Small changes that cut load time, improve Core Web Vitals and help your site rank better on Google.
A slow site loses visitors before they read a word. These five fixes give the biggest gain for the least effort.
The list
Work through them in order.
- Compress images and serve WebP or AVIF
- Set width and height on every image so the page does not jump
- Load fonts from your own server and use only two weights
- Remove plugins and scripts you no longer use
- Cache pages at the edge with a CDN
Measure before and after
Use PageSpeed Insights and check the field data, not only the lab score. Real users tell the truth.