Sadly this theme has not aged well. The GTMetrix score (on the developer's own server) is pretty bad and we had to recently ditch it for another theme for our client.
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Hello,
The speed of the site will not depend solely on the theme. There are many ways and tricks for improving WordPress site speed and you can see some of our recommendations in this article here.
A balance between size and quality is necessary. A good hosting server is also very important for the site's performance and you can see our recommendations regarding those in this article - Recommended PHP Versions And Resources And How To Set Them.
You can also navigate to Appearance > Customize > Qode Performance and disable icon packs that you don't intend on using and this should have a positive effect on the overall performance of your site.
We always give advice to our users in the support tickets when they build a site with our theme, and what steps they should take in order to improve the speed. To contact our support team, please submit a ticket by following instructions from this article.
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