How to Speed Up & Secure Your WordPress Site – Tips for Oxford Businesses

⚡ Is your WordPress site slow or vulnerable? In today’s digital age, website speed and security go hand in hand. A fast, secure site ranks better in search engines and builds trust with your visitors.

Here are essential steps Oxford businesses can take to optimize and secure their WordPress websites:

1. 🚀 Speed Optimization

• Use caching plugins like WP Rocket or W3 Total Cache
• Enable GZIP compression and lazy-loading images
• Minify CSS & JS files and combine resources
• Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) like Cloudflare
• Choose quality hosting optimized for PHP and WordPress

2. 🔐 Essential Security Measures

• Install a security plugin such as Wordfence or Sucuri
• Always use strong passwords + two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Restrict login attempts and hide admin paths
• Keep WordPress core, themes, and plugins fully updated
• Use SSL across your site and limit plugin usage

3. ✅ Routine Maintenance Tasks

• Run weekly backups (local + offsite/cloud storage)
• Monitor uptime and performance using tools like UptimeRobot
• Remove unused themes and plugins — reduce bloat
• Regularly review user accounts and delete outdated ones

4. 🔄 Migrate to a Faster or More Secure Host

Need better performance or security? We handle smooth WordPress migrations — moving your site to premium, secure, and optimized hosting with minimal downtime.

🌍 Oxford Businesses: Local Support When You Need It

At Computer Assistance, we offer full WordPress performance tuning, security hardening, and migration services — all in-house at our Oxford location.

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