I’m not a developer, but I managed to set up a website. It’s not published yet, and I haven’t added any optimization plugins or tools, but I’m looking for one to solve some issues. Whether paid or free, I’m open to suggestions for one or two plugins that won’t conflict with each other. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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Here are the issues I need to address:
1. The redirection from HTTP to HTTPS is taking too long: 2 seconds. Could this be a problem with the host? My website is built using the Astra theme.
2. The homepage loading time is too long. I need to reduce image size and HTTP requests. Since most of the images are downloaded from a POD site, I can’t do much to resize and re-upload them on my end.
3. How to use cookie-free domains?
4. Images are consuming most of the server storage space, leaving less than 20% available. Should I consider changing to a new hosting plan with more storage, or do optimization tools actually reduce storage usage?
Use [https://pagespeed.web.dev/](https://pagespeed.web.dev/) – it tells you what needs improving. Then google how to fix those issues.
“*The redirection from HTTP to HTTPS is taking too long: 2 seconds. Could this be a problem with the host?*” – most likely.
Look into using a good caching system, and cloudflare.
What is a “POD site”?