Performance

How to Make a WordPress Site Faster

A practical performance checklist covering theme weight, plugins, images, fonts, caching, hosting, and measurement.

A practical performance checklist covering theme weight, plugins, images, fonts, caching, hosting, and measurement.

Start with the job, not the product

List the layouts, templates, content types, integrations and editing responsibilities your site requires. Then decide which layer should own each responsibility: WordPress core, the theme, blocks, plugins or hosting.

Keep the stack understandable

Fewer overlapping tools usually make a WordPress site easier to maintain. Prefer a coherent system where global styles, templates and reusable components have clear ownership.

Where GeneratePress may fit

If a lightweight, block-oriented foundation suits your requirements, GeneratePress is one product worth evaluating alongside its competitors.

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