- NewsmagRequirements for Newsmag
You can also test your page at GTMetrix.com – test a post, not home page. This will provide more help on how to optimize your site if new to WP.
Also, see my tutorial in the help > DIY > best of forums, for extended optimization for things like time to live, gzip/deflate — these alone are good for 20 points for pagespeed insights.
It’s a process to optimize your site if you choose to use complex “magazine” style theme. It’s very simple with non complex textual site/blog layouts.
So, expect to spend some time – there is no “one click” solution.
Hi,
I have contacted the support to help me with the speed of my website.
My site is incredibly slow. I have followed the instruction in the documentation by uploading the WP super cache and setting it as it is shown in the documentation.
I have uploaded the latest version of the Newspaper as well as the plugins that are included in the theme.
I also asked my hosting to increase the space in the WP-config. to 64MB, which they did and with all this, my website is still really slow.
I can’t work this way because it takes me ages to edit a page and it is really bad for the user and the SEO, well I am sure you know what I am talking about.
The result after uploaded the WP super cache on the “PageSpeed Insights” is 54/100, which is extremely slow!
I really need help with that, please.
Thank you
Seems like your mobile theme load js_composer style and js whats wrong ? Mobile theme does not uses visual composer thats great but why does it uses its assets?

Debug Mode with iPhone 3 as user agent

Hi everyone,
I’ve tested my site through Pagespeed insights and I have 12 CSS files that are blocking the conversion of the content.
After some research I found that the best way is to create a critical css for each one of these files. The major problem is that I do not know where to start. All tutorials I find on the Internet is for html versions. There are some plugins but they cause errors in this Theme. Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
Before changing the hosting plan, you could try to speed up your site: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviemag.lk%2F&tab=desktop
Please follow this guide:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Also please check the requirements for newspaper: https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
512 ram is too low.
Thank you!
Hi Cris, thanks for your support, I’ve tested my website (www.neuronews.com.br) via GTmetrix.com and it’s seems very nice (apparently), be in homepage or some post page, but when I do the scanning via Google pagespeed the page score is 63/100 plus a lot of issues, do you know what’s going on in this case? Which scanning tool is more accurate?
Hello,
Sometimes a few elements on your post will cause this such as tables or iframes. Please test another post that has just default theme elements inside it’s content. (make sure you test a post with pagespeed insights, not the homepage as pages do not get correct results on google page speed.)
As for the render blocking, this is not a theme problem but an optimization you can make. You can use the speedbooster plugin for this but be mindfull of the compatibility list inside the plugin code. You can read more about it here:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/speed-booster-questions/
Hope this helps.
Thank you!
Hi Bogdan,
I want to mention here you take too much time in replay. According to your reply, I have just test your theme demo http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/, at the mentioned link. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
But the soooooooo many problems as was in case of mine. Both for mobile and desktop.
You can also check directly from the above mentioned link as I am not sending screenshot with this message. I am mentioning some issues that are same for all the websites that are using newspaper theme.
The most important that needs removal immediately.
- Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
- Size tap targets appropriately
There are several others but I am just talking about these two because I don’t know how to tackle & go through with it. Where JavaScript and CSS going to block & what is meant by above-the-fold content? Which tap needs adjustments?
I am mentioning something about me that I am Electrical Engineer and I’ve purchased another domain http://www.tycoonzit.com/, I’d just thought to purchase newspaper again to use it for this site too. But these issues looking huge problem with the theme? If there is any solution then please provide us as soon as possible. Especially the first one needs immediate attention.
I’m not posting it somewhere or themeforest except here, also I don’t want to give -ve reviews about newspaper. As, I know that this stage required so much effort that you’r team and you had made.
If possible then replay in today’s time.
Seeking for reply.
Regards
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This reply was modified 10 years by
Akif Hameed.
Hi,
If you check our online demo with google pagespeed you will see there are no issues with it regarding responsiveness: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/
The demo represents the ‘untouched’ version of the theme, a ‘clean version’ if you will. If there is a theme problem, then our demo should also have it.
Please try to disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Then test your site again and compare the results. Plugins can cause such issues when they come in conflict withe the theme or each other.
Thank you!
Hi everyone,
Please I need your help guys, I’m facing a problem with theme optimization, I’ve hosted my website (www.neuronews.com.br) in the hostgator (shared server), it is the second time that they turn off my website (it is off right now), according to they it is consuming to much resources of the server.
My pagespeed is 64/100, my site is taking too much time to load the home page. I’ve already did an image optimization in all pictures.
Please could you guys give a piece of adive of how to solve this problem?
But please, I need a step-by-step guide, because I am not from IT area.
Точно не помогает???
Сильное подозрение на плагин Лайтбокса…
Вот этот файл: http://candoru.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/xmain-2.jpg.pagespeed.ic.DaI1e9y3-E.jpg
попробуй его убить и перезалить с нормальным именем, например, как “xmain-2.jpg”
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This reply was modified 10 years by
Edward.
Hi. Yes, is possible 🙂
Following the guides and forum I reached using Comet Cache, tagDiv Speed Booster, etc.
all nice, added in tagDiv Speed Booster the codes, removing statistic plugin by histats (js hosted at them), no ads.
but since I want to add some ads, and back my statistic plugin or other I need to get those 5% I miss:
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content : style.css
– if I add
$this->move_style_to_footer_queue('td-theme');
then is showing in pagespeed/insights back (reverts) all the changes I made… so, not good.
– if I add ‘td-theme’ line above and remove any other block that contains ‘td-theme’ in Speed Booster it crashes.
– There is a way to fix style.css render-blocking?
i ask, since i followed all the other codes, used them, it works, but not for style.css …
– other note: adding (‘js_composer_front’) breaked my homepage, any page I do with composer is showing a vertical line on the left side of the theme. so I now use only latest posts as homepage, to look fine.
– on mobile I have 84 / 100 just because of the same error, style.css in the screen above.
using wp 4.4.2 and v2.3.5.
Hi,
Please disable ALL your plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files. Then test again to see if there is any improvement. Please follow this guide https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ as i have checked your site with google pagespeed and saw that you need to optimize your site.
Thank you!
Myself have issue with render-blocking JavaScript and CSS… and and no plugin can fix it, how to?
I see demo theme that has 90/100 😐
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 2 blocking script resources and 6 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
Remove render-blocking JavaScript:
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.11.3
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…s/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1
Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…r=2.5.7-5693.pagespeed.cf.UDybPq-xWG.css
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…css,qver=4.2.pagespeed.cf.Io6Fs5icoS.css
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…%2C600italic%2C400%2C600%2C700&ver=4.4.1
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…%2C700%2C500italic%2C400%2C300&ver=4.4.1
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…s,qver=4.6.2.pagespeed.cf.JyfuAoEqVC.css
http://demo.tagdiv.com/…s,qver=6.6.4.pagespeed.cf.33YDcclKNz.css
Hi,
This is wat I have on WP:
ommon.min.js
admin-bar | /wp-includes/js/admin-bar.min.js
utils | /wp-includes/js/utils.min.js
svg-painter | /wp-admin/js/svg-painter.js
wp-auth-check | /wp-includes/js/wp-auth-check.min.js
yoast-seo-admin-global-script | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/js/dist/wp-seo-admin-global-320.min.js
td_wp_admin | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_wp_admin.js
td_wp_admin_color_picker | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_wp_admin_color_picker.js
td_wp_admin_panel | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_wp_admin_panel.js
td_edit_page | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_edit_page.js
td_wp_admin_demos | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_wp_admin_demos.js
td_page_options | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/td_page_options.js
td_tooltip | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/js/tooltip.js
thickbox | /wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js
registered styles
admin-bar | /wp-includes/css/admin-bar.min.css
colors | 1
ie | /wp-admin/css/ie.min.css
wp-auth-check | /wp-includes/css/wp-auth-check.min.css
google-font-ubuntu | http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu:300,400,500,700,300italic,400italic,500italic,700italic&subset=latin,cyrillic-ext,greek-ext,greek,latin-ext,cyrillic
td-wp-admin-td-panel-2 | http://rares-mag.com/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css
wp-color-picker | /wp-admin/css/color-picker.min.css
thickbox | /wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css
This is what I have on Google pagespeed test:
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…n+Sans%3A300%2C400%2C600%2C700&ver=4.4.2
http://fonts.googleapis.com/…%2C700italic%2C400%2C300%2C700&ver=4.4.2
http://rares-mag.com/…assets/css/js_composer.min.css?ver=4.9.2
http://rares-mag.com/…ntent/themes/Newsmag/style.css?ver=2.3.6
Please help find the ID. I don’t have other plugins installed.
Thank you.
Sorry…. I don’t work here sorry.
You can view my tutorials in the DIY on optimizing the theme with all the various settings I use to get 95+ on desktop and mobile. But mod_pagespeed is just a tiny part of that.
Mod_pagespeed can also be optimized on server which – again, has nothing to do specifically with this theme. For example, is the server using opcache with mod_pagspeed ? Are all the default filters turned on?
TagDiv folk might be willing to share their settings. But, again this is not a theme related issue.
Mod_pagespeed alone won’t fix all the optimizations needed for fastest site speed/loading, etc. — it’s a “helper” …
It does look like you’re using my settings from my tutorial and posts here, so good start. You need to experiment with the other filter settings. Again, I don’t suggest doing any of the merge/move CSS/JS options, as I found it breaks things. Your mileage may vary 🙂
See:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/module/config_filters#level
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This reply was modified 10 years by
simchris.
Hi,
Please help me on this error:
When I check my site with google insights, there are one error for js_compposer.css.
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aktifje.com%2F
Below is the snippets of the problem:
====================================
Should Fix:
Reduce server response time
Show how to fix
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 1 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
http://www.aktifje.com/…ssets/css/js_composer.min.css?ver=4.11.2
====================================
Apart of that can guide me on the Reduce server response time too?
Kindly check the source code of Newspaper theme Demo view-source:http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/
They using pagespeed to deliver some JavaScripts and CSS only. I have tried adding pagespeed in .htaccess but it also delivers images (PNG, jpg, jpeg) too. So I just want to know to deliver only JavaScript and CSS
Hi there,
I am not a expert in code or wordpress. I was testing my page in Google PageSpeed Insights ans GTMetrix and my page load time is to long, 50seg in avarage. I tryied some plugins and sudenly all images of my site are not showing. They are on midia library, but not in the site and I really don´t know what happened. Can you help me? What do you recommend to speed up the theme. I already downloaded the WP Super Cache. Please help me with the images.
Thanks,
Theme has nothing to d with mod_pagespeed.
This is something managed at hosting level, and should be optimized for WordPress in general. Do search online f or how to setup mod_pagespeed to work with WordPress.
Also, see my thread in the docs > tutotorials > DIY > best of forums on site optimization to see my settings.
I don’t recommend using mod_pagespeed for messing with CSS and JS files, as it is more likely to break stuff with WordPress, jquery, plugins, theme, etc.
Very much a trial and error — you need to test the settings for your own site, plugins, hosting, platform, etc., and then see how it works by viewing your page source, testing page speed insights, gtmetricx test, etc.
I tried adding following rules in my .htaccess file. it modifying my images URL in source code. I only want to use PageSpeed Module for js and CSS files in the source code.
<IfModule pagespeed_module>
ModPagespeed on
ModPagespeedEnableFilters collapse_whitespace
ModPagespeedEnableFilters remove_comments
ModPagespeedEnableFilters insert_dns_prefetch
</IfModule>
Kindly help me to use proper rules.
My .htaccess looks like this
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
<IfModule pagespeed_module>
ModPagespeed on
ModPagespeedEnableFilters collapse_whitespace
ModPagespeedEnableFilters remove_comments
ModPagespeedEnableFilters rewrite_images
ModPagespeedEnableFilters insert_dns_prefetch
</IfModule>
#Prevent Directory Browsing
Options All -Indexes
#Prevent Directory Browsing
#Prevent Image Hot Linking
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?regatulunit.com/.*$ [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ http://www.regatulunit.com/hotlink.gif [R,L]
#Prevent Image Hot Linking
# Do not allow access to hidden php files
RewriteRule ^\.(.*)\.php$ – [F]
# Do not allow access to hidden php files
#Protect Your WordPress Configuration wp-config.php File
<files wp-config.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</files>
#Protect Your WordPress Configuration wp-config.php File
#Protect .htaccess From Unauthorized Access
<files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
order allow,deny
deny from all
satisfy all
</files>
#Protect .htaccess From Unauthorized Access
Hello,
Thank you for your reply.
1. I have no added plugins active other than the ones you supplied.
2. I have installed your speed booster plugin and activated it.
3. I am using only your default demo and your content with no modifications.
4. The pagespeed insight still gives me terrible readings of 28 for mobile and 32 for desktop.
5. Other themes give me 70-100 for both so clearly the issue isn’t with my hosting.
6. After running pagespeed insight and activating ONLY your plugins, I get the following for mobile:
“Should Fix:
Enable compression
Leverage browser caching
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Minify CSS
Consider Fixing:
Prioritize visible content
Minify HTML
Reduce server response time”
For desktop, I get:
“Should Fix:
Enable compression
Leverage browser caching
Minify CSS
Consider Fixing:
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Minify HTML
Prioritize visible content
Reduce server response time”
What next?
Hi,
You can improve your page speed by following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
If you check our demo in the google page speed tool, you will see that there is no problem with the theme: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdemo.tagdiv.com%2Fnewspaper%2F&tab=desktop
Thank you!
Hello,
I just installed your theme on my site and then installed the default demo (with content). I didn’t change anything else. After running Google’s Pagespeed insights, I got 19/100 for mobile and 24/100 for desktop. Other WordPress themes I tried get MUCH better ratings than this (closer to 80/100). This is unacceptable.
What is the problem with your theme?