My WordPress-based news portal has begun to feel sluggish and I want to bring its page-load time back to lightning speed. The site runs on a fairly lean stack—only one or two essential plugins—so bloat is not the culprit; I need someone who can dive deeper, profile what is really happening on the server and in the front-end, and then apply proven optimisation techniques. Please focus on measurable gains that will register in tools such as Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, or Lighthouse. I expect you to analyse the theme, refine or defer scripts and styles, tighten server-side caching, and guide me on CDN or image delivery tweaks if those prove to be the bottleneck. The job is complete when the homepage and key article pages hit consistently fast first-contentful paint and an overall “green” performance score, all without breaking the look, ads, or editorial workflow.