{"id":1044,"date":"2021-09-10T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/09\/10\/5562431-how-to-analyze-your-website-s-performance-with-gtmetrix-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:10","slug":"5562431-how-to-analyze-your-website-s-performance-with-gtmetrix-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562431-how-to-analyze-your-website-s-performance-with-gtmetrix-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Analyze Your Website&#8217;s Performance With GTmetrix at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">GTmetrix<\/a><\/b> is a <b>website performance analytics tool <\/b>that you can use to check your website&rsquo;s speed and performance, as well as get useful information on the issues that may affect your website&rsquo;s loading speed and how to improve it.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_cce5e1ffee\">Step 1 &ndash; Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">It is recommended to <b>create a GTmetrix account,<\/b> as it enables the option to choose the test location and device, as well as a few additional options.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Choosing a location closest to your actual server location will provide you with more accurate data than the default location. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_e893a80d5e\">Step 2 &ndash; Run a Test<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once logged in to GTmetrix, enter your domain name <b>with HTTPS<\/b>. Next, select the testing server location, device type, and connection speed. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">When all is good to go, click on <b>Analyze:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/7ca5e4c3-b03f-4fc0-9907-9ef4c261adc2.jpg\" alt=\"The Dashboard seciton of GTmetrix to enter the test parameters\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_9ca059ebbe\">Step 3 &ndash; Read the Report<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The report contains several sections, it is recommended to check them all:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/42936a6d-361c-4529-9dda-9305d0708b4a.jpg\" alt=\"The GTmetrix report indicating how to reach its different sections\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The following guides cover them in detail:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/5562438-how-to-read-grade-and-summary-sections-on-gtmetrix\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Grade and Summary<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/5562452-how-to-read-performance-and-structure-sections-on-gtmetrix\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Performance and Structure<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/5562455-how-to-read-waterfall-on-gtmetrix\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Waterfall<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimizing your website with GTmetrix recommendations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-optimization"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562431-how-to-analyze-your-website-s-performance-with-gtmetrix-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5562431-como-usar-gtmetrix-at-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5562431-bagaimana-cara-menggunakan-gtmetrix-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5562431-como-usar-o-gtmetrix\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4223,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions\/4223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}