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- NewspapertagDiv Composer – Website Manager
- NewspaperModules Builder in Newspaper Theme
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- NewspaperBest Of Forums
- TutorialsWhat is Ajax preloading?
- NewspaperHow to Make the Site Faster
https runs a little slower generally due to the overall issue of encryption, but many servers are now being optimized with things like mod_SPDY which is framework being baked into next versions of web, apache, etc.
We did see some hiccups on our main site last Dec. moving to https; basically in webmaster tools (search console) you end up with two sites as they STILL don’t have a “move site from http to https” function. The main weirdness was the huge drop of “inbound links/sites” going from one million plus to 250,000 or so … this is because the other sites are linking to http version of site — which is a different site in Googleverse —
However the rankings went back to normal on our main site after awhile.
Of course having a UX score of 100 on pagespeed insights didn’t hurt either!
The sitewide 301 redirect is simple enough, as is editing your dbase to change all the embedded image stuff from http to https …
There are just the general weirdness in the inbound link volume and the whacky issue of having two sets of sites listed in your Google console; one being live, one being deprecated.
I got a note about the deprecated site in Spring reminding me about mobile fixes … um, right Google — for the deprecated site? Duh.
Https is not as much a slowdown as it used to be as servers are faster, disks faster, most servers now have gigabit switches vs 10/100 (get better host if they only have 10/100).
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Since a recent Newsmag update the Speed Booster in Newsmag system status seems to conflict with all other plugins.
I thought it was just one, but every time I remove a plugin the next one is named as the problem.
It says this in the Newsmag system status:-
Speed Booster – v4.1 – Disabled – incompatible plugin detected: ewww-image-optimizer/ewww-image-optimizer.php
But if I disable ewww-image-optimizer the next plugin is named.
Anyway – even if it solved the issue, I need my plugins!
Any ideas how to fix this?
I’m trying to optimize ad placements on mobile devices so that for example: a 300×250 would show in the sidebar on desktop but would display within the content on mobile. To do so, the ad code would be in both places but only visible in one spot at a time (depending on the device).
I will be using DFP for Small Business to deliver the ads. I’d like to use the many Ad Zones already defined in the theme to keep things simple as possible.
My first thought is to use the <div class=”td-visible-desktop”> with the code to show the ad in the Sidebar but leave the <div class=”td-visible-phone”> blank. Then I would do the opposite in the Inline Article Ad Zone, leaving td-visible-desktop blank and adding the code to be visible on mobile.
If I do this, does both ads still fire (and result in an impression) – even when one of them is hidden?
The other option I can think of is to see if I can set the device in DFP so that a particular ad unit only displays on mobile or only on desktop etc. I’m not sure I can even do this but will have to look into it further.
Ultimately it looks like those Desktop / tablet / mobile toggle buttons in the Ad Settings would be perfect but I’m told those only work for managing the visibility of AdSense ads – not Google DFP ads.
Has anyone else faced this challenge and, if so, how did you deal with it?
Thx!
Hi,
A) Please check your browser console, maybe they are blocked by the ads provide, make sure you don’t break the google policy, as you should not have this issue only for specific posts.
B) Yes the reviews are available only for articles.
C) You can place the grid block anywhere on the page content. I’m not sure how you have added the Big Grid on you page but you can always move the row to the top – http://screencast.com/t/ML9UX0I1 or use it on top of the page and bottom. Please provide more details about this.
D) Yes, the SEO is optimize and it should look like this – http://screencast.com/t/UVRbeh36Ms
Thanks!
Hello ferkof,
You can read more about EWWW Image Optimizer and other plugins people have tested for better performance in this topic here, https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspapertagdiv-powered-websites-showcase/ , although they sometimes cause problems.
Unfortunately time does not allow us to test all these plugins so i cannot make any recommendations. Sorry.
Thank you
amigo aparentemente creo que esta solucionado, una pregunta me recomiendas instalar el EWWW Image Optimizer? para mejorar aun mas el rendimiento? o el lazy load? gracias
Hello sprasadb4u,
There are a number of things you can do to speed things up.
Please check this guide to set the leverage cache and optimize images â https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ also Christopher’s topic may help â https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-pagespeed-2015/
Thank you.
@Thomas …. Yes, well considering how many security flaws Automattic has had the past decade they are not really reliable on the topic. (sort of kidding there … đ )
FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS ISSUE:
One of my friends news portals in Ohio was completely taken down by hackers pummeling the xml-rpc feature which ANYBODY can attempt to access remotely for all sorts of things. Site was down for almost two days, host disabling account, etc., — I had him disable this to get the site back up, then they blocked the IPS of the attacker.
If you’re using a WP feature like Jetpack — which is awful system hog and site slower-downer, or WP mobile apps (um, why not just use iPad and login into your normal account… or use other tools that don’t need THAT function?).
UPSHOT: for “most” people disabling all XLMRPC and pingback features are wise if you run any sizable site with lots of traffic. You will get attacked at some point.
And it should be self evident if you’re adding ANYTHING to your site from this thread you should make some effort to explore what these things do, what they mean, etc.
So, you shouldn’t be adding anything to your functions file or htaccess regarding the xmlrpc.php file unless you make some effort to look at what that does.
Having used WP for 10+ years now, remember this thread was started to show folks how to “best optimize” their theme for WP — one of those methods is to NOT use ping-backs, XMLRPC or Jetpack, which is not very well optimized for web.
Keep in mind WP folk think a CSS redirect for child themes is good idea, when it’s a bad thing for page speed and Google as it’s a redirect for EVERY page load to another page.
Those are my three cents, your mileage may vary — as I often say.
But that was good info for Jetpack folk, Thomas! đ
1. Executed 1h 37m 1s ago for 5.278722 sec on Database –> gadgetby_wp70
Date: 2015-09-08 23:18:28 Query_time: 5.278722 Rows_examined: 8733: Rows_sent 352 Lock_time: 0.000185
SELECT option_name, option_value FROM tiv_options WHERE autoload = ‘yes’;
Hi,
Please check this guide set leverage cache, optimize images – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
The speed booster move the js and css at the bottom of the page to Eliminate render-blocking, but not for all plugins. You need to modify the plugin(speed booster) if you want to work with other plugins.
Also try to not use many plugins, activate only the plugins that you need.
The Christopher’s topic also may help – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-pagespeed-2015/
Thanks!
Hi
You’re right about post grids functionality, it loads all article and display the hidden ones when you click on load more button, but google does not penalizing your site because of this implementation.
I’ve checked your site with https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.almosthuman.cn%2F&tab=desktop and notice that you don’t have set the leverage browser caching also the images aren’t optimized. Please check our page speed guide here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ and try to increase your page speed following that instruction. Also if you decide to use the Speed Booster plugin here are some useful information about his functionality: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/speed-booster-v4-1-disabled/
Let me know how it goes and provide more details if you still need assistance on this.
Thanks!
@vijayrth11
use gtmetrix.com to debug what you’re missing.
Proper use of gzip/deflate is good for at least 20 points.
Test a post page, not your homepage.
E.g., slow server, slow connection, overloaded plugins, overloaded ad networks, un-optimized images, etc., all contribute to low rating.
Hi,
Please check this guide to set the leverage cache and optimize images – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ also the Christopher topic may help – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-pagespeed-2015/
Thanks!
Still no improvement.
I don’t have the problem with image size when I use other themes.
I had optimized my previous theme for score of 98 in GTmetrix.
My Experience:
Figured out, that the best combination of speed plugins is…Speed Booster + Gator Cache + Autoptimize. Check it out, my site loads blazing fast now!
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gator-cache
https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/
Just my two cents đ
Now you need to “Optimize images” get this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
For more info go to Chris topic… https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
It does not matter which theme you use,it’s how you Optimize ur site so it can work smooth with the theme..
Read chris topic to help you also run some test to see what need to be done to help you on the server side..also a lot of plugins and turning on all the theme features etc can consumes more resources on ur server and cause problems…
So we’re trying to tweak performance after a long dialogue with our managed wordpress host (Synthesis). I hadn’t appreciated quite how much of a performance hit the theme can take on a server if all the “cool” bits of functionality are activated. We were starting to have 3 – 5 mini (60-120 seconds) outages on the site every day.
The main issue seems to be the number of times admin-ajax is hit on the server – we’re being told it’s thousands of times per day and after a bit of research on this forum and the latest (v1.5) of the theme we see there is quite a hit on numerous elements. So far we’ve done the following:
– Enabled Optimized ajax pre-loading on Mega Menu and the few blocks on the homepage that have ajax filters
– Disabled post view count
– Disabled comment count
– Disabled related content (replaced with Jetpack Related Content that offloads that to another server)
– Disabled more articles box
We’re going to monitor performance from here and see how it goes but wanted to see what other elements folk here would suggest monitoring and possibly disabling? Main next culprit would be Ajax View Count but i’m concerned about caching causing wrong pageview counts (although with the post view count disabled the only thing this would power now would be the trending now box on the homepage and the popular this week list in the footer).
Thoughts?
You keep using these so called plugins that messing up the theme,that “wp-optimize-by-xtraffic” is no good..
Here is a plugin that works great with the theme and do a good job i’m also using it…
Merge + Minify + Refresh plugin it’s the best right now since Cf RocketLoader don’t work well with the theme..I still use Cf for the CDN but nothing to optimize my site from there…
Find it here >>> https://wordpress.org/plugins/merge-minify-refresh/
Here is 2 other plugins that will help you with the optimize…
Scripts To Footer >>>> https://wordpress.org/plugins/scripts-to-footerphp/
Async Javascript >>>> https://wordpress.org/plugins/async-javascript/ DON’T USE THE ASYNC OPITION IT WILL BREAK THE THEME ONLY USE THE DEFER OPITION
REMOVE THAT “wp-optimize-by-xtraffic AND WP Optimize Speed By xTraffic THEY BOTH IS RUBBISH AND THE PLUGINS WAS NOT MADE GOOD IT’S JUST GOING MAKE UR SITE FEATURES BREAK…
TEST FROM MY SITE WITH A VIDEO USING THESE PLUGINS I TELL YOU ABOUT ..
Hi,
I have nailed it down to CDN for beginning, once CloudFlare CDN disabled, search box and slide menu started to work – so my question here, what could be in CloudFlare causing this, as I would really like to use this CDN? I tried with RocketLoader off, with JS/CSS/HTML minify off settings – but no good – as soon as CloudFlare CDN on – menu and search stop working đ
Next thing I managed to find out is minification plugin “WP Optimize By xTraffic” – it is a great plugin, it made me go to 100/100 in demo theme – but it causes iPhone Ajax issues.
This plugin minifies everything, as well it makes CSS and JS load Async. Great stuff – but if I can not use it, what do you suggest to use for minification and async load of CSS and JS?
Thanks!
I’m going help you a lil but you have to learn to do these things ur self…
First you need to Defer parsing of JavaScript there is a plugin that can do that for you called>>> “Async Javascript” in the settings you will choose the defer opition you can find the plugin here >> https://wordpress.org/plugins/async-javascript/ i’m using it as well and it do a great job with out issues…
To Optimize ur images this plugin can do it for you..EWWW Image Optimizer find it here >>>https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
You need to enable GZIP Compression on your sever
That cache plugin “Super Cache” is rubbish..i recommend you use ZenCache you can find it here>> https://wordpress.org/plugins/zencache/ it will cache ur site better and make it faster…
To help you with other issues like “Leverage browser caching” put this code in the bottom of ur .htaccess file
# END WordPress
AddType text/javascript .js
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf
AddType application/x-font-opentype .otf
AddType application/x-font-woff .woff
# BEGIN Expire headers
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 5 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 700000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 700000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 700000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 700000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 600 seconds"
ExpiresByType font/truetype "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 2500000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 2500000 seconds"
</IfModule>
# END Expire headers
Hi
Regarding the page speed issues please check our guide here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ – follow this section: http://screencast.com/t/bQMIXc5JuUdd to optimize images and also make sure you regenerate thumbnails: https://forum.tagdiv.com/existing-content/
Check your panel status for the speed booster plugin and make sure it’s active: http://screencast.com/t/a2BBchudPE as it’s set to disable itself if detects an incompatible plugin. I see you use lots of plugins so you should consider that recent versions of the tagdiv speed booster plugin have been designed to disable when it detect incompatible plugins. You can read more in this regard here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/incompatibility-speed-booster/
If you’re not aware of the steps you need to take to improve your page speed score we advise your to hire a freelancer to help you do it because we cannot provide speed customization services at the moment.
The theme uses the WordPress thumbs cropping system and depending on image’s aspect ratio the result could be different, you can find more details here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/ and more details about cropping here: http://www.davidtan.org/wordpress-hard-crop-vs-soft-crop-difference-comparison-example/
There is not an ideal image size for all thumbs, and a way to find what image will fit best would be to do some tests depending what blocks/modules you use most add an image more nearest with aspect ratio of the thumbs in which you want it to look well. You can read more about aspect ratio here â http://digital-photography-school.com/aspect-ratio-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/
Theme’s page speed guide provides our demo site .htaccess configuration: http://screencast.com/t/SMP1Jebjx which you can use as a starting point and build on it.
You can also go trough Chris’s recommendation on this regard: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
Thanks!
Hi,
@Steven some of those plugins aren’t really required or there are better options.
I used to have EWWW Image Optimizer plugin but fills the database quickly, it’s also much easier to compress images using a tool such as paint .NET (http://www.getpaint.net/)
Also the webfont optimizer isn’t needed either because theme already does it, to make it quicker you should add the font CSS directly into your main stylesheet.. i think Chris wrote a tutorial somewhere in the forum on how to do it.
Also @jdmeier i can’t access your site
@jdmeier when i go to your site it’s loading fine and not slow etc.. you need to “Regenerate Thumbnails” with the plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/ and also use the plugin “Thumbnail Upscale” as well you can find it here …https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ and try a better cache plugin like “ZenCache” that will do a great job then the rest of cache plugin out there…
These are some of my own tips to make the theme and WP works smooth..
Get these plugins if you can they will make a big difference in your site…
1.Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
2.EWWW Image Optimizer
3.ZenCache
4.Google Webfont Optimizer
5.Force Regenerate Thumbnails
6.Thumbnail Upscale
7.Google Libraries
Hope i was any help and good luck…
I can’t seem to solve or make progress on my Newspaper Theme performance issues.
I’ve got five friends that want to use Newspaper, too, if only I can get past my performance issues.
(They’re new bloggers, they like the idea of the theme, they’re a bit worried about my inability to fix my performance issues, or to find someone who can.)
My performance sucks (in the 40’s) with no clear remedy in sight.
Worse, when users hit my site the first time, the page loads blank (no images show)
If they reload the home page, then images show the second time, but after a flash of gray.
Here are screen shots:
* Empty Images – http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/509260/1ae034f2ac380576a5dd1d8e49faed92
* On Reload – http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/509262/dd0893dd0a1944de6aab6f0a9591e297
I haven’t seen anybody else’s site load like mine, where it’s all framed out with gray placeholders, and then, as if a second flash, the images then show up.
Here’s my setup at a glance:
* I’m hosting on Siteground.
* I use WP Rocket which is tested with Siteground — just default options.
* I’m using a CDN (Cloudflare), with default options.
* I have Gzip working.
* I use WP Smush Pro to smush all images (all images are smushed.)
* I used P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) to analyze plugin performance.
I contemplated W3 cache (well, In installed it, but it was immediate conflict with WP Rocket, and WP Rocket’s feature compare shows superior in all regards, but I don’t have enough experience yet to know of it’s true.)
I get Chris’s point on the difference between buying a car, and driving the car. Well, now I want to know how to drive like the Mario Andretti. I feel like I’ve got the “owner’s Guide”, but not the “Driver’s Guide”. But actually, I don’t want yet another guide, I want a student driver model where I pay a consultant to show me the ropes for a couple of hours while fixing things, looking over my shoulder, or me looking over theirs.)
My images are probably the main problem, I don’t know how to fix them without doing weird acts of God, and I’m trying to keep posting simple and pragmatic, not build a better mouse trap with weird optimizations and even weirder workflow.
Tutorial
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I’ve seen these tutorials …
* Page Speed Tutorial – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-pagespeed-2015/
* How to make the site faster – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
* Better Explained – How Compression Works – http://betterexplained.com/articles/how-to-optimize-your-site-with-gzip-compression/
* Google on Image Optimization – https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/image-optimization
Posts
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I’ve seen these posts:
* Pagespeed – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/pagespeed/
* What is your google page speed value – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/what-is-your-googlespeed-value/
Tips
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I’ve seen these tips:
* Chris S – Additionally, I use the WP-Optimize plugin to regularly optimize my WP dbase. Cutting 800kb out of your dbase once a week, or after a large number of posts/pages, also speeds up your system overhead. https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/what-is-your-googlespeed-value/
* Chris S – If you can hit 90+ on your desktop score and 85+ on mobile, you can live a happy life and not stress over it. https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/what-is-your-googlespeed-value/
* Chris S – – There are numerous resources on the net to learn how to set-up your web server account for gzip, expiration headers, optimize your images prior to uploading to your site, editing your htaccess file for WordPress, limiting use of resource hogging plugins unless absolutely necessary, etc., using W3cache with the minimal settings recommended in this forum from Radu/Marius (( QUOTE: w3 total cache use only the âfull page cache.â )) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/pagespeed/
* Radu – On the demo we are running a stock theme with our stock speed booster plugin! Also note that any additional plugins slow the theme down and lower the score in pagespeed. – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/what-is-your-googlespeed-value/
Tools
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I’ve used these tools
* Google Page Speed – https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
* GTMerix – https://gtmetrix.com/analyze.html
* Is compression working? http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php
* Pingdom Tools – reality test – http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/bGth8K/sourcesofinsight.com
* Web Page Test – http://www.webpagetest.org/
Google tells me my page speed sucks. Is Compression Working tells me Gzip is working. Pingdom tells me my images are bloated. GTMetrix fails with a 522 timeout and blames my CDN.
The quote that keeps me going is:
“Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
I guess I’m getting stronger day by day.
JD
