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Poor site perfomance is affecting my SEO

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plnewton

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August 10, 2026 at 08:20

I have been battling this for days and no matter what I do I can never get a decent PageSpeed Insights Score

I have been through everthing in this page:
https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/troubleshooting/the-ultimate-2025-guide-to-boosting-wordpress-speed-with-xstore-theme/

and even after that I can not get a page speed score above 50

Is it possible someone from the xstore team can take a look?

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Andrew Mitchell

Support staff

August 10, 2026 at 08:25

Hello, plnewton,

We have noticed that your website is utilizing a large number of plugins. This could potentially impact the website’s performance, lead to errors, and affect its overall speed. To ensure optimal functionality and avoid such issues, we kindly ask you to manually review each plugin currently in use on your website.

If the problem persists, we suggest switching to the Parent theme if you are currently using the Child Theme on your site. After clearing the cache, check again.
Do the same test for the default WooCommerce theme – Storefront. The issue may be due to your custom code in the Child Theme.

Let us know the results.

Best regards,
8Theme’s Team

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plnewton

Participant

August 11, 2026 at 02:28

Thanks for your reply

the only plugins left on the site are required and the majority of them are admin
I have also installed assetCleanup and manually disabled those plugins that are running to see if I can get a better result but it does not make a difference

I do not have any custom code on the child theme

What else do you suggest?

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Andrew Mitchell

Support staff

August 11, 2026 at 08:59

Hello, plnewton,

Our theme is fully optimized for performance and does not slow down websites by default. In most cases, speed issues are related to additional content or setup, such as:

• Excess plugins
• Large, unoptimized images
• Heavy third-party scripts or resources

To improve performance, please consider:

– Removing unused plugins
– Optimizing images (WebP format recommended)
– Using a performance plugin (e.g., WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache)

Here is our step-by-step performance guide:

https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/troubleshooting/the-ultimate-2025-guide-to-boosting-wordpress-speed-with-xstore-theme/

If you’d like, you can also share your site URL with temporary admin access, and our team will gladly check your setup and suggest improvements.

We are here to help!

Kind regards,
The 8Theme Team

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