> How to speed up a Squarespace website: measure the page, bring it under Squarespace's own limits for weight, images, blocks, fonts and code, then test again. - Canonical: https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/how-to-speed-up-a-squarespace-website/ --- # How to speed up a Squarespace website A Squarespace website gets faster when its pages are brought inside the limits Squarespace itself publishes: 5 MB a page, 500 KB an image, 60 blocks, two fonts. The eight steps below work through them in the order that usually pays most, with a measurement before and after. Updated 6 October 2026 ## 1. Measure first Run the page through Google’s PageSpeed Insights on the mobile tab and note two things: how long the main content takes to appear, and the total size of the page. Our guide to [checking your website speed](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/how-to-check-your-website-speed/) explains the report. ## 2. Bring images under 500 KB Squarespace recommends images of 500 KB or less. Resize and compress each image before uploading it. A photograph from a phone is usually several megabytes, and nothing on a web page needs that. ## 3. Replace background video Squarespace advises no more than two background videos on a page. On a slow page, the better number is none: use a still image, and place the video lower down as something a visitor chooses to play. ## 4. Split long pages Squarespace’s limit is 60 blocks on a page, and its advice is that a page covering more than one subject should become more than one page. Shorter pages load faster, and each one can be found for its own subject. ## 5. Shorten galleries Squarespace recommends no more than 50 images in a gallery. Show the strongest few, and link to the rest. ## 6. Use two fonts Squarespace recommends no more than two fonts. Each further one is another file for the visitor’s browser to fetch before the text settles. ## 7. Remove custom code and embeds you do not need Squarespace warns that custom code may slow a site, and it names third-party embeds, code injection and custom CSS. Review everything that has been pasted in over the years: old tracking tags, feeds, pop-up tools and widgets nobody uses. ## 8. Test again Run the same test and compare. The page’s total size should now be under Squarespace’s 5 MB limit, and ideally close to the 1 MB that Squarespace calls safest for mobile connections. ## If the page is still slow A page that is inside every limit and still slow beside its competitors has reached what the platform gives. Our guide to [why a Squarespace site is slow](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/why-is-my-squarespace-site-so-slow/) covers what the owner cannot change, and [redesigning a website without losing rankings](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/redesign-a-website-without-losing-rankings/) covers what to protect if you rebuild. ## Questions people ask ### How do I make my Squarespace site load faster? Bring each page under Squarespace's own limits: 5 MB in total, images of 500 KB or less, no more than 60 blocks and two fonts. Then remove custom code and embeds that are not needed, and test again. ### How many fonts should a Squarespace site use? Squarespace recommends using no more than two. ### Does custom code slow down a Squarespace site? Custom code can slow a site. Squarespace warns that custom code, including third-party embeds, code injection and CSS, may cause a site to load slowly. ## Free competitor gap report Lighter than before is not the same as lighter than the competition. Name up to three competitors and we run their pages and yours through the same speed tests, then send you where you stand once the pages are trimmed. 1. Speed and technical health, side by side 2. On-page SEO and site structure 3. The content they are found for and you are not 4. Who holds the searches that matter in your market 5. A prioritised list of what to fix first [Request your free report by email](mailto:contact@hadalmedusa.com?subject=Competitor%20gap%20report%3A%20Guide%3A%20How%20to%20speed%20up%20a%20Squarespace%20website&body=Website%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20compete%20(area%2C%20country%20or%20countries)%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ACompetitors%20to%20compare%20against%20(up%20to%20three)%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AAnything%20else%20we%20should%20know%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A) - **Address** — contact@hadalmedusa.com - **Include** — your site; up to three competitors; where you compete ## More in this series - [Why your Wix site is so slow, and what to do about it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/why-is-my-wix-site-so-slow/) - [Can you move a Wix site to another host?](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/can-you-move-a-wix-site-to-another-host/) - [Why your Squarespace site is so slow, and what to do about it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/why-is-my-squarespace-site-so-slow/) - [Is Wix bad for SEO?](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/is-wix-bad-for-seo/) - [Is Squarespace bad for SEO?](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/is-squarespace-bad-for-seo/) - [How to speed up a Wix website](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/how-to-speed-up-a-wix-website/) - [How to read the Wix Site Speed dashboard](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/wix-site-speed-dashboard/) - [Wix site still slow after the fixes? 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