Number of posts and delay in opening of a post

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  young34 · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:25 pm

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  I have more than 570 posts. it looks to me that now there are delays in opening of a post. Should it be so? If yes what can I do?

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:32 pm

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  These are the ways to reduce page loading time:

  1. Edit posts and insert “the more tag” so only excerpts appear on the front page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

  2. Reduce the number of posts appearing on the front page here > Settings > Reading
  Blog pages show at most _ posts

  3. Reduce the number of images and or media embeds displayed and/or make them smaller.

  4. Reduce the number of widgets in the sidebar and footer areas.

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:34 pm

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  Your site loads very slowly. http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/cECZej/http://closetoeighty.wordpress.com/
  “Your website is faster than 36% of all tested websites.”

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:38 pm

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  I also notice that you have a Recent Posts widget displaying 50 posts! Reduce that please to 10 and your page loading time will be reduced.

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  young34 · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:41 pm

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  Thank you very much.

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2014 at 6:42 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog.