Fix WordPress Timeout & Slowness

My WordPress site had been loading quickly for months, but over the past couple of days it either crawls or throws a timeout error before it ever reaches the homepage. I have not touched the code, installed new plugins, or run any updates, so something deeper is going on at the server or database level.

I need you to jump in, locate the bottleneck, and restore normal response times. That will likely involve checking server logs, database calls, plugin conflicts, theme functions, and any network-related limits that could be choking requests. Once the root cause is clear, I want the fix implemented and the site optimised so the issue doesn’t resurface.

Deliverables
• Diagnosis summary pinpointing the cause
• Applied fix with a brief changelog
• Final load-time report showing the site back to normal speed and no more timeout errors

Please be comfortable working directly in a live WordPress environment and ready to start as soon as we agree on access details.