Choose a highly performant theme

If coded as per the recommended standards, every theme is highly performant.

But this is not the case with most third-party themes out there.

Most third-party themes come with a lot of customization options and code bloat because they try to satisfy the design needs of 100s of business owners.

And this results in a slow website.

So, if you care about the performance, choose your theme carefully.

If you have the budget, go for a custom theme because it gives you ultimate control over the design and performance of the website.

If you don’t have the budget, here are the most performant third-party themes according to my experience with client websites:

1. GeneratePress
2. Astra

Yep, there are not many.

A few good things about these themes are:

1. They are built with website speed in mind
2. They support WordPress block editor
3. They ship with customization options that are only absolutely necessary.