X theme running slow (second setup)

[kajeah]

Heya, this is my second time around setting up the X theme and both times my website turned out really slow with a loading time of 4 seconds up to 9. I really like the theme which is why I tried to make it work twice, and this time around I tried to do less with it and also only using the plugins I really need. I’m really not much of a website builder so the things I have tried only seem to make it worse. However when not using the X theme my site runs quicker (about 3 seonds on other themes). So I’m hoping someone can help me speed it up, or tell me what I’ve done wrong.

https://katesindesign.no/

Thanks in advance!

[Prasant]

Hello @kajeah,

Thanks for asking and sorry that you are facing speed related issues with X Theme.

There can be multiple reasons for the same. Please try out following solutions:

You might be running out of your memory. You can try increasing your PHP Memory limit. You can do this by editing your wp-config.php file which can be located under the root of your WordPress installation.

Add the following lines into that file.

define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M' );
define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M' );

You can add it before the line
/*That's all, stop editing! Happy Blogging. */

• Make sure that you’re running at least PHP v5.6.x or later to avoid any WordPress related incompatibility issues. If you’re not sure what your server configurations and settings are, install a plugin like WP-Serverinfo (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-serverinfo/) and check your server info by head over to Dashboard -> WP Serverinfo area.
• Check your PHP Max Execution Time and set it for 300 for optimal usage.

If you still have problems kindly get back to us with the result of the steps above and URL/User/Pass of your WordPress dashboard using the Secure Note functionality of the post to follow up the case. Also can you please give us to the permission to troubleshoot the problem? We may have to perform some tests on the website which may effect the performance, appearance, layout and functioning of website temporarily.

Thank you.

[kajeah]

Hey! Thanks again so much for your help. Increasing the memory really seemed to help, although it still has some hiccups but I don’t really know how normal that is. I’ll leave the information incase it isn’t.

Again thanks so much, you’re a lifesaver!

[Prasant]

Hello @kajeah,

Thanks for asking.

Something I noticed is that in your permalinks structure that WordPress and Site Address url were having different protocols. I have changed it to HTTPS. https://cl.ly/2R1Q2U093H26

Upon changing that, Cornerstone seems to be loading up fine now. Can you please check at your end? Please clear browser cache and try loading again.

Thanks.

[kajeah]

It seems to be working smoothly now. Thank you so much for your help!

[rad]

You’re most welcome!