Slow Site

[thepenster]

Hi,

I’m using WP super cache, but when I check my site (displays.adventium.net), I’m still getting an F grade from http://gtmetrix.com/reports/displays.adventium.net/G8fr2Rpm

I opened wp-config.php but don’t see where/how I can increase the memory. Can you please provide specific instructions?

thank you.

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
Methods for increasing the amount of memory a PHP script may consume

1. If you have access to your install and are running a version of WordPress earlier than 3.0, try the plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/memory-bump/ as this is the easiest way to increase your RAM for WordPress.

2. If you have access to your PHP.ini file, change the line in PHP.ini
If your line shows 32M try 64M. If your line shows 64M try 128M
memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (32MB)

3. If you don’t have access to PHP.ini try adding this to an .htaccess file:
php_value memory_limit 64M

4. Try adding this line to your wp-config.php file:
Increasing memory allocated to PHP
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);

5. Talk to your host.

Thanks
Mohammad

[thepenster]

Hi,

I just contacted my host, who raised the memory, but when I’m testing the site, I still get these performance issues:

Leverage browser caching – how can I change the expiration of the following:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false (30 minutes)
http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js (2 hours)

Also, this link http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false is causing these issues:
• Remove query strings from static resources
• Specify a cache validator
• Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding header

Please let me know how to fix these issues. Thank you.

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Will have to forward this one to the development team. Let’s wait for the reply.

-Rui

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

@thepenster – it’s not possible to remove the query string from that maps URL, it is required to load the script.

These two are down to you to set up, be it with plugins or manually:

• Specify a cache validator
• Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding header

Neither are things that the theme is responsible for.

Testing your site on pingdom shows that there is a 6 second wait before the site starts loading – https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg81c2ano8l9pmf/Screenshot%202015-02-27%2019.01.47.png?dl=0

This isn’t a problem with the theme, and the filesize is more than manageable – definitely shouldn’t be taking more than a second or two.

– Ed