WordPress Admin Dashboard Performance Optimization

My WordPress admin area takes several seconds just to bring up the dashboard homepage, even before I click into any menus. I’m on a shared-hosting plan and I rely on a long list of plugins, so I suspect a mix of server limits, heavy database calls, and plugin overhead is at play.

Here’s what I need from you:

• A quick but thorough audit of the admin-side performance, pinpointing exactly why the dashboard homepage is slow.
• Clear recommendations on plugin load order, deactivation, or replacement where bloat is obvious.
• Practical optimisation steps you can implement immediately—database cleanup, object caching, script deferral, or any server-level tweaks available on shared hosting.
• A brief report summarising before-and-after metrics and what was changed so I can maintain the gains.

Please keep the site fully operational for visitors while you work; only the backend is lagging. If specific tools such as Query Monitor, WP-CLI, or transient-cache plugins help accelerate the process, feel free to use them—just let me know what you install or adjust.

Acceptance criteria: dashboard homepage should load in under two seconds on a cold cache, with no critical functionality lost.