Being Tricky
The short answer
To speed up WordPress on shared hosting, measure first with PageSpeed Insights, then fix the big four: a working page cache (on Hostinger and other…
At a glance
About 15 minutes · Medium · For WordPress
Key point 1 of 5
Read the numbers before acting on them.
Key point 2 of 5
A page cache serves a ready-made HTML copy of each page instead of running PHP and database queries on every visit.
Key point 3 of 5
Newer PHP versions run WordPress faster and still get security fixes.
Key point 4 of 5
Deactivate and delete anything unused, and replace heavy all-in-one plugins with lighter single-purpose ones where you can.
Key point 5 of 5
Upload images close to the size they're shown at.
Watch out
Hostinger's own help page says the PHP version applies to every website on the plan, and downgrading to an older version is blocked.
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Being Tricky