Elementor is the fastest website builder for WordPress, written to the strictest code standards. However, some websites may have settings that cause slow loading.
Here are the most common ways to deal with a slow Elementor site:
Common causes of a slow site / item
There are several possible causes for a site or publisher to show slow performance, each should be examined:
TinyPNG to reduce the size of your images.
You can disable Google Fonts, Font Awesome, and Eicons, for example, by adding the following lines of code to your functions.php file in your child theme.
For Google sources:
add_filter ('elementor / frontend / print_google_fonts', '__return_false');
add_action ('elementor / frontend / after_register_styles', function () {foreach (['solid', 'regular', 'brands'] as $style) {wp_deregister_style ('elementor-icons-fa-'. $style);}}, twenty );
Only the CSS and fonts from the icon family you actually use are loaded. So, only un-queue Font Awesome if you really plan on not using any Font Awesome icons.
If you get out of the queue
Font Awesome, icons will no longer show on any of your pages.
add_action ('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'remove_default_stylesheet', 20); function remove_default_stylesheet () {wp_deregister_style ('elementor-icons'); }
Tests you can run
- Check why your website is slow on page speed analyzers like Google Page Speed Insights and GTmetrix.
- Disable all plugins besides Elementor and Elementor pro and check if it improves page speed.
- Switch to
TwentySixteen (one of the default WordPress themes)
- Create a page with the Canvas template and test your speed again.
- After following these steps, run a speed test and check for improvements.
Speed optimizations you can run
1. Use a caching plugin like Rocket WP and Self-optimize or any other cache plugin that meets your needs.
2. Use a CDN service like CloudFlare.
2. Check with your hosting provider about possible causes of the site being slow on the server side.
3. Change the loading method of the editor.
4. Reduce the size of the images.
5. If you have developer knowledge, we recommend that you check the ping speed of your servers and analyze the load times of the different elements to identify the cause of the slowness.
