The problemPageSpeed says 95, yet your visitors on phones still wait for the page.
In shortWordPress speed optimization service from Pixel & Oak starts with a free written audit that names the real bottleneck and the realistic result. If you want us to fix it, you get a fixed quote, typically $400 to $1,200. The work happens on a staging copy, most jobs finish within a week of approval, and you get before-and-after measurements.
Speed services often sell a number. A tool or a freelancer pushes the PageSpeed score up, sometimes by serving the test a different page, while real visitors on phones still wait. Others quote a price before looking at the site, or sell a monthly subscription that jumps at renewal. The screenshot looks good, and Search Console still marks your pages Poor.
Our WordPress speed optimization services work the other way round. First comes a free audit, in writing, that names the bottleneck, shows the evidence and gives the realistic ceiling. Plenty of owners take that report and fix it themselves, which is fine. If you want us to do it, the price is fixed before work starts, and results are measured the same way before and after.
Maintained by Haider Ali, Founder & CEO · Updated
These are the ways speed work goes wrong for the people who pay for it.
Lab scores can be gamed and swing between runs. You pay for a number while real visitors keep waiting and leaving.
What we doWe commit to fixing the bottlenecks the audit finds and to measured before-and-after results, backed by real-user data, not a score nobody can honestly promise.
A yearly fee for a tool that never fixed the cause, and the site can slow down again the day you cancel.
What we doA one-off fixed price, with the fixes built into the site itself, so it stays fast without a subscription.
Without a diagnosis nobody knows if it is an afternoon of image work or a hosting move. Someone pays for the guess, usually you.
What we doThe audit comes first and is free. The quote comes after, based on what we actually found.
A broken layout, missing images or a failing checkout reaches customers, and fixing the fix costs more time and money.
What we doEvery change is made on a staging copy with a full backup, tested page by page including cart and checkout, and only then pushed live with your sign-off.
You cannot tell whether the money changed anything, and the next provider starts again from scratch.
What we doYou get before-and-after numbers from identical test conditions, plus where to watch Search Console's real-user data improve over the following weeks.
New plugins, tracking scripts and large images creep back in, and the money spent slowly fades away.
What we doHandover notes explain how to keep it fast. If you would rather not think about it, our Growth and Commerce maintenance plans include Core Web Vitals checks.
| Audit | Free, written, and yours to keep |
|---|---|
| Price | Fixed quote after the audit, typically $400–$1,200 |
| Typical timeline | Most jobs done within a week of approval |
| Where the work happens | On a staging copy, with a full backup first |
| Proof | Before-and-after numbers under identical test conditions |
| Not promised | A specific PageSpeed score or load time |
| Afterwards | Handover notes; optional Core Web Vitals checks on a maintenance plan |
Worth knowing: Be wary of any speed service quoting a fixed price before looking at your site. Until someone has profiled it, nobody knows whether you need an afternoon of image work or a hosting move, and the difference in effort can be tenfold.
We profile the site and send a plain-English report: the bottleneck, the evidence, and the realistic ceiling. No obligation, and yours to keep.
One price for the work, agreed before we start. No hourly creep and no discovering halfway through that it costs more.
All work happens on a copy. Your live site is untouched until the changes are tested and you have signed off.
Before-and-after Core Web Vitals from identical test conditions, plus notes on how to keep it fast as you add content.
A Core Web Vitals baseline, the largest files on key pages, a plugin-by-plugin performance cost, server response timing, and a prioritized list of what to fix in what order. It is a real report you can act on yourself, not a lead-capture PDF that tells you to contact us for the details.
Most optimization jobs are done within a week of approval. If the fix is structural, such as a page builder theme carrying heavy overhead or hosting that cannot respond quickly, we tell you at the audit stage rather than partway through, so the timeline and the price are clear before you decide.
No, and treat anyone who does with suspicion. Scores move with test conditions and with third-party scripts you may need for business reasons. We commit to fixing the bottlenecks the audit identifies and showing measured improvement, which is what actually affects your visitors and your rankings.
We test the same pages under the same conditions before and after: Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, layout shift, server response time and page weight. Search Console's real-user data covers a rolling 28 days, so we also show you where to watch it improve in the weeks after handover.
An administrator login and access to your hosting or SFTP, so we can make a staging copy and read server timing. You keep full ownership of everything, nothing changes on the live site until you approve it, and you can remove our access the day the job is signed off.
Yes. Stores get extra checks on the cart, checkout and account pages, which cannot be cached like normal pages, and on slow order screens in the admin. We test real orders on the staging copy before anything goes live, so the speed work never costs you a sale.
Not automatically. Sites slow down as content, plugins and tracking scripts build up. The handover notes cover how to avoid the common causes, and our Growth and Commerce maintenance plans include Core Web Vitals checks if you would rather not think about it.
Then we tell you your site is already fast enough and you owe us nothing. It happens, and it is a better outcome than selling you work that will not change anything for your visitors. You still keep the audit report and the baseline numbers.
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