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In times like these where network connections are continuously improving and bandwidths are expanding, fast websites are a must. But to be able to provide the speed and performance required for this, it\u2019s important to put in place the right actions. Studies have shown that people\u2019s attention span is currently approximately 9 seconds<\/a>. That means that, in order to get visitors to stay longer, they need to be won over by the content of the website during this short period of time. But long loading times rapidly increase the probability of visitors leaving the website! Moreover, Google <\/a>, along with other search machines, has begun to rank websites with faster loading times more highly when it comes to search results.<\/p>\n

Put simply: if you want higher hit rates, more visitors and consequently an increase in the associated turnover, a fast website is a MUST! In this tutorial, we would like to present a few tips you can use for performance tuning of WordPress.
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Measure your performance<\/h2>\n

If you now consider your own website, you will perhaps think that it is quite fast. But unfortunately this is a big mistake. Modern browsers \u201cnote\u201d the content of frequently visited websites and save the data in their cache. If you then revisit a website that has been cached like this (by the browser), it opens straight away \u2013 almost without any loading time at all. This gives you the subjective impression of a lightning-fast website.<\/p>\n

However, the first time visitors go to your page, their browsers have not yet cached any of your data, increasing the loading time for them.
\nAnother significant factor is the geographical location of your visitors: the further away they are from the server location where your website is being hosted, the longer the loading time. The reason for this is that the data has a longer way to travel in terms of physical distance (latency problem).<\/p>\n

This is the reason why a number of tools are available on the Internet to measure the performance of a website. These include services such as GTmetrix<\/a> andPingdom<\/a>, for example. These are free online tools you can use to analyze your site to reveal any weak points.
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Causes of slow websites<\/h2>\n

If you perform a test using one of the tools mentioned above, you will also be provided with several suggestions for improvement at the same time. The problem is that they are often impossible or difficult to understand for the layperson. Nevertheless, gaining an understanding of why a website is slow is a basic prerequisite to enable you to take the corresponding countermeasures. For this reason, I would like to explain to you here the main causes of slow WordPress websites:<\/p>\n