How fast should a WordPress site load?
Under 2.5 seconds on mobile. That is the Core Web Vitals threshold Google uses when ranking sites – and a site that takes six seconds to load loses visitors and rankings. We get sites into the green and keep them there.
Why is my WordPress site slow?
- A bloated theme or page builder
- Unoptimized images and fonts
- Too many plugins doing overlapping jobs
- A database full of post revisions and transients
- Caching, CDN or server settings that aren’t tuned
Most slow sites are caused by two or three of these, not one big problem. We map every bottleneck first, then fix them in order of impact.
What the process looks like
- Performance audit – Core Web Vitals, waterfall, requests, payload size
- Front-end tuning – images, fonts, scripts, CSS
- Server and database – caching, slow queries, PHP settings
- A before/after report with your new scores
How long does it take? How much?
Most speed projects take one to two weeks and are quoted as a fixed price after the audit. On the care plan, monthly health checks keep the site fast after we leave – so it doesn’t rot back.
Why ShowSpring?
We optimize the whole stack, not just one plugin. 38+ sites launched and cared for, with before/after Core Web Vitals reports on every project.