WordPress Backend Optimization -- 2

My WordPress site has become sluggish and I’m ready for a full-scale tune-up that covers the usual culprits—plugins, theme code, database tables—plus a round of on-page SEO refinement. I’d like an experienced WordPress engineer who can dive into the admin area, identify exactly where the bottlenecks live, and leave the site running lean and fast without breaking any existing functionality.

Here’s what I have in mind:

• Audit & streamline plugins
– Flag redundant or dormant plugins, replace heavy ones with lighter alternatives, and make sure everything that stays is fully updated and conflict-free.

• Theme performance pass
– Optimize the theme’s PHP, CSS, and JavaScript assets, remove unused elements, and ensure it plays nicely with the streamlined plugin stack.

• Database cleanup
– Clear transients, orphaned options, post revisions, and any bloat that may have accumulated; then fine-tune tables for quicker queries.

• Speed & caching setup
– Apply object/page caching, configure a lightweight CDN plugin if helpful, and set sensible browser-cache directives.

• On-page SEO refresh
– Confirm correct meta tags, sitemap generation, permalinks, and internal linking; make sure performance improvements translate into measurable Core Web Vitals gains.

Please let me know your typical turnaround time and any access details you need so we can get started right away.