{"id":1420,"date":"2021-12-13T04:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpfellows.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2021-12-13T04:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:48:43","slug":"wordpress-backend-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpfellows.com\/wordpress-backend-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Backend slow: How to speed it up in Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Has your WordPress backend become slow? I personally know hardly anything crueler than a sluggish loading dashboard. Just creating a new post or replying to comments can take 5 minutes.<\/p>
Are you tired of WordPress running sluggishly when you want to make updates? Do you feel like your admin tools aren’t quite as snappy as they were when you first installed WordPress?<\/p>
If all this sounds familiar, you’ll love the following tricks for speeding up your WordPress backend.<\/p>
Don’t worry. You don’t have to install a new WordPress to get back to the old speed.<\/p>
Once you’re done with the detailed tips and tricks we highlight in the rest of this quick guide, you’ll be able to turn off any sluggish behavior in your WordPress backend yourself. You’ll be able to fix these issues in no time, clean up your backend panel, and create a smoother, faster experience.<\/p>
So let’s get started right away!<\/p>
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There are a number of plugins and add-ons (including some of the most popular WordPress plugins) that are notorious for hogging your hosting’s CPU resources and slowing everything down as soon as you log into the admin backend.<\/p>
Do your best to reduce these kinds of plugins and add-ons. At least as much as possible.<\/p>
Among the big resource hogs in WordPress installations are:<\/p>
Tip:
Keep your WordPress installation as lean as possible and you will never have to worry about your backend being sluggish or extremely slow.<\/p>
The more plugins you install, the slower your WordPress installation will become over time.<\/p>
Another possible reason why your WordPress backend is slow may have to do with the PHP version that your hoster is running.<\/p>
If you have the possibility to upgrade, you should do it as soon as possible and upgrade at least to PHP 7.4, so you can use a slimmer, faster, and more secure version of PHP.<\/p>
Currently, by the way, PHP 7.4 is not only a recommendation of our WPFellows developers but is also mentioned by the official WordPress team<\/a> as a minimum requirement for running a WordPress site.<\/p> Just be aware that the vast majority of hosting platforms won’t update PHP automatically. This is something you’ll have to do some poking around in your hosting admin backend for.<\/p> But it’s worth doing as soon as you have the chance.<\/p> Hosters, such as Dreamhost offer you an easy way to increase your PHP version yourself. In exceptional cases, just contact your hosting provider’s support and ask them to do it for you.<\/p>