WordPress Updates & Speed Audit

I have a WordPress site that hasn’t been tuned-up in a while. I’d like a knowledgeable developer to:

• Bring every plugin and the active theme safely up to their latest stable versions, testing on staging first so nothing breaks.
• Refresh any outdated or broken content elements you notice while you work.
• Run a full performance audit (e.g., PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix) and implement the fixes—caching, image optimisation, database clean-up or other best-practice tweaks—until the front page and main inner pages load snappily on both mobile and desktop.

Please document what you changed, provide before-and-after speed scores, and leave clear notes so future updates stay straightforward.