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Is your slow WordPress dashboard giving you nightmares? Do you feel like you’re moving at a snail’s pace every time you try to do something on your WordPress site?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, a slow WordPress admin interface is the perfect way to kill your productivity<\/strong>. You want to finish an important task, but every time you click somewhere, it feels like you’re moving through quicksand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, it can even prevent your Dashboard from loading at all\u2026 Enough is enough!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jump straight to the 18 fixes for a slow WordPress Admin \u2193<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, for a WooCommerce site that also uses WPML<\/a>, I experienced this slowness issue<\/strong>. After doing some research, I came across this article from WP Buffs<\/a>: 13 slow WordPress dashboard remedies for a faster WP Admin<\/a>. I appreciated it so much that I asked for their permission to use it as inspiration to share all these solutions with the French-speaking community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udca1 Summary of causes for a slow WordPress dashboard and easy solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Problems\/Causes<\/strong><\/td>Solutions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udc0c The WordPress dashboard is slow<\/strong><\/td>1. Check and diagnose potential server connectivity issues
2. Choose a better web host or upgrade your hosting plan
3. Check if the problem affects the entire site
4. Increase the memory allocated to WordPress
5. Set up server-side CRON jobs
6. Delete unnecessary, outdated, or unused themes and plugins
7. Keep WordPress, themes, and plugins up to date
8. Opt for modern technology solutions
9. Remove plugins that consume a lot of resources
10. Use the Heartbeat Control plugin
11. Optimize the WordPress database
12. Switch MySQL tables from MyISAM to InnoDB
13. Delete WooCommerce transients
14. Re-upload a clean version of wp-admin and wp-includes
15. Request a malware scan from your web host
16. Disable “database cache” and “object cache” in W3 Total Cache
17. Use the appropriate Page Rules in CloudFlare<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83e\udd5c Low-quality web hosting<\/strong><\/td>Optimize site performance with the provided tips<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf54 A resource-hungry plugin<\/strong><\/td>Use PHPX-RAY<\/strong> to detect plugins generating too many database queries<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to fix these slowness issues and speed up the WordPress back office?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your WordPress admin is loading very slowly, and it’s high time to restore a decent loading speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 remedies to solve WordPress Dashboard speed problems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to fix a slow WP Admin backend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we dive in, I want to give you a few suggestions on how to use these tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order in which you apply these optimizations is important. I’m presenting them in order of importance. In other words, the ones most likely to positively affect the speed of your WordPress back-end are listed first!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, you’ll see that I suggest you disable “Object cache”<\/em><\/strong> and switch between themes. However, “Object cache” is much more likely to slow down your WordPress admin than your theme will. So, only try changing themes (the last tip on this list) if all other options haven’t given you satisfactory results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got it? Okay, let’s dig into the slow WordPress admin problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Check and diagnose any server connectivity issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before you start working on other issues, make sure your slow WordPress dashboard isn’t due to your internet connection. For example, if your internet browsing is slow, you usually just need to restart your router or test the connection with your mobile device (4G or otherwise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For your server’s connection, the same network issues can occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re on shared hosting, other sites might be using your bandwidth, which can cause slowdowns. On shared hosting, it’s also possible that you’re on a server that is currently overloaded, as it’s not easy for a hosting provider to know when to start filling up each new server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For these kinds of issues, it may be necessary to contact or check with your web host to make sure the problem isn’t on their end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can start by visiting the host’s website and checking their public status page, where you’ll find all their servers, including yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, for example, is how the host EasyHoster<\/strong><\/a><\/em> provides its clients with a public page attesting to its quarterly “Uptime,” with information on its server performance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Uptime
EasyHoster ensures a 99.97% Uptime rate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Performance
Above, loading speed of the monitoring test page on an EasyHoster server.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Choose a better host or change your hosting plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You’ll probably want to wait until you’ve exhausted all other options before moving on to the nuclear<\/strong> option \ud83d\ude01 However, the fact is, the slowness of your admin interface may be due to a Web Server<\/strong> whose resources are saturated or limited. And in such a case, there’s little you can do<\/a> on your current hosting plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following tips will help you reduce the strain you’re putting on your hosting account. However, it’s likely that your optimizations won’t be enough if you’re currently paying less than \u20ac100 per year<\/strong> for your hosting (sorry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you’re using WooCommerce<\/strong> & WPML<\/strong><\/a> together, unless you’re already on a very good server, you will need to choose a plan that can handle your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, check that your host uses the latest versions of its software solutions: Apache, PHP, MariaDB<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switching from PHP 7 to PHP 8<\/a> would be the icing on the cake \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to negotiate better performance with your web host?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

So, if your site is starting to get too heavy, you should either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n