Hey,
I want to share something and let everyone know that it is actually possible to get a good score and have your website load fast.
See screenshots.
I am using a Newspaper theme and have Adsense enabled (which slows down the site).
1. You are better off with a VPS rather than shared hosting. (I host on Digital Ocean, With Ubuntu 20.04, PHP 7.4, Mysql 8, and Nginx).
2. Follow the instructions given here by the support team. Although for me, I used WP-Rocket, and everything changed.
3. I use the mobile plugin for mobile, and that has improved a lot.
4. Focus on actual speed rather than these metrics, and you are good.
Thanks.
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Hello friend please can you share your WP Rocket config settings. I use WP rocet too on my Newsmag.
why do we need wp Rocket in this beautiful theme ? there was no need in the old version ?please have the support team deal with the problems that occur after the update.I’ve never had so many problems.
Hey there,
Why don’t you share the url you’re testing so we know the results are real, and we can take a look at the weight of the page you’re actually loading? Just posting a picture of a 100 PSI score offers no value to us, without proper knowledge of the data on the page you’re loading. You’re effectively posting an image of a golden apple without telling us how you made your apple turn into gold.
-Alastair
Now that you asked, here is a link from the website. You can test any other article at random, and the results will still be the same.
One thing you need to know is the difference between field data and lab data. What most people test on page speed insights or Gtmetrix is lab data. Your page might perform better in the lab, but in the field, things are different.
The lab data displayed is an aggregate of the last 28 days. I just implemented the changes in less than 15 days, so I will take more time to wait and see how Google will compute the average after 28 days.
Also, important to note about core web vitals is that users on a slow network might affect the scores. Check this article – https://www.searchenginejournal.com/countries-with-slow-internet-can-affect-core-web-vitals-scores/402684/
Hey there, Your LCP is showing up as 3.1. Have you been able to get it down?
For some reason Field Data and Origin Summary LCP are hard to drop down with Newspapper theme. I see that in every site with the tagDiv theme…
I have that in 0,5 and 0,8 s in lab data, but currently 4,4 s with 45% green, 26% yellow and 29% red in Origin Summary. Some individual pages with field data have better scores…
I’m using every feature from WP Rocket…
I will like to add to this and share my setup.
1. I always start with the foundation, The hosting. I host on Digital Ocean – DO Link it is one of the best VPS hosting and quite affordable. This allows me to control what I install.
I use Nginx rather than Apache for the server since it’s fast and easy to implement http/2, which helps speed up things. Digital Ocean has a handy tool that can help you configure the best Nginx Settings for performance and security. It is available here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/nginx.
For my setup, I have Ubuntu 20.04, Latest Nginx, Mysql 8, and PHP 7.4. I also add Redis Cache since I am using AMP on my site.
Then make sure the php.ini is set to these values – https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/.
2. WordPress
When it comes to WordPress, I make sure I have the latest version and only install the plugins I need and keep them to the basics.
This is categorized under – Theme specific plugins like Tag div composer, tagDiv Cloud Library, tagDiv Mobile Theme (since I use AMP). I don’t install the others.
Then I get one for security, for speed; I get caching and image compression, SEO, contact form, and user tracking.
I have – Yoast, Ithemes security, Google Sitekit, WP ROCKET, Imagify, Forminator, and Redis Object Cache.
The plan is to use few plugins as much as possible.
3. Theme customization – I follow most of the guides here, but I don’t enable lazyload in theme settings, and I make sure not to load google fonts. (There is a feature in tagDiv composer where you can use only system fonts).
4. WP Rocket – I enable most of the features, and since using the mobile theme, I enable mobile cache. The most important feature is where you can delay Javascript execution; it does wonders.
The rest will depend on your setup. I think the theme has improved, and it is not a challenge to achieve good lab scores.
I am waiting to see how field data will change over time.
*Pardon my English.
I have disabled most of the plugins. The reason for the low CWV score is due Tag Div composer. The editor is using hell loads of CSS and Javascript which is the reason for the slow website. Kindly take into consideration.
