Woodmart themed pages – Incredibly slow to load
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Since changing to Woodmart theme my site has become incredibly slow to load.
I have already heavily optimised all of my images to save as much space as possible
I have had this confirmed by my host company, they suggested a number of apps to help but these make no difference (WPRocket and so on)
Quote below from my host company:
“I’ve had a look at the site and I see what you mean, it is really slow. What I’m seeing on the server is every page load is maxing out the CPU core so it’s having to do a lot of work to the generate the page. Your VPS has 4 cores so if you had 4 concurrent page loads (4 visitors on your site at once) it would max out your whole server.”
Can you please have a look and see if there is any obvious reason for this and suggest any possible solutions?
Many thanks,
Justin
Update, whilst testing I ran a Lighthouse Analysis. With Woodmart installed I am getting a 76% rating. When I change this to another theme it jumps to 91%.
Hello,
Thank you for choosing our theme. Our theme is optimized for speed and should not significantly slow down your website. However, it’s possible that your website’s performance is affected by the content you have added. For instance, the use of too many plugins, large unoptimized images, or other resources can slow down your website.
We recommend that you remove any unnecessary plugins and install a JS & CSS optimization plugin such as WP Rocket. Our guide on how to optimize your website using our themes can be found here: https://xtemos.com/wordpress-performance-optimization-the-ultimate-guide-in-2021/.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Kind regards,
XTemos Studio
Hi there,
I’ve disabled all plug ins and run tests each time, results vary wildly but deactivating plugins made very little difference.
I’ve added admin access, details below, would you mind taking a quick look for anything obvious that could be causing the issues please?
As mentioned, when i change the theme the performance levels improves dramatically so I assume it could be a plugin conflicting but my tests thus far don’t prove that.
Thanks,
Justin
Hello,
Could you please provide us with instructions on how to measure this CPU load? We need to test it ourselves, both with WoodMart and the default theme, to see the difference.
Kind Regards
Hi,
I am using Lighthouse via the Inspect feature in Google Chrome.
Thanks,
Justin
Hello,
Using the Lighthouse, you can’t measure the CPU load. As you mentioned, our theme affects the CPU we need to monitor it in real time and compare it with the default theme.
Kind Regards
Hi there,
The only way I can show CPU usage is through my CPanel which I am unable to grant access. I just checked and can see the high usage, I will video this screen with comments and change the theme and run tests again if this is ok?
Thanks,
Justin
Hello,
The video could be helpful, but we still can’t troubleshoot the issue without the ability to monitor it in real time. Perhaps you could create a staging website to which we can get the access.
Kind Regards
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