Hey, WP Community!
I wanted to see where you guys go for general information on how to improve site performance. I currently have a “D” for my site on Ping, and looking to improve on it.
**Info about the site:** [**www.worksitecrew.com**](http://www.worksitecrew.com)
**1/** Used Divi Builder (I know. Not the best, but the only page builder I use to build sites right now I don’t want to get into the, “what is better”, discussion, as we all know those are posted all over the place).
**2/** BuiltWith Info: [https://builtwith.com/worksitecrew.com](https://builtwith.com/worksitecrew.com)
3/ I’ve compressed images but I know I still have too many large files. I will go back and change that.
4/ I have basic traffic plugins – Microsoft Clarity, and Site Kit by Google.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and feel free to just let me know your thoughts on the site. It is for SMMA for home service and repair pros.
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Thanks everyone in advance for your help!
You have a series problem:
[https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-worksitecrew-com/5xjfhp8wpf?form_factor=mobile](https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-worksitecrew-com/5xjfhp8wpf?form_factor=mobile)
Because of the work involved to fix this, it’s best to hire a freelancer. A good one (freelancer) will get you a score of100, 100, 100, 100, on Google Page Insights. I will not deliver a site unless it gets a perfect score.
Once you find a freelancer, have her/him provide samples of sites completed, then put those URLs into Google Page Insights. If this is new to you, go to: [https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-fedorum-com/np3eu3vuea?form_factor=mobile](https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-fedorum-com/np3eu3vuea?form_factor=mobile) to see what I mean.
Don’t hire anyone without verifying the quality of their work.
Remove the lazy loading on any images above the fold – that’s what’s causing your poor LCP score.
It’s taking almost 2 seconds to even begin loading page assets like scripts, images, fonts, etc.
This means that either your hosting is absolutely awful, or your database is massive (doesn’t seem likely with your site size), or there are lots of server-side scripts running out of control that are holding up the server response time.
Edit: Just found something important. Looks like Namecheap shared hosting does not have opcache enabled by default if you are using PHP versions 7.4, 8.0, or 8.1. Check if you are using one of those versions (you should be, tbh). If so, get them to enable opcache. It specifically speeds up server-side scripts which look to be your biggest problem right now.