---
title: "My website is slow"
url: "https://inleed.com/helpcenter/website-is-slow"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-11-06"
category: "Web hosting"
type: "felsokning"
---

# My website is slow

It usually comes down to the website itself, such as no cache or heavy plugins. Sometimes your hosting hits its resource limits. Start with the cause at the top.

## Common causes

### 1. WordPress has no cache

**Check:** Does the website have a cache plugin? Without a cache, every page is rebuilt for every visitor.

**What to do:** Turn on LiteSpeed Cache.

Is only the WordPress admin slow? No cache is used when you’re logged in to WordPress, and the first visit after a change rebuilds the cache.

[Turn on LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/enable-litespeed-cache)

### 2. You have several cache plugins

**Check:** Are several cache plugins active at once, for example WP Rocket and LiteSpeed Cache? They clash.

**What to do:** Keep only one, preferably LiteSpeed Cache.

### 3. It’s slow when there are many visitors

**Check:** Is your hosting hitting its resource limits? New processes and connections are then blocked for a while.

**What to do:** Check your resource usage under **Resource Usage** in DirectAdmin. If the plan isn’t enough, upgrade.

[Check your hosting resource usage](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/check-resource-usage)

### 4. A certain page or feature is slow

**Check:** Is it only one page or feature? It’s often a heavy plugin or a large image.

**What to do:** Disable the plugins one at a time and test after each one.

[Disable a WordPress plugin from the File Manager](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/disable-wordpress-plugin)

## Good to know

- If you need more power while you optimise, support can upgrade you temporarily. You pay the difference.
- With Elastic Scaling your hosting is upgraded automatically to the next plan when it hits the limits repeatedly.  
  [Why was my hosting upgraded automatically?](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/automatic-upgrade-elastic-scaling)
- Server settings aren’t changed for a single website on shared hosting. The optimising is done on the website.

## Related guides

- [Check your hosting resource usage](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/check-resource-usage)
- [Upgrade your hosting plan](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/upgrade-hosting)
- [Turn on LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress](https://inleed.com/helpcenter/enable-litespeed-cache)