Does MainWP Child plugin affect my Child Site loading time?

As per our testing, the MainWP Child plugin doesn’t affect your child site loading time. To verify this claim, we used 3 different website speed test tools and measured the site performance with and without the MainWP Child plugin.

Pingdom – Without MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 299 ms
• Run 2: Load time 187 ms
• Run 3: Load time 237 ms

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin deactivated is 241 ms.

Pingdom – With MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 244 ms
• Run 2: Load time 187 ms
• Run 3: Load time 234 ms

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin activated and connected to a MainWP Dashboard is 221 ms.

Lighthouse – Without MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 0.3 s
• Run 2: Load time 0.4 s
• Run 3: Load time 0.3 s

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin deactivated is 0.33 s.

Lighthouse – With MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 0.4 s
• Run 2: Load time 0.3 s
• Run 3: Load time 0.3 s

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin activated and connected to a MainWP Dashboard is 0.33 s.

GTMetrix – Without MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 979 ms
• Run 2: Load time 927 ms
• Run 3: Load time 893 ms

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin deactivated is 933 ms.

GTMetrix – With MainWP Child

• Run 1: Load time 977 ms
• Run 2: Load time 901 ms
• Run 3: Load time 974 ms

The average load time for the site with the MainWP Child plugin activated and connected to a MainWP Dashboard is 951 ms.