TTFB above 800ms, site feels slow
High time-to-first-byte on shared hosting often means noisy neighbors or thin CPU allocation.
Try this first
- 1Measure TTFB via WebPageTest from an NL location, 3 runs before drawing conclusions
- 2Enable page cache so 90% of requests skip PHP
- 3Leave shared if TTFB stays slow, move to managed WP or a VPS
- 4Add an edge cache (Cloudflare APO, BunnyCDN) if geography matters
When to bring us in
TTFB high even with cache on, the issue is DB or a slow plugin, a dev must run Query Monitor.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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