What methods should you use to decrease the loading time of a website?

[WoodsPainting]

What methods should you use to decrease the loading time of a website?

[sulbha]

Hi Friends,
There are several simple ways that can help to minimize the load time. Here are some of the best ways you can implement on your site to reduce the loading time.

Choose a fast web host
Compress images
Use a simple and clean theme
Minify HTML, CSS, and JS files
Install an effective caching plugin
Regenerate thumbnails
Lazy load images and videos
Implement CDN

[cathlilly]

First thing is decrease images size, optimize them
Minimize the use of JavaScript and CSS.
Use a best Content Delivery Network like maxcdn.
These are the best ways to decrease the load time of a web page.

[ritesh3592]

-Clean up the HTML Document
-Use CDN network (Cloudflare is FREE you can use and implement)
-Move your website to a better host
-Minify CSS, JS and HTML
-Reduce External HTTP Requests
-Optimize the size of images on your website
-Reduce the number of plugins (If WordPress website)
-Use server-side caching
-Reduce the number of HTTP requests
-Load JS asynchronously
-Enable Prefetching/Prerendering
-Implement GZIP Compression
-Database optimization (If you have CMS website)
-Use a Minimalistic Framework
-Reduce the use of web fonts
-Reduce redirects
-Implement Lazy load for images

[sophiawils59]

8 Tips for Decreasing Web Page Load Times

-Check the Current Speed of the Website
-Optimize Your Images
-Don't Scale Down Images
-Compress and Optimize Your Content
-Put Stylesheet References at the Top
-Put Script References at the Bottom
-Place JavaScript and CSS in External Files
-Minimize HTTP Requests

[RH-Calvin]

Check the Current Speed of the Website. ...
Optimize Your Images. ...
Don't Scale Down Images. ...
Compress and Optimize Your Content. ...
Put Stylesheet References at the Top. ...
Put Script References at the Bottom. ...
Place JavaScript and CSS in External Files.