It's free, continue with GoogleWhy is my WordPress site so slow?
The usual causes, how to test for each, and the fixes in order of payoff.
Why your WordPress site is slowStart with what is visible.
Go deeper when it is ready.
PostCliq is a free website audit that reads your public pages, which makes it a WordPress website audit of everything a visitor can see: speed, visible security signals, search access and the path to an enquiry, with evidence. It needs no plugin and no login. This page says exactly what it covers.
Check your websiteWhat the public check covers on a WordPress site.
Speed and page experience measured on your real public pages. HTTPS and the security headers a visitor’s browser can see. Whether robots.txt, the sitemap and indexing signals let search engines in. Forms, calls to action and navigation on the path to an enquiry. Content clarity on the pages that matter. None of it needs a plugin or a login, and none of it is an internal security audit.
- Speed, page experience and visible security signals
- Search access: robots, sitemap, indexing signals
- The enquiry journey: forms, calls to action, navigation
- HTTPS and visible security headersAvailable
- Speed and page experience on public pagesAvailable
- Enquiry journey, forms and navigationAvailable
- Search access: robots, sitemap, indexing signalsAvailable
- Theme, plugin and template detailPlanned
- Authorised connection with revocable scopePlanned
No password is ever requested. Any future connection shows its scope before you approve it.
Findings you can hand to a WordPress developer.
Each finding names the page, shows the evidence and gives a specific action: compress the hero image, remove the field, add the header, fix the heading order. The technical detail a developer wants is in the evidence panel; the plain-language consequence a marketing manager wants is on the finding. Both see the same report.
- Page-level evidence with a screenshot or excerpt
- Actions specific enough to become a ticket
- Verification on the next weekly audit
Ask less in your enquiry form
- Evidence
- The enquiry form on /contact asks for 11 fields. Captured 19 Sep, desktop and mobile.
- Consequence
- Long forms are abandoned more often on phones, where 58% of this site’s sessions arrive.
- Action
- Cut the form to name, email and one question. Ask the rest after the first reply.
- Verify
- Recheck the page after the change and compare enquiries per session for the same period.
Every finding carries all four. No evidence, no finding.
No plugin. No password.
PostCliq checks a WordPress site from the outside, the way visitors and search engines meet it, so there is nothing to install, approve or revoke. Plugins, themes, updates and user accounts sit behind the login and stay with your developer; our WordPress audit checklist covers them by hand.
- No plugin to install or keep updated
- No WordPress login or password, ever
- Behind-the-login checks covered by our checklist
A check that could not run is reported as not assessed, never as a pass.
Learn more.
Keep WordPress fast and sound.
WordPress audit checklist
Every check a marketing team should run on a WordPress site, public and behind the login.
Read the WordPress audit checklistCommon WordPress problems
The quiet faults that cost enquiries, and how to spot them before visitors do.
Read about common WordPress problemsHow it works.
Three steps.
Enter your website.
Type your address on the homepage. PostCliq reads your public pages the way a careful visitor would. No login, no plugin, no card.
Get your private report.
Create a free account while the checks run. Your report shows what was found, the evidence for it and three quick wins to make first.
Fix, then recheck.
Make the change, run the next weekly audit and see whether it held. Connect Analytics, Search Console or Clarity when you want traffic context.
Questions about WordPress.
Does it work on WordPress, Shopify, Webflow or a custom site?
Yes. The audit checks any website a visitor can reach, whatever it is built on. It needs no plugin and never asks for WordPress credentials.
What does a WordPress site audit check?
A full WordPress audit covers two halves. The public half is speed, search access, visible security signals, accessibility and the enquiry journey, which PostCliq checks today. The inside half is plugins, themes, updates, backups and user accounts, which needs authorised access and stays with your developer; our WordPress audit checklist covers it by hand.
Why is my WordPress site so slow?
Usually heavy images, too many scripts loading on every page, a theme or page builder that ships more code than the page needs, missing caching, or slow hosting. PostCliq measures speed on your real public pages with Lighthouse lab tests and Chrome real-user data where it exists, and each speed finding names the page and what was observed. Our guide to a slow WordPress site walks through the fixes.
Do too many plugins slow WordPress down?
The number matters less than what each plugin loads. One plugin that adds scripts and styles to every page can cost more than ten that do nothing on the front end. The public audit shows what actually reaches the visitor’s browser, which is the part that affects speed. Which plugin loads it is a question for your developer, with that evidence in hand.
Will PostCliq ask for my WordPress login?
No. The audit needs nothing from you but the address. PostCliq never asks for a WordPress login or password.
Does it check plugins and themes?
It checks what plugins and themes put on the page: the scripts and styles that slow it, visible security headers, search access and the enquiry journey. It does not log in, so plugin versions and updates stay with your developer; our WordPress audit checklist covers them.
Does it check my WordPress security?
Only what a visitor’s browser can see: a valid HTTPS certificate, mixed content, security headers such as HSTS and framing protection, cookie attributes, and version hints or error pages left in public view. It never attempts an exploit, guesses a login or looks up plugin vulnerabilities. A good technical score is not a security audit, and the report never calls it one.
How is this different from a Lighthouse or PageSpeed score?
Lighthouse measures how one page performs in a lab. PostCliq uses Lighthouse mobile lab metrics and Chrome UX Report field data as one of seven categories, on up to five pages rendered in a real browser. It also reads forms, calls to action, content, search access, accessibility, trust signals and AI readiness across up to fifty pages, then ranks what it found by its effect on enquiries. Lab timing is not real-user data, and the report says so.
Does PostCliq change my website?
No. PostCliq reads your public pages the way a visitor would and writes nothing to your site. It never logs in, never submits a form, never installs a plugin and never edits a campaign. The fixes are yours or your developer’s to make; the next weekly audit checks whether they held.
Audit your website.
Find the leaks.
Enter your address. See what stops visitors becoming enquiries.
Evidence first, three fixes, no card.
Free. No credit card.