WordPress Speed: From 40 to 98 PageSpeed Score in 7 Days

The exact process we used to take a client's WordPress site from 40 to 98 on Google PageSpeed in one week.

The Starting Point: Score 40

Our client's site was scoring 40 on PageSpeed. Bounce rate was over 70%. Here is how we fixed it in 7 days.

Day 1-2: Images (Score: 58)

Found 47 uncompressed images. Converted to WebP, added lazy loading. Score jumped from 40 to 58.

Day 3-4: Caching (Score: 78)

Installed WP Rocket, cleaned 15,000 database revisions, set up Redis. Score jumped to 78.

Day 5-7: CDN and Code (Score: 98)

Added Cloudflare CDN, deferred non-critical JS, removed render-blocking CSS. Final score: 98.

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