I suspect that even though the site is using a server-side page caching plugin, some part of WordPress still loads, and that delays the server’s response time. Static files will always be very fast, because there’s very little processing to be done. Recommend reading articles on web.dev regarding optimizing the main thread. Start with this … Read more
As for my personal projects, I try to have as few plugins as possible. I often go with the Block Theme Creator and ACF, and try to make my own plugins for my precise task when possible (I’ll not reinvent Yoast SEO but could do some registration moderation in admin, for example). I could read … Read more
How to optimize recaptcha__en.js
Very long initial loading (20sec)
What kind of data that 3rd part dependencies using?
A simple solution (although not followed by good practices) would be to use a CACHE plugin. This will use an image of your HTML and you will not have to execute your process every time. If you want to improve the performance of the PHP file, you should find the root of the problem, that … Read more
How can we remove “unused”/no long used calls when loading the homepage?
Sorry to hear this. That is a lot of plugins! Since you have no worries installing/using so many, I have to ask: have to tried using a plugin to minimize and impact performance of Javascript and CSS? Might be worth trying something like this just to see how it impacts overall performance: https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/ Also, have … Read more
If your content is rarely updated and that you have configured a caching solution to have what is commonly called a ‘supercache’. This means that ounce a page is cached, next call to that page will return a static content, without requiring a call to a php interpreter. Even on a cheap hosting, you can … Read more
This type of question is open ended to answer because it depends on many variables. The typical memory usage of bare WP usually starts at 15MB and scales up. What you can do is turn on debugging and install the Debug Bar plugin and it will show you the amount of memory you’re using. In … Read more