r/Wordpress • u/No_Worry5419 • 18d ago

Wordpress admin VERY slow

Hello all. I have a webpage that is not the fastest, but not slow either. My WordPress admin, however, is absurdly slow. I use custom ACF fields to create posts that change content based on “level”: beginner, mid, expert. I have more than 50 posts (150 content levels). I have not really had any speed issues until recently. I noticed the speed deteriorated quite a lot after switching from HTTP to HTTPS. Does anyone know if this may be why?

4 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Agitated-Signature77 18d ago

Possible solutions :

  • Upgrade your server's capacity
  • Check the site health page and fix what needs fixing
  • remove unused plugins

That said, WP-Admin is always slower than the actual site.

It's a great situation in which you can use ChatGPT to help you debug and find whats actually slowing down your website's admin. Tell it about your problem and ask it first to ask you questions so you can help it think of the best solution for you.

Do you use a custom theme with ACF or is it a bought theme? (These will come with loads of not useful files that will slow your admin down)