How Do I Make Images Load Faster on WordPress?

Images are one of the biggest performance killers on WordPress. When a user visits your site, they are likely to see images that are either being loaded from the server or from a media library that you have installed on your server.

There are a few things you can do to make images load faster on your WordPress site.

1. Use image sizes that are smaller than your original file size.

One of the most common ways that images can slow down a WordPress site is by taking a long time to load. If you are using larger image sizes, the WordPress server will have to load the entire image before it can start loading any of the content on the page.

Instead, try using image sizes that are smaller than your original file size. This will minimize the amount of data that the WordPress server has to load, which will speed up the overall process.

2. Use image compression

Another way to make images load faster on your WordPress site is to use image compression. This will reduce the amount of data that the WordPress server has to send over the network, which will speed up the overall process.

3. Use a CDN

If you are hosting your image files on a CDN, you can speed up the loading of your images by using a CDN.

4. Use a WordPress caching plugin

If you are using a caching plugin, like WP Super Cache, you can also speed up the loading of your images by caching them.

5. Use a CDN and a caching plugin

If you are using a CDN and a caching plugin, like WP Super Cache, you can speed up the loading of your images by caching them.