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FAQ: General Site behavior is slow

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If your WPRentals site is very slow when you edit a page with Elementor, when uyou open pages in wp-admin or front end, check this

Check WordPress Site Health

First, go to:

Tools > Site Health

WordPress Site Health can show performance warnings, missing PHP modules, server limits, or configuration issues that may affect WordPress, Elementor, and WPRentals.

Recommended server settings

Ask your hosting provider to check and adjust these values:

  • PHP version: PHP 8.3.x is recommended and fully tested with the theme. If your site uses PHP 8.4, ask the hosting provider to switch it to PHP 8.3.x and test again.
  • PHP time limit: minimum 120, recommended 300.
  • PHP max input variables: minimum 5000, recommended 10000.
  • PHP memory limit: minimum 256M.
  • OPcache: recommended enabled for better PHP performance.
  • Imagick library: recommended enabled.
  • Upload max filesize: 128M or higher.
  • PHP post max size: 128M or higher.

Why we recommend PHP 8.3

PHP 8.3.x is the recommended version because it is tested with WPRentals and the included plugins.

PHP 8.4 may be too new for some WordPress plugins, Elementor extensions, hosting modules, or custom code used on the site. If Elementor is slow, gives loading errors, or takes too long to open, switching from PHP 8.4 to PHP 8.3.x may help.

Compare with our demo setup

Our WPRentals demos run on a server using PHP 8.3.x, nginx, PHP-FPM, Imagick enabled, OPcache enabled, and enough server resources for Elementor editing. The demos work well with Elementor on this setup.

If your site is much slower than the demo when opening Elementor or Customize, this is a strong sign that the hosting/server configuration should be reviewed.

Other things to ask your hosting provider to check

  • Review any custom server rules or custom .htaccess rules.
  • Check if the server has enough CPU and memory resources for Elementor editing.
  • Confirm that OPcache is enabled.
  • Confirm that Imagick is enabled.
  • Check server logs for PHP errors, memory errors, or timeout errors.

Other things to test in WordPress

  • Clear plugin cache, server cache, browser cache, and CDN cache.
  • Temporarily disable cache, minify, combine JavaScript, delay JavaScript, or defer JavaScript options.
  • Temporarily disable non-required plugins and test Elementor again.
  • Check if the page being edited has very large content, many widgets, or many images.

Important

If the entire WordPress admin area is slow, or both Elementor and Customize are difficult to open, the hosting environment should be reviewed before assuming the issue is theme-related.

After the hosting values are corrected, test Elementor again. If the issue continues, the next step is to check plugins, cache/optimization settings, and the size or complexity of the page being edited.