{"id":124,"date":"2020-04-19T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T08:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=124"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:40:37","slug":"speed-up-a-slow-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/speed-up-a-slow-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize speed for Elementor websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elementor is written with the strictest code standards to optimize performance. However, some websites may have a configuration that causes slow loading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speed test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Run the following test to find the cause of slowness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check your website speed on page speed analyzers such as:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google Page&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speed Insights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GTmetrix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deactivate all plugins besides Elementor and Elementor pro and verify if it improves the page speed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch to the Hello theme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a page with the Canvas template and test it for speed again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After following these steps run a speed test and check for improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hosting Servers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following factors have major effect on the speed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Memory limit\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Delete some files (unused themes, plugins, old backups or log files that are no longer needed).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upgrade to an account with a larger amount of storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bandwidth\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact your hosting provider to upgrade your package.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location of the server in relation to the user\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a content delivery network (CDN).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a hosting service provider who have servers with global reach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Free or shared hosting services often cause poor speed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media (images, videos)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Images slow down the website, especially if placed in areas that are always loaded, like the header and footer. Following are the tips to optimize slowness due to media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not upload large-sized images.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the size of images under 1 MB.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use images in WEBP format.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use Lazy Loading if you have many images on a page. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/lazy-loading\/\">Lazy Loading<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use optimization tools such as Image Optimizer to reduce image sizes. For more details, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-is-the-image-optimizer\/\">What is the Image Optimizer plugin by Elementor?<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use CDNs and external links for videos.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the Elementor\u2019s video widget option for loading videos from external sources like YouTube or Vimeo, instead of WordPress library. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/video-widget\/\">Video Widget<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>[callout type=&#8221;note&#8221;]Elementor blocks private videos and does not support YouTube shorts.[\/callout]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External scripts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use of external scripts, for example, Google Maps, Facebook share count, Avatar images, considerably slows down a page load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External fonts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can deactivate Google Fonts, Font Awesome, and Icons for example, by adding the following lines of code to your functions.php file in your child theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Third-party fonts<\/th><th>Code to add<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Google Fonts<\/td><td><code>add_filter( 'elementor\/frontend\/print_google_fonts', '__return_false' );<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Font Awesome<\/td><td><code>add_action('elementor\/frontend\/after_register_styles',function() {<br>foreach( [ 'solid', 'regular', 'brands' ] as $style ) {<br>wp_deregister_style( 'elementor-icons-fa-' . $style );<br>}<br>}, 20 );<\/code><br><br><strong>Note:<\/strong> By default, Font Awesome icons load only on the pages where they are used. This improves performance and site load speed.<br><br>Only the CSS and fonts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/introducing-icon-library\/\">icon family<\/a> you actually use are loaded.&nbsp;<br><br>Dequeue Font Awesome if you do not want to use any Font Awesome icons at all. If you dequeue Font Awesome, the icons will no longer show on any of your pages.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eicons<\/td><td><code>add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'disable_eicons', 11 );<br>function disable_eicons() {<br>wp_dequeue_style( 'elementor-icons' );<br>wp_deregister_style( 'elementor-icons' );<br>}<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Plugins make WordPress slower. If you are not using a certain plugin, delete it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A well-coded theme uses scripts and methods to reduce its file sizes. Switching between themes and seeing the effect might give you a good indicator if the theme is causing the slowness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may disable the themes and check the performance. If you find a third-party theme is causing the slowness, then contact the third-party theme builder support for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the Hello theme is advisable. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-is-elementor-hello-theme\/\">What Is The Elementor Hello Theme?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to write your own code inside the themes, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.elementor.com\/\">Elementor Developers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speed optimization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a caching plugin like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/\">WP Rocket<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\">Autoptimize<\/a> or any other cache plugin that will meet your needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a CDN service like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\">CloudFlare<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check with your hosting provider regarding possible causes of the site being slow on the server side.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch editor loader method. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/settings\/\">Settings \u00bb Elementor<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce image sizes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the ping speed of your servers and analyze the various elements\u2019 loading time to pinpoint the cause of the slowness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn about Elementor\u2019s initiative to improve performance, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.elementor.com\/how-elementor-improved-asset-loading-and-made-your-website-run-faster\/\">How Elementor Improved Asset Loading and Made Your Website Run Faster<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to diagnose and speed up a slow site with Elementor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["62c6c57fa92d0fc7b345b1d0","62c6c57fa92d0fc7b345b1d0"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1461],"tags":[1327,1325],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-performance","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Speed Up a Slow Elementor Website | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are several possible causes for a site or editor to show slow performance, each one should be examined. 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