Images and assets
Find oversized images, missing dimensions, lazy-loading issues, heavy files, and front-end assets that can be cleaned up.
Site Speed
Available for contract web work at $55/hr
Site Speed and Performance Cleanup at $55/hr
Practical speed cleanup for slow WordPress sites, bloated pages, heavy scripts, oversized images, layout shift, caching confusion, and performance problems that make the site feel worse than it should.
Who this is for
Realistic performance cleanup
This is for site owners and teams who want realistic performance improvement, not magic score guarantees. Hosting, theme quality, plugins, third-party scripts, ecommerce needs, and business requirements all affect what can be improved.
Simple hourly support $55/hr
Good for quick fixes, small projects, cleanup work, ongoing support, and agency overflow when the work is clear.
Speed cleanup often depends on Performance Engineering, Cloudflare / DNS / SSL, and WordPress Support when scripts, plugins, hosting, cache, or templates are slowing the site down.
When this work starts from a visible symptom, the troubleshooting path may look more like embeds, iframes, and widgets breaking pages or tracking scripts and pixels before it becomes a clean service request.
Site Speed often overlaps with WordPress Support when the same site, template, workflow, or backlog touches more than one service. The technical layer may involve Performance Engineering once the first issue is reproduced.
If the request grows beyond this page, compare Website Fixes or go back to the Website Services hub to route the work by symptom, platform, SEO need, tracking issue, or launch task.
Details
Why websites get slow
Slow sites usually have layers of causes: oversized images, too many plugins, old themes, page builder weight, chat widgets, tracking scripts, ads, heavy fonts, unoptimized embeds, poor hosting, cache conflicts, and templates that were never built with performance in mind.
- Image and asset cleanup
- Plugin and script bloat review
- Layout shift fixes
- Caching and hosting considerations
- Core Web Vitals support
- WordPress performance cleanup
Practical support
Practical speed cleanup
Plugin and script review
Review plugin weight, duplicated features, third-party scripts, GTM tags, widgets, embeds, and code that drags pages down.
Layout shift
Fix unstable images, embeds, fonts, banners, forms, and components that jump around as the page loads.
Caching and hosting
Review caching behavior, Cloudflare, server headers, compression, DNS, hosting limitations, and cache conflicts.
WordPress performance
Theme cleanup, template review, plugin settings, page builder bloat, database considerations, and practical maintenance recommendations.
Measurement
Use Lighthouse/PageSpeed-style signals as diagnostics, then focus on what can realistically be changed.
Practical support
Performance work often overlaps with
Performance engineering
Core Web Vitals, render-blocking assets, layout shift, and front-end weight often need more than a plugin setting.
View performance engineeringWordPress cleanup
Theme weight, plugins, builders, image handling, and cache behavior often make speed work a WordPress support issue.
View WordPress supportCloudflare and hosting
Caching, DNS, SSL mode, server limits, and edge behavior can affect whether speed fixes actually hold.
View Cloudflare and DNS helpWebsite fixes
Slow pages sometimes hide visible layout bugs, script errors, broken embeds, and unstable components that need direct fixing.
View website fixesPractical support
What The Web Guy can and cannot promise
Performance work can improve a site, but nobody should promise perfect scores on every page. Some scripts are business requirements. Some themes are heavy. Some hosting is limiting. The useful goal is to identify the biggest drag, fix what is practical, and explain what remains.
No overpromising
What this service is and is not
This is practical contract execution. The Web Guy can inspect the site, make changes, troubleshoot issues, explain tradeoffs, and keep work moving. Some problems depend on hosting, platform limits, third-party tools, access, business requirements, or existing code quality.
- Clear hourly rate
- Plain updates
- No fake guarantees
- No unlimited flat-fee work
- No pretending every issue is simple
Site Speed fit
Where Site Speed usually connects next
These links point to nearby services and skills that often become part of the same real website request.
Performance Engineering Performance engineering supports site speed cleanup, WordPress support, ecommerce support, platform reliability, and Core Web Vitals work.
Cloudflare / DNS / SSL Cloudflare, DNS, and SSL work supports security/hosting reliability, site speed, platform reliability, website fixes, and ongoing webmaster support.
WordPress Support WordPress help for business sites, agency client sites, old themes, plugin-heavy builds, page builders, content updates, and the kind of layout problems that always show up right before something needs to launch.
Website Fixes Send the URL and the problem. Broken layouts, CSS bugs, JavaScript errors, forms not working, modals, embeds, iframe issues, tracking scripts, mobile layout problems, and CMS weirdness all fit here.
Topical support
Site Speed connects to nearby website work
If this service is close but not the whole problem, these related pages help route the work by platform, symptom, technical task, or next practical step.
- Service hub
Website Services Use the full services hub when the problem crosses fixes, WordPress, SEO, tracking, ecommerce, speed, or ongoing support.
- Related service
WordPress Support Site Speed often overlaps with wordpress support when the work touches the same site, template, tracking, or technical backlog.
- Related service
Website Fixes Site Speed often overlaps with website fixes when the work touches the same site, template, tracking, or technical backlog.
- Related service
Website Security, Hosting and Reliability Support Site Speed often overlaps with security & reliability when the work touches the same site, template, tracking, or technical backlog.
- Related skill
Performance Engineering Performance engineering supports site speed cleanup, WordPress support, ecommerce support, platform reliability, and Core Web Vitals work.
- Related skill
Cloudflare / DNS / SSL Cloudflare, DNS, and SSL work supports security/hosting reliability, site speed, platform reliability, website fixes, and ongoing webmaster support.
- Related skill
Production Debugging Production debugging supports website fixes, API integrations, analytics cleanup, security/hosting reliability, and agency overflow work.
Clean Up Site Speed
Send the URL, the task list, or the thing that keeps getting pushed off. The Web Guy will help turn it into actual website work.
FAQ
Site Speed questions
What does site speed cost?
Contract help for this work is billed at $55/hr when the task, site, and access are clear.
What should I send first?
Send the URL, what should happen, what is happening now, timeline, and any audit notes, screenshots, or task lists.
Can this be one-time or ongoing?
Yes. This can be a one-time fix, a small project, agency overflow, or part of ongoing webmaster/platform support.
What does The Web Guy avoid promising?
No fake guarantees, no unlimited flat-rate work, and no pretending every issue is simple before the site is reviewed.