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Hello roger_hohl,
I have checked your website on Google PageSpeed and I noticed that it is not well optimized, as you can see here -> https://www.screencast.com/t/2aKc33En
Please notice that the speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized. Notice that is not a simple task and if you do not have any experience in this regard you will do not bring good results for the theme. Also, notice that we have a speed optimization tutorial but this is addressed only to advanced users. So, if you follow the steps which are presented in this tutorial here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ you can increase the page speed loading and if you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because the speed optimization services is not covered by our support policy, as you can read here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/support-policy-2/ Check our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/ regarding on dedicated server to fit to our requirements.
Please keep in mind that at the moment, we cannot provide optimization services because this task involve time-consuming and we do not afford to do this, sorry! We only can provide support for basic theme settings.
If you are not aware of these steps which are needed to take in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because we cannot provide custom work at the moment, sorry!
Thanks for your understanding!
Salut Incrosnatu,
Ti-am verificat site-ul pe Google Pagespeed si se pare ca nu prea este optimizat mai deloc, dupa cum se poate observa in rezultatele de la Google, aici -> https://www.screencast.com/t/xckds10A1rzL. Ai consultat ghid-ul nostru despre cum sa iti optimizezi website-ul? Daca vrei sa obti un scor mare in viteza site-ului tau, trebuie sa lucrezi putin la acest aspect deoarece este un lucru delicat ce necesita unele customizari. Din test reiese faptul ca imaginile tale nu sunt optimizate, trebuie sa elimini render-blocking JavaScript si CSS si multe altele care sunt foarte bine explicate in ghid-ul nostru de optimizare aici -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ Te rog sa citesti cu atentie toate etapele care sunt prezentate acolo si sa le si aplici pe site-ul tau daca vrei sa obti rezultate bune cu tema noastra. De asemenea, am observat ca folosesti un plugin de mimificare, dupa cum se poate vedea si aici -> https://www.screencast.com/t/jT88f0hMVL care este un plugin netestat cu tema si care s-ar putea sa nu functioneze corespunzator cu ea. Foloseste Speed Booster, pe care daca il vei activa, tema va folosi varianta mimificata de catre noi pentru JavaScript iar pentru CSS va trebui sa o mimifici tu manual cu un tool ce are aceeasta functionalitate.
Te rog sa observi ca aceste customizari de optimizare nu depind de tema si nu sunt acoperite de catre suportul nostru, imi pare rau! Trebuie sa le faci singur si sa incerci sa urmezi toti pasii pe care i-am prezentat in documnetatia noastra. Stiu ca aceste customizari nu sunt simple si necesita ceva studiu si munca in plus in aceasta privinta. Dupa cum se poate observa, acest tutorial este explusiv pentru utilizatorii avansati in acest domeniu. Daca crezi ca nu te descurci in aceasta privinta, va trebui sa angajezi un freelancer/developer care sa te ajute cu aceste customizari suplimentare!
Multumesc pentru intelegere!
Pe GTMetrix am 91+ la pagespeed si yslow, dar timpul de incarcare variaza intre 6 si 10 secunde si am cloud vps de la siteground cu 2CPU 4GB RAM si 40gb SSD. Nu ar trebui sa fie foarte rapid timpul de incarcare? Serverul e in Chicago dar folosesc cloudflare, si sincer mie mi se incarca clar sub 5 secunde. http://www.sociedelic.com O mica parere daca se poate. Am rezolvat treaba cu instagramul, l-am dezactivat pentru ca alta solutie nu am gasit si am incercat deja acel tutorial.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. As said I am not facing any problem with WP Super Cache and images & blog is working just fine with WP Super Cache, but the thing is WP Super Cache doesn’t have that many features as W3 Total Cache got.
Here is the actual problem is with the Asynchronous tag i.e., whenever I try to use the Async feature of W3 Total Cache or plugin to make all the javascript Asynchronous/ defer, the images stop showing up. If you can tell me any script which needs to be excluded then it would be really helpful. If this functionality cannot be attained then also please let me know. Also, as far as the testing is concerned then W3 Total Cache works just fine if I uncheck the Async Javascript option, but then again it becomes a bit useless to use it.
Also, let me know if there is any possible way to show the News Ticker on all the pages of the site or on all articles page. Currently it can be only shown on the homepage but it would look really great on the articles pages. If there is any possible to do the same then please let me know.
Blog URL – http://thatsbreaking.com
I am trying to add Async Javascript to make my blog load faster and to increase the Google Pagespeed Insights.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Hi,
Okay I get it, that I cannot show Link ads through theme’s ads panel.
I got one more thing, I want to ask i.e., Whenever I try to use W3 Total Cache with NewsPaper theme and choose the option to load Javascript Asynchronously, I noticed that the theme stop showing images. Also, if I use the TagDiv Mobile theme with W3 Total Cache, the mobile theme start showing on browser sometimes and the desktop theme on mobile platforms.
I tried to fix this issue by choosing the defer Javascript option of the w3 Total Cache, but still the issue of images not showing up and wrong theme for different platforms loads up.
Then I decided to delete the mobile theme and to do that again, but the image issue was still there.
Right now, I am not using any Caching plugin and any other plugin or code to load javascript asynchronously/ defer.
I noticed some warnings when I ran Google Pagespeed Insights and would like to learn some tips to fix these warnings.
I know I can also use WP Super Cache, but it is not that efficient and don’t have that many features as compared to W3 Total Cache.
If you are about to run a Google Pagespeed Insights, then please check the render blocking javascript and css for the desktop and ignore for the mobile platform as I am using mobile theme which is preoptimized.
Thanks!
Hello pacoesni,
Unfortunately, our theme does not have such an option to minify the style.css file and we cannot recommend any plugins with this functionality because is not tested with our theme. For minifying this file, we are using CloudFlare for our demo and works fine. If you want to read other views from our users, please check this topic -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tip-how-to-easily-minify-your-css-without-breaking-your-site/
One of our top members here on the forum wrote his own optimization tutorial here:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/ and here -> https://www.infophilic.com/get-almost-100-pagespeed-newspaper-theme/
Hope this helps!
Thank you for the message!
Hi Catalin,
The eternal problem with the Speed Booster plugin is not how Google interprets/see the code, the problem is in the Speed Booster coding.
Please talk with your developer and look seriously a little closer to the problem because all that warnings are related with the Google fonts implemented in this plugin, “Speed Booster”.
Examples of rendering blocking and when appear:
- since I bought your theme, I remove completely any Google font and never I receive that warning; if I use your default font or any other, yes I receive warnings about render blocking.
- when featured image is disabled for posts
- when blockquote is used in comments
- when the post have too much comments (more than 200)
I hope this information arrives to your developer.
I’ve always used your theme without any other untested plugin (only Yoast Premium, Visual Composer & Speed Booster), not even WP Super Cache.
I have to say that removing the Google font, allways we had 99/100 score (both PC & mobile) into PageSpeed Insights and the site charge in 0,4 sec.
Maybe your developers will implement some default option to disable the Google fonts from the panel settings (I think we are many users that keep asking for this).
¡Thank you and best to all!
TagDiv speed booster is included in the /plugins/ folder with your purchased theme download from Themeforest.
Also note, that using child themes may not always be advisable as it’s a CSS redirect, and may slow down your site slightly.
Obviously you would have checked your site before/after with both Pagespeed Insights and perhaps GTMetrix to see the actual impact technically.
@ Catalin,
I tried to edit the code as you suggest and then activate the plugin. I think it is working.. and without issues… i did not get any alert or site break / FOUC …
AMP is good with the theme, and i think with the optimizer following 2 has become green in pagespeed.
Minify HTML
Your HTML is minified. Learn more about minifying HTML.
Minify JavaScript
Your JavaScript content is minified. Learn more about minifying JavaScript.
I don’t know if this is the correct place to ask, but here goes. PageSpeed recommends I eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS (10 files in all).
Where is the best place to do that?
The above result PageSpeed Insights of Google is only 28 / 100
Please fix it to meet atleast 95/100 or return the payment. Thanks
Suggestions Summary
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Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
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Reduce server response time
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Dear Creators,
I am writing this after testing and trying some possible plugins based on my hosting provider constraint. Is it possible to test additional – maybe top 5 cache plugins and suggest the steps for configuration.
Cache plugins – WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Fastest Cache etc are not permitted on my Godaddy hosting.
I tried Comet Cache – but Pagespeed always keep showing to use Caching. Now using Cache Enabler (KeyCDN) and also enabled (WP_Cache, true) in wp-config file. The Theme Status message is still showing:
> No caching plugin detected – for best performance we recommend using WP Super Cache
I have caching enabled from Cloudflare already.
https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
Dear Creators,
I have tried many options in last 2-3 days for improving Google Pagespeed scores – main area is Minify CSS and JS and Caching. I signed-up CloudFlare free / basic plan – but i dont think it is working.
***** Part 1: Minify CSS and JS
I tried following plugins and for last 2-3 days, it is not very much succesful and most of them give FOUC on the site.
Plugins Tested:
1. Autoptimize (If enable HTML then FOUC within seconds, and cannot select any advanced options because FOUC)
I tried to select options to push CSS inline and load into the head – using the advanced options, but homepage breaks.
2. WP Roids (some issue with .htaccess – maybe because of my hosting, but give FOUC) – I have contacted the plugin author already and there is another guy which has Newspaper 7 theme having issue with this plugin.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breaking-site-with-newspaper-7-visual-composer/
3. WP Super Minify (i dont know if this did anything – cannot see any changes)
4. Best WordPress Minify – using since today afternoon – Not FOUC yet
Note: Cloudflare Minify option is activated all the time.
Can you please advise which plugin to use – which will not break the CSS and render pages properly. I removed Revolution Slider for now also to improve speed.
Hi Catalin
I have added but did not seem to work…
Same warning on PageSpeed about blocking CSS resources
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…?family=Open+Sans:400,600|Roboto:400,500
Any suggestion?
Thanks
Hi
Yes I have updated to 7.7 and checked.
In PageSpeed there is a warning blocking issues related to
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…:300,400,400italic,500,500italic,700,900.
The only way to eliminate the problem is to put googlefont in css
All I need you to tell me how to eliminate the query that call
http://fonts.googleapis.com…
Where is now, in js?
Thanks
On pagespeed insight, mobile version said that following is blocking scripts:
/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js
However, on desktop version, it said that 2 blocking script resources and 19 blocking CSS resources.
JS
/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js
/…includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js
And lots of CSS
Though I used speedbooster plugin and followed the guide but still it is showing. Whats wrong
Further, it said Minifying /themes/Newspaper/style.css?ver=7.6 could save 12.9KiB (14% reduction) after compression.
How to resolve these issues
Sorry to mention here but I was using version 7.5 and had google pagespeed in green at some 82 points but after upgrading to 7.6.1 it plummeted to red around 52. Upgraded the plugins, deleted cache, etc.. no improvement. I can’t figure out what could help. Pl let me know. Rest is fine so far. Thanks.
When i check my Site Performance in Google Pagespeed .. Its showing very Bad results .
What changes should i make to get good score and improve my blog performance
My BLOG URL : http://www.cabuzz.org
I am trying to optimize my site because the google pagespeed test results came back poorly. The site is rated at 35 which is low. How can I optimize my site without having to do it all over again?
Thank you
Hello,
Years ago, when I decided to buy the best and fastest wordpress theme, I found Newspaper theme after checking many other themes. The most important feature to me was the speedscore of this theme. However, as most of you know that this is not so fast any more. Yes, this theme has been improved in many aspects, but the importance given to speed has decreased, too.
Even the images of the are not compressed: http://prntscr.com/e14utx
As the pagespeed is one of the most important signals of SEO to rank higher, you are supposed to pay more attention to speed as once you did 🙂
Please, share your ideas about this issue!
Thanks…
I took a look…
My initial thoughts… Damn! That is a big website! and I really don’t want to f it up… It’s a very good looking site and interesting too…
It appears what is slowing down your site the most is the images. About 30% of the page/post sizes is the logo which is 500kb… appearing on all your posts and pages.
After running your website at google pagespeed insights you will see a link for optimized resources for your site at the bottom. I downloaded them and the optimized logo from Google is only 10 kb. And the logo looks to be the same quality and clarity as the large size one on the site.
As you likely know bigger pages equals longer load times.
For the rest of your images, it would be good to optimize them using an image optimizer plugin such as ewww image optimizer. After that you would need to regenerate the thumbnails using regenerate thumbnails plugin for the images to display correctly. I am a bit wary in this advice though as you have many images and it will take very long.
At gtmetrix.com the site scores very low for “remove query strings from static resources”
The code I am using on my site to score 100 for this adding the code below to functions.php
function _remove_script_version( $src ){
$parts = explode( ‘?ver’, $src );
return $parts[0];
}
add_filter( ‘script_loader_src’, ‘_remove_script_version’, 15, 1 );
add_filter( ‘style_loader_src’, ‘_remove_script_version’, 15, 1 );
Your site generates a lot of requests to load… (109)
I think many of those requests are due to your site calling youtube for the thumbnails used on the videos. You should look to have the thumbnails on your website for the videos, then your site won’t have to wait for youtube to send them. I am using ARVE plugin on my site to do this, BJ Lazy Load also does this but ARVE looks better.
I highly reccommend you get a second opinion on my suggestions incase something goes wrong. How long does it take to backup such a big site?
Hope it goes well… That sandbox sounds good… If all else fail give autoptimize plugin a shot. Be advised when it works it does wonders, when it doesn’t it can cause a lot of headaches.
Good luck 🙂
Hi, I’m trying to move css and js from header to footer in the mobile version of Newspaper (I’m actually using the plugin tagDiv Mobile Theme) using the method here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
I have also tried to put the code inside the function.php of mobile theme but when i go to load the website in mobile version i don’t find the css and js file IDs that i need for move them. I don’t even know if i can move the css and js of mobile version with the speed booster plugin.
Here is the test of Google Page Speed where you can see the files i’m talking about: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?hl=it&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgamesquare.it%2Frecensione-steep%2F&tab=mobile
Can you help me? Thanks in advance
hello
my deaf
PageSpeed Bad
http://i.imgsafe.org/a45c5beedc.png
*WP Fastest
*W3 Total Cache
*Super Cache
??????????
Hello
I have tested your website on Pagespeed Insights and I get this score -> https://www.screencast.com/t/luqxbyaZS Please notice that the speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized -> http://screencast.com/t/5m96x7WVMmt. Please notice that this is not a simple task and if you do not have any experience in this regard you will do not bring good results for the theme. Also, notice that we have a speed optimization tutorial but this is addressed only to advanced users. So, if you follow the steps which are presented in this tutorial here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ you can increase the page speed loading and if you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because the speed optimization services is not covered by our support policy, as you can read here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/support-policy-2/ Check our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/ regarding on dedicated server to fit to our requirements.
Please keep in mind that at the moment, we cannot provide optimization services because this task involve time-consuming and we do not afford to do this, sorry! We only can provide support for basic theme settings.
If you are not aware of these steps which are needed to take in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because we cannot provide custom work at the moment, sorry!
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Looks like Newspaper template need’s some optimization, what do you think about that guys?