The Aussie Guide to WordPress Website Speed: Proven Steps to a Faster WordPress Website

Website speed isn’t just a “nice to have”, it’s critical for user experience, SEO rankings, and keeping visitors engaged. If your site takes too long to load, people leave, your conversions drop, and Google may even push you down the search results. Here are 5 practical tips to keep your WordPress website loading fast, whether you run a personal blog, an eCommerce store, or a small business WordPress site.

1. Choose a Good Web Host Who Cares About Performance

The foundation of a fast website is a high performance hosting provider. Old, overcrowded servers can slow your site to a crawl, no matter how well you optimize your WordPress setup.

At Web Host Wizards, we run bare metal servers with high cpu core speed, powered by the latest ryzen hardware in Australian data centres. This means lower latency for local aussie visitors, faster page loads, and more stable uptime.

We specialise in fast WordPress hosting for Australian businesses, professionals, startups, and eCommerce. So you get website speed without the guesswork.

2. Use a Caching Plugin

Caching stores a static version of your site so it doesn’t have to reload everything from scratch each time someone visits. The right caching plugin can reduce load times dramatically. Here’s one plugin recommendation for each type of hosting environment:

LiteSpeed Web Servers – Built for WordPress Performance Use LiteSpeed Cache. Fully integrated, extremely efficient and completely free.

NGINX Servers Try the Cache Enabler plugin. Lightweight and effortless.

Apache Servers The W3 Cache Plugin is a great choice.

Bonus: Redis Object Caching Web Host Wizards provides Redis free with every WordPress hosting plan. Providing the ultimate caching for WordPress.

Don't know what your server type is? Install the 'WP server stats' plugin to get all the information on your server.

3. Use a performance and security platform like Cloudflare

A global edge network like Cloudflare can do far more than just act as a CDN. It helps improve load times by caching content closer to visitors, optimising delivery, and protecting your site from attacks.

Another often overlooked benefit is a fast DNS network. Every time someone visits your WordPress site, their browser needs to look up your domain’s IP address. Cloudflare runs one of the fastest DNS networks in the world, and it’s free to use. Faster DNS means your pages start loading sooner, giving visitors a smoother experience.

We recommend Cloudflare, which can be integrated directly through our hosting control panel. Other options in Australia are 'quic.cloud' and 'bunny.net'.

4. Optimize Your Images

Large images can significantly slow down your WordPress site. To prevent this, it’s best to resize images before uploading. You can use a free online editor or software like Photoshop.

For optimal performance, resize landscape images to a maximum width of 1920px and portrait images to a maximum height of 1080px.

Properly sized images load faster, improve user experience, and reduce bandwidth usage. Also, use the correct file format. WebP is a modern option that keeps quality high while reducing size.

Alternatively, use plugins like 'Robin Image Optimizer' to compress images automatically when you upload them.

5. Use a Performance Optimization Plugin to Reduce Bloat

Even with good hosting, caching, and a performance platform like Cloudflare, you can squeeze more speed out of WordPress by reducing unnecessary scripts and requests.

Perfmatters is a premium option, but free alternatives like 'Asset CleanUp' or 'Autoptimize' can also help you disable unused features, control script loading, and cut down on bloat.

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5 Tips to keep your WordPress website loading fast