No Idea What Site Is Doing For First 8 Seconds

Web Performance Discuss Test Results
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I’ve optimized my images and upgraded my server.

Looking at my Waterfall, I have no idea what the site is doing for the first 8 seconds. Is this a theme problem? A problem with my WordPress install? No idea.

http://www.webpagetest.org/result/151022_WD_17H7/3/details/

I appreciate any help you can give.

2

Alright, I’ve determined that if I fail to include the “www” or the “/” at the end, my page is 4 seconds slower.

Why does it add so much time for my redirect? Do I have something set up incorrectly?

Without redirect:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/151023_9R_KFN/1/details/

With redirect:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/151023_DJ_KM5/

3

My guess is that you are letting wordpress do the redirect.

It should be done in your .htaccess file or in the virtual host area of the httpd.conf file.

Craig