Sometimes a speedy WordPress site feels as rare as spotting a unicorn in the wild. Pages crawl, images lag, and visitors bounce before you can say “loading enchanted pixels.”

The good news? You don’t need magic to make your site fast. You just need a few smart, proven optimizations—and we’ve gathered them all in our WordPress Speed Optimization FAQ.

Code So Fast, Leave the Competition in a Cloud of Glitter Dust

Here’s a peek at the strategies you’ll find in the full guide:

• Run on the right foundation. Our Gen7 SmartVPS templates are built for speed, with SSD storage, tuned MariaDB databases, PHP-FPM, HTTP/2, and other performance-focused server settings.
• Lighten the load. Heavy themes and plugin bloat increase processing time and slow every page request. Choose a lean theme and disable plugins you don’t truly need.
• Enable caching everywhere. Page caching, browser caching, and lazy loading reduce repeated processing and keep visitors from waiting on server-side generation every time.
• Stay updated. WordPress core, themes, and plugins often include performance improvements in updates—plus they keep your site secure.
• Optimize the database. Periodic cleanup of post revisions, transients, and overhead keeps queries fast.

Mythical No More: WordPress Speed You Can Measure

Faster sites improve user experience, search rankings, and conversion rates. And with many optimizations just a few clicks away in the Brownrice Dashboard, there’s no reason to settle for “slow.”

Follow the Rainbow to the Full Sparkle-Spec Sheet:
What Can I Do to Speed Up My WordPress Site?