Slow Loading

I have a wordpress blog with buddy press plugins. I also have and ecwid shopping cart plugin. The page is very slow in loading. I have been informed by users that they can't register with my blog because the loading takes so long. Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can solve it?

Thanks

 

Try installing plugins to help you with site speed.
W3 Total Cache is good. If that isn't enough, try looking for CDN (content delivery network) services. If you have that you'll have rocket-speedy sites in no time.

-Liane

 

Try disable the plugins to see which one caused the issue. You may install some cache plugins such as WP Super Cache or WP Total cache plugins to help increase the loading speed for visitors.

 

You could try compressing the pages with gzip compression? As Deluxdon said, having too many plug-ins could be a factor in page loading time. It may also depend on what theme you're using and how many images (and their sizes) the theme uses. Go over your plug-ins and take out the ones you don't really need. Also check your blog to see if there is any malware etc on there. WP Malwatch and the "AntiVirus" plugin are a couple I use, although there are probably paid plugins that would do better.

 

Use plugins : WP Super Cache

Can be resolved...

 

It might be because of heavy site.You will have to make sure that you don't include any java script in it.

 

Thank you all for your help and advice. Concerning the Cache plugins – which Cache plugin works better the WP Super Cache plugin or the W3 Total Cache plugin. I installed the W3 Total Cache plugin, but I don't really know how to configure it properly and it hasn't really helped so far. As for the them I use the regular default theme with custom graphics.

 

Check with your hosting as well, you might be on an oversold box if you are on shared

 

Wow thanks! I didn't think of this. My websites are all hosted by GoDaddy and are on a Wordpress platform. I upgraded my explorer to the latest version: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx
After the upgrade I found that the Twenty Ten 1.1 theme didn't work so I transferred my sites to the new 2010 Weaver 1.5.1 theme. Everything worked o.k. except for my Ecwid Store plugin and the drag & drop feature of the widgets' bar stopped working.

 

Remove the plugins and then try and see how it loads.

 

If the javascript stopped working, check how many separate calls to Jquery you are making... A lot of plugin developers have a habit of including their own JQuery, whereas it can be queued by Wordpress or delivered by a CDN only once for the same effect. (This will obviously speed up the site)

Also, download a plugin for your browser that will measure load times. You might find that a script or image is taking too long - something that you can investigate further

 

Can you post a link to the page, where your Ecwid store is installed?