a cache plugin, avoiding high CPU plugins, […]