Speed is money. Faster sites rank better on Google, keep visitors longer and convert more — and Google's Core Web Vitals make it official. Here are ten ways to speed up your website, from quick wins to the heavy hitters.
The quick wins
- Compress and resize images — oversized images are the #1 cause of slow pages. Serve modern formats (WebP/AVIF) at the right size.
- Enable caching — browser and server caching stop your site rebuilding every page from scratch.
- Use a CDN — serve assets from servers near your visitors worldwide.
- Minify CSS/JS — strip whitespace and combine files to cut requests.
- Lazy-load images and video — load below-the-fold media only when needed.
The bigger fixes
- Upgrade your hosting — SSD + LiteSpeed + enough resources beats any plugin tweak.
- Reduce plugins/scripts — every third-party script (chat, ads, trackers) adds weight.
- Choose a fast theme/framework — bloated themes are hard to outrun.
- Optimise the database — clean out revisions, spam and bloat on dynamic sites.
- Load fonts efficiently — limit font weights and use
font-display: swap.
What are Core Web Vitals?
Google measures real-world experience with three metrics: LCP (how fast the main content loads), INP (how quickly the page responds to interaction) and CLS (how stable the layout is). Good scores help your ranking and your users.
Start here
- Fix images and enable caching first — biggest gains, least effort.
- Then address hosting and scripts.
- Measure with PageSpeed Insights before and after.
Nexgenz offers website speed optimisation and fast SSD/LiteSpeed hosting — we can audit your site and give you a prioritised fix list.