What would cause my site to take awhile to completely load? I have the latest wordpress software and the the quick cache plugin and it's enabled. I'm only running three plug ins / add to any: share/bookmark and contact form7 and quick cache.

Maybe the database server is just slow.
Or the server is on a slow internet connection.

Hey here is some solutions which I have done to our wordpress.

1. Do the test for your website load in webpagetest.org
2. Optimize Dabase tables
3. I guess when you will do the first step you will find the problem if not go to step 4
4. Delete all unused plugins
5. If the problem still persist disable completely your plugins and try to load your blog again. So that you could identify which plugin i causing you the problem.
6. I guess if you still will not find the problem. Tyr to measure httpd and mysql connection time (there are plenty of scripts or commands those can do that measurement).

Try those and we will see what results will be.

Originally Posted by Dirt Hammer

What would cause my site to take awhile to completely load? I have the latest wordpress software and the the quick cache plugin and it's enabled. I'm only running three plug ins / add to any: share/bookmark and contact form7 and quick cache.

Hi Dirt Hammer.

Do you use shared hosting or VPS/Dedicated?

If you are on shared hosting then your site may be not the only one to cause server load go high. In this case it's better to ask your host to check the situation on the server.

If you are using VPS/Dedicated server then check processes on the server, Apache and MySQL requests, etc.

This is a really good question.

I use blogspot to host a blog and yet, the load times are quite slow for a "low tech" site. I'm led to believe the template may have a lot to do with it.

Of course, things like video and multimedia effect load time, but thats fairly obvious.

You either have poor server, slow internet connect, or large images on your website. That might slowing you down.

One of other thing that might slow your site down is if there are some hidden scripts running on your shared account. Make sure your account is not compromised and if it continues complain to your host and they should investigate.

Good luck

Originally Posted by Dirt Hammer

What would cause my site to take awhile to completely load? I have the latest wordpress software and the the quick cache plugin and it's enabled. I'm only running three plug ins / add to any: share/bookmark and contact form7 and quick cache.

Your problem could be several things. Such as: poorly coded template or plugins or your database server is overwhelmed.

Check your template and plugin code first as they are more than likely the culprit.

Thanks for all the replys. Issue resolved. I had a failed rss that I left up and running / once I removed it the site went back to lighting fast.

I have personally finished optimizing my word-press blog just this week. I have a shared hosting plan with great staff so the steps I've taken may not apply to you. If you can, ask your server admins to raise your php memory_limit. You may be able to do this your self by adding the following code to your .htaccess file

php_value memory_limit 32M

32 megabytes is the bare minimum and you should probably aim for more. Wordpress is php based, and raising the php-limit will significantly improve the load time.

Another awesome way to improve load time is using a cache plug-in. If you aren't using one, do it now. I personally recommend the "W3 Total Cache Plugin" but that requires a lot of server resources.

To point out the obvious, you should, deactivate and delete all possible unnecessary plug-ins. Delete unused themes. Delete unused images. Optimize Tables for Wordpress MySQL database. Get the plug-in "Clean Tools" to delete table information left behind from previously removed plug-ins. Decrease the amount of post per page. Get rid of any java-script.

I have taken ALL of these steps and prob more that I forget to mention to make my blog faster. I went from about 1.9 to about 1 second page load time. My server is located in Germany and therefore takes even longer to load, so my site must be optimized to the max. The main things that could slow you down are plug-ins and not having a cache plug in.

You should do more research on your own how to optimize and clean your database and improve wordpress overall speed. I should also mention that load time an official Rank indicator for Google. Beware

Originally Posted by Dirt Hammer

Thanks for all the replys. Issue resolved. I had a failed rss that I left up and running / once I removed it the site went back to lighting fast.

Good thing you already resolve your problem with your webpage loading time; now it was a factor in ranking better in search engines.

Originally Posted by Dirt Hammer

Thanks for all the replys. Issue resolved. I had a failed rss that I left up and running / once I removed it the site went back to lighting fast.

Number of good suggestion is given by members, from coding to server problem but you solution was RSS. Thanks you got solution.

If you use Google webmaster tool, it suggest to test your speed with mozilaa add-on page-speed, it a really very good toll which will show you
-your page speed (0/100)
-what is affecting your speed
-suggestion how to improve speed.

Originally Posted by Dirt Hammer

Thanks for all the replys. Issue resolved. I had a failed rss that I left up and running / once I removed it the site went back to lighting fast.

Yes, by using RSS feed you can syndicate the content they produce automatically. Glad you have already solved your problem.

Cheers! ^^