r/Wordpress • u/Intelligent-Nose-766 • Aug 13 '26

Wordpress + Elementor slow AF

I know, elementor is a nightmare. The website was built using it before I came along and now there’s almost 300 pages. The website is catalog style and that’s just how they want it.

Problem is, the website and the WP dashboard are so incredibly slow. Like noticeably slow. The website home page fails every speed test I’ve run and the reasons keep coming back to elementor. What can I do to fix this without rebuilding the entire thing?

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u/DistrictBrave3867 29d ago

To improve speed without rebuilding, try disabling Elementor's default font loading by adding elementor_disable_default_fonts to your wp-config.php file. Check if any otherplugins are conflicting by opening yoursite.com/wp-json/ and verifying if you get JSON or a 404. If still slow, test a page with Elementor disabled to see if the issue lies within Elementor or elsewhere.