“Our website is slow.”
The most common complaint we hear from agency clients. And the most misunderstood problem in
WordPress development.
Last month, a local service business came to us with a PageSpeed score of 34 on mobile. Their bounce rate was 72%. Their contact form conversion rate: 0.8%. Three days later, their score was 94. Their bounce rate dropped to 41%. Conversions tripled.
Here’s the exact 5-step process we use. No redesign. No new theme. Just optimization.
We start by counting. How many plugins are active? For the business above: 47. After audit: 19. We removed 6 redundant plugins, merged 3 functionality plugins into custom code, and replaced 2 bloated plugins with lightweight alternatives.
Rule: Every plugin must earn its place. If it’s not essential to the client’s business goals, it goes.
The client had 23 hero images across their site, all uploaded at full resolution. Total image payload: 14.2MB. After compression and WebP conversion: 2.8MB. We use ShortPixel with the “Glossy” setting for the best quality/size ratio.
Rule: No image over 200KB on a page. Ever. If the client can’t see the difference at 80% quality, the extra
20% is waste.
We implement native lazy loading on all images below the fold and inline critical CSS for above-the-fold
content. This eliminates render-blocking resources and ensures the visible content loads instantly while the rest streams in.
Post revisions, spam comments, transients, and orphaned metadata. The client’s database had 14,000 post revisions — from a 12-page site. After cleanup: 48 revisions (2 per page, our standard). Database size reduced by 67%.
Cloudflare with APO for full-page caching. Browser caching headers set for static assets. The result: repeat
visitors load the site in under 800ms.
| 34→94 MOBILE PAGESPEED | 72%→41% BOUNCE RATE | 3x CONVERSION LIFT | 48hrs TURNAROUND |
Speed isn’t a feature. It’s a conversion tool. Every second of load time costs you 7% of conversions. Every
image that isn’t compressed is money left on the table.
We do this as a standalone service or bundled with builds. Contact us at Lines + Pixels: https://linesandpixels.team/
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