# Optimize Wordpress

Website Optimization is a long-term tasks. Because there are a lot of factors that impact on your website speed: 

Here are some primary causes for a slow WordPress website are:

* **Web Hosting** – Your hosting server should be configure properly unless it can hurt your website speed.
* **WordPress Configuration** – Your website should be cleared cache to avoid overload website or slow or crash entirely.
* **Page Size** – Your images are not optimized. It's too heavy to load. 
* **Bad plugins** – Poor coded plugin will slow down your website.
* **External scripts** – External scripts such as ads, font loaders, etc can also have a huge impact on your website performance.

## **How to Optimize WordPress website:** 

If you think your website takes too much time to load maybe you should.

* Keep your site always update
* Install a Cache Plugin for WordPress. We recommend [W3 Total Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

Install an Image Compress Plugin. We recommend [WP Smush It.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/)

Or view more at detail ​steps: [How to Optimize Image in WordPress](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/speed-wordpress-save-images-optimized-web/)

* Install a Database Optimizer Plugin We recommend [WP Optimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/installation/)
* Don't Video directly to WordPress
* Use optimized theme and plugins
* Split Long post and Comments on the page
* Reduce Wordpress database
* Reduce External HTTP Requests
* Use Lazyload if need
* Use DNS Level Website Firewall
* Fix HTTPS/SSL Errors without Plugin

See more: [How to Speed Up WordPress Performance](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-performance-speed/)

To install plugin Autoptimize , please go to plugin and find plugin **"Autoptimize"**

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa3aYzxnAkEF0_bkz1%2Fplugin2.jpg?alt=media\&token=47d9154d-7141-46b0-bf4e-c7e29bb1dfb3)

Next go to Dashboard ->> Settings ->> Autoptimize

Set up option main like :

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa3gtrvPgKvIXxX_Tt%2Fplugin4.jpg?alt=media\&token=b315314f-e037-44a5-88e6-db3d4739fb34)

Option Extra

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa3mErh2MrQCUXwwfd%2Fplugin5.jpg?alt=media\&token=4fb082ed-789d-43bf-b453-4e46a595c5b5)

Plugin Cache to delete all caches of theme.

Then install plugin cache :

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa3saZ2m8UxrfVcJ1X%2Fplugin3.jpg?alt=media\&token=8b45c88c-3ce2-4ff5-9512-7ca01d275a95)

Next go to Dashboard ->> Settings ->> Cache

Choose option caching on to turn on plugin :

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa3yHqO546aWvTrHHb%2Fplugin6.jpg?alt=media\&token=cbc7b2a0-8e98-4b8f-a775-1cdebf6e4df6)

Then you can click button test cache to check it​

![](https://blobscdn.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-28427.appspot.com/o/assets%2F-LpBanRLSEFLFEAp-jCP%2F-Lpa0ZQxa8fY9ZSPajzq%2F-Lpa43RuS3FSaRxm2Vve%2Fplugin7.jpg?alt=media\&token=8bc2707f-23e1-4246-9595-cb15ee46fa97)


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