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investorblogger · 03-26-2008, 06:05 PM

I just tried the pages, although they were fairly snappy for me, I did note that your page when saved with everything was over 800Kb. That's fairly big.

How many plugins are you using? I do have some suggestions on speeding up Wordpress on my blog.

These are things I tried. Keep down the number of widgets you installed. If you have unnecessary plugins or javascripts or widgets, replace them with straight HTML code or eliminate them altogether.

I found originally over 30 plugins and numerous javascripts on my blog before I realized I had to do something to cut it down. Even now it's not very responsive.

Also, I'm beginning to suspect that DH isn't such a great host for blogs... I'm looking at other options, right now.

Kenneth

03-26-2008, 06:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
investorblogger Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Living in Taiwan Posts: 61	I just tried the pages, although they were fairly snappy for me, I did note that your page when saved with everything was over 800Kb. That's fairly big. How many plugins are you using? I do have some suggestions on speeding up Wordpress on my blog. These are things I tried. Keep down the number of widgets you installed. If you have unnecessary plugins or javascripts or widgets, replace them with straight HTML code or eliminate them altogether. I found originally over 30 plugins and numerous javascripts on my blog before I realized I had to do something to cut it down. Even now it's not very responsive. Also, I'm beginning to suspect that DH isn't such a great host for blogs... I'm looking at other options, right now. Kenneth __________________ Just my main blogs at http://investorblogger.com and http://obblogatory.com Check them out if you have time!