{"id":86269,"date":"2022-04-06T18:36:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/?p=86269"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:54:14","slug":"best-wordpress-performance-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/best-wordpress-performance-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Best WordPress Performance Plugins in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If your WordPress site loads very slowly, you\u2019re in for a world of trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, you\u2019re not going to pass the Core Web Vitals. This will hurt your SEO, and drive down traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even if you get traffic, your user metrics will be worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why WordPress performance plugins matter a lot. A WordPress performance plugin will make sure your site\u2019s loading fast and keeping Google happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is A WordPress Performance Plugin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A performance plugin intervenes in your WordPress site processes to make them faster, or more efficient. Most commonly, performance plugins optimize your cache, files, images, or database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This way, your site loads faster, your visitors have a better experience, and you can even pass the Core Web Vitals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As long as you pick the best tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are dozens of caching plugins out there. How do you choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 Best WordPress Performance Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any caching plugin that can help you pass the Core Web Vitals is a good option.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You\u2019re looking for that screen in the Google Pagespeed Insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is, different sites need different fixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you built your site with a lightweight theme like GeneratePress<\/a>, you might not need too many fixes for your JavaScript files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you used a page builder like Elementor<\/a>, the opposite is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the best WordPress performance plugin is the one that solves your website\u2019s performance diagnostics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s why we used a few criteria to create this roundup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n