Hello,
We apologize for the issue you’re facing with the website speed after installing Rank Math. We understand the importance of website speed and its impact on your site’s performance.
Based on our performance comparison tests, installing Rank Math should not negatively affect your site’s performance. In fact, it has been shown to improve the performance of websites in some cases.
However, we understand that you are experiencing a decrease in speed after switching from Yoast to Rank Math. We recommend checking if there are any conflicting plugins or settings that might be causing the decrease in speed.
Additionally, you can optimize your website’s performance by following the WordPress speed optimization guide available here.
If you need further assistance in diagnosing and resolving the performance issues with Rank Math, please assign this ticket to a human agent using the available buttons, and we will be happy to help you further.
Thank you for raising this concern, and we appreciate your understanding.
Best regards
Sources:
Does Installing Rank Math Slow Down My Website? » Rank Math
Why Rank Math Is Better Than Yoast » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to this issue.
We want to help you fix this issue as soon as possible. Please follow these steps:
- First, please install the Query Monitor plugin on your website. This plugin will help us identify any queries related to Rank Math that might be slowing down your site. Once you install it, please go to your dashboard and look for the Query Monitor icon on the top bar. Click on it and take a screenshot for us. You can use this tool to upload the screenshot and share the link with us.
- Second, please check the PHP values of your site by going to WordPress dashboard > Tools > Site Health > Info tab > Server. These values affect the performance of your site and they should be set according to the following recommendations:
PHP Memory Limit: 512M
Max input time: 150
PHP time limit: 120
PHP max input variables: 1000
If any of these values are lower than the recommended ones, please contact your hosting provider and ask them to increase them for you.
- Third, please go to WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > Analytics and reduce the number of days in the Analytics Database section. This will help you optimize the database size and speed up the loading time. You can choose to store 30 or 60 days of analytics data depending on your preference.
After you change the number of days, please save the settings and then click on the Delete Data button and then Update Data Manually. This will delete the old data and fetch the new data based on your settings.
You can also check this article for more information on how Rank Math affects your site speed: https://rankmath.com/kb/does-installing-rank-math-slow-down-my-website/
We hope this helps you resolve the issue. If you have any other questions or need more assistance, please let us know. We’re always happy to help.
Thanks.
Here is the screen shot of Query Monitor https://imgur.com/g6KKxpz
Here is the PHP values https://imgur.com/pwcAO27
Meanwhile i have just Deactivated RankMath and tested speed. The speed was 30% better
Hello,
It appears there might be lots of duplicate queries slowing your site down, to help you resolve this, we might need to take a closer look at your website and settings. Please follow these steps:
- Edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress and FTP logins in the Sensitive Data section. This is a secure section that only our support staff can access.
We appreciate your patience. We are always here to help, please do not hesitate to communicate any concerns or questions you may have.
Thanks.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
