How Often Should You Run a Speed Test?

Page speed isn’t a one-time job — it should be part of your ongoing website maintenance. Regular testing helps you catch performance issues early, especially after site changes or content updates.

We recommend testing your site speed:

• After installing or updating plugins or themes

• After making major design or content changes

• At least once a month, even if no visible changes were made

When testing:

• Wait a few minutes (10-20 minutes depending on the size of the site) after site changes to allow cache to build

• Run your speed test 3 times, then average the results to account for variance

• Use Google PageSpeed Insights — our preferred and only supported tool

BionicWP also monitors speed and applies proactive fixes behind the scenes.

Pro Tip: Avoid testing immediately after a migration or plugin update. Give caching layers time to warm up before measuring results.