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Server response time is too low

The site is hosted on WPMU DEV hosting, but the server response time is very low. Details on chat.

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:39:18
  • Nahid
    • Ex Staff

    Hey there Ralph !

    Hope you are doing well today!

    I'm sorry to hear about the issue that you encountered. I took a closer look at your site and investigated the issue further by deactivating every plugin one by one and activating them back. According to my tests and investigation, it seems Hummingbird and Smush Pro are not the plugins at fault here. Here's a screenshot showing the Time to First Byte (TTFB) of your site, with a default theme and the Hummingbird and Smush plugins activated:

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    You can see that the TTFB is at 370ms, which is normal.

    Here's another screenshot showing the TTFB with a default theme and only the Slider Revolution plugin activated:

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    You can see that the TTFB instantly jumped to 1.20seconds, which is really high, provided that the original theme and other plugins are still not active.

    It seems the Slider Revolution plugin is causing the increased server response time, most likely because your entire homepage seems to be built extensively with this plugin. In this scenario, the best way to deal with this would be contacting the plugin authors and requesting them to advise how the plugin can be optimized further in this case to achieve a lower TTFB.

    Hope this helps. Please let us know if you need any further assistance regarding this. Thanks

    Kind regards,

    Nahid