WordPress speed optimization — score 90+ on PageSpeed
We make slow WordPress and WooCommerce sites lightning fast. Our engineers tune your stack, theme and database until Google PageSpeed Insights shows more than 90 out of 100 — on both mobile and desktop.
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Free WordPress speed audit
Request a free speed investigation of your WordPress or WooCommerce site. We measure your current scores, identify the biggest bottlenecks and personally walk you through the results — no obligation, no sales pitch.
Built for Core Web Vitals
Speed isn't just a vanity number — it directly impacts your Google rankings, your conversion rate and your hosting bill. We optimize for the metrics search engines and real users actually care about.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) under 2.5 seconds
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) below 0.1
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP) under 200 ms
- Mobile and desktop PageSpeed scores above 90
What's included in a speed optimization
Full performance audit
Lighthouse, WebPageTest and real-user data. We map every render-blocking script, slow query and oversized asset.
Server & hosting tuning
HTTP/3, Brotli, PHP-FPM, object cache (Redis), full-page cache and CDN edge rules tuned for your traffic.
Asset optimization
Critical CSS, deferred JS, modern image formats (WebP/AVIF), lazy loading and font subsetting.
Database cleanup
Bloated post revisions, transients, autoload options and slow plugin queries — removed or rewritten.
WooCommerce speed
Cart fragments, AJAX calls, variable product queries and checkout flow — all optimized for conversion.
Plugin & theme review
We benchmark every active plugin and replace or refactor the ones dragging your site down.
How it works
Free audit
We benchmark your current scores and walk you through the findings.
Plan
Clear scope, fixed price and a realistic target score for your site.
Optimize
We implement every fix on a staging copy and validate before going live.
Verify
Final PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals report — guaranteed 90+ or we keep working.
Learn more about WordPress speed
We share in-depth guides, benchmarks and case studies on our dedicated speed resources. You can also browse our WooCommerce plugins, read our blog (start with our checkout optimization guide), or see all of our development services.
Why WordPress speed actually matters
A one-second delay in page load drops conversion by roughly 7%, increases bounce rate by 32% and shaves measurable revenue off every campaign you run. For WooCommerce stores the impact is larger still: a slow product page costs you the sale before the visitor even sees the price, and a slow checkout costs you the sale after they've already chosen to buy. Google has used Core Web Vitals as a direct ranking signal since 2021, which means a sluggish site is paying twice — once in lost conversions and once in lost organic traffic.
Most WordPress performance problems trace back to four root causes: render-blocking JavaScript and CSS, oversized hero images served without modern formats, slow database queries from poorly written plugins, and shared hosting that throttles PHP under load. We address each one with measurement first, optimization second. Every change we ship is benchmarked on a staging copy of your site and compared against your baseline scores, so you can see exactly which fix moved which metric.
Our speed guarantee
If we don't hit your agreed target PageSpeed score on both mobile and desktop, we keep working at no extra charge until we do. That guarantee covers every project, regardless of stack complexity. For WooCommerce stores with heavy plugin stacks we typically target 90+ on desktop and 80+ on mobile; for content sites and marketing pages we routinely hit 95+ on both. Your numbers are reviewed monthly for the first quarter after launch so any regression from a new plugin, theme update or traffic spike is caught immediately.
Common questions
Do we need to switch hosts? Usually not — we tune whatever stack you're on and only recommend a migration if your host genuinely can't keep up. Will speed work break the site? No: every change is applied on a staging clone, regression-tested across desktop and mobile, and only promoted to live after you sign off. How long does it take? A typical WordPress site is done within two weeks; a complex WooCommerce store with hundreds of products and a stack of third-party integrations takes three to four. Do you maintain the gains? Optional monthly maintenance keeps your scores at 90+ as plugins, themes and WordPress core evolve underneath you.
Ready for a 90+ score?
Request your free speed audit and we'll show you exactly what's slowing your site down.
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