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title: "What causes a slow website?"
url: https://fibr.ai/faq/what-causes-a-slow-website
description: "Speed up your website by optimizing images, reducing plugins, and upgrading hosting or a CDN to deliver a faster experience that improves search rankings."
last_updated: 2026-05-05T11:52:07.566996+00:00
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A slow website happens because of large, unoptimized images, too many server requests, heavy plugins, and inefficient code. Server issues like poor performance, distant server location, or heavy traffic also slow things down. Missing or inadequate caching, outdated technology, and lack of a Content Delivery Network (CDN) add to the problem. Network issues and poorly maintained databases can further drag your site’s speed.