I am struggling with slow load times on my primary sites so I did an experiment:
Step 1: Fresh Wordpress Install
Server: Azure App Service for Linux
Plugins: Query Monitor + WP Super Cache
Query Monitor: 0.49s
Chrome Dev Tools Load: 1.74s
Chrome Dev tools TTFB: 709.28ms
Step 2: Install X Theme
Query Monitor: 5.50s
Chrome Dev Tools Load: 12.50s
Chrome Dev tools TTFB: 5.93s
By simply installing X theme, my whole site including wp-admin, has become incredibly slow! This same thing is happening on my production site so I am wondering what is going on.
Thanks!