Website speed is one of the most important ranking factors for Google.
Elementor, due to its many features, can sometimes make pages heavy, but with a few simple adjustments, you can make your site incredibly fast.
Benefits of Increasing Elementor Website Speed:
Improved rankings in search results
Reduced bounce rate
Increased sales and conversion rate
Smoother user experience on mobile devices
The hosting is the foundation of your website’s performance. Even the best Elementor optimizations won’t help if your hosting is weak.
🔹 Features of Optimized Hosting for Elementor:
Use SSD or NVMe storage
Support for PHP 8+
Server-side caching (e.g., LiteSpeed Cache)
Built-in CDN or Cloudflare
💡 Tip: If your site is targeting Iranian users, choose a local server to reduce loading delays.
Elementor generates a lot of CSS and JS files. To reduce the size of these files:
Go to Elementor → Settings → Advanced and:
Disable “Load Font Awesome 4 Support”
Enable “Improve DOM Output”
Go to Elementor → Tools → Regenerate CSS to optimize the files
🔧 Pro Tip: The Asset CleanUp plugin lets you disable unnecessary Elementor files on specific pages only.
Images often make up 50% of a page’s size.
✅ Before uploading, use online tools like TinyPNG.
✅ Enable the WebP image format.
✅ In Elementor, use Lazy Load for below-the-fold images.
📸 Recommended Plugins:
ShortPixel Image Optimizer
Imagify
EWWW Image Optimizer
Caching allows users’ browsers to store a version of the page, so it loads faster on subsequent visits.
Top Plugins for Elementor Caching:
WP Rocket (best for high performance)
LiteSpeed Cache (works great on LiteSpeed hosting)
W3 Total Cache (popular free option)
🔸 Recommended Settings:
Enable GZIP Compression
Minify CSS, JS, and HTML
Enable Combine Files if it doesn’t cause conflicts
Every extra plugin = one more JS and CSS file = slower site!
Remove plugins that conflict with Elementor or provide duplicate functionality.
Keep only the tools that are truly necessary.
If you are using a heavy theme, choose a lightweight one like Hello Elementor.
At the end, you should test your website speed. Trusted tools:
Google PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix
Pingdom Tools
💡 Good SEO Scores:
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): under 2.5 seconds
Total Blocking Time (TBT): under 150 milliseconds
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): under 0.1
Increasing Elementor speed is possible with just a few simple steps.
By following these tips, both your users and Google will be happy!
Quick Checklist:
Fast and secure hosting
Image compression
Enable caching and GZIP
Remove heavy plugins
Lazy Load and CDN
Regular speed testing
