- NewspaperWP Rocket and Newspaper Theme: Optimization Guide
- TutorialsFrom WPBakery to tagDiv Composer
- NewspaperNewspaper Theme Support
- NewspaperNewspaper theme documentation
- NewspaperWeather Shortcode
- NewspaperCloudflare (CDN)
- NewspaperBest Of Forums
- TutorialsSystem status parameters guide
- NewsmagWhat’s included in Newsmag theme package
- NewsmagRequirements for Newsmag
- NewsmagNewsmag documentation
- Thumbnails vs. Featured image size
- NewspaperThumbnails – Fix strange looking images on blocks
- NewspaperRequirements for Newspaper
- NewspaperHow to Make the Site Faster
Hi. .. sorry …
got major sidetrack due to being diagnosed with type II diabetes in 2014; then spent 2 years getting that under control, and 2 years “curing” it — I am now cured and drug free as of Jan 1, but I was moving a bit slowly on all fronts due to taking drugs several times a day, losing 50 lbs, hour of cardio every day, blah blah ….
Finally got around to moving our web server to HTTP/2 on May 12, 2018 (that’s how far behind I was on THAT…) …
Right now, I’ve been working through the different strategies for optimizing website based on:
A) HTTP/2
B) mod_pagespeed “on” – but tuned for bandwidth by default, then turning on select elements; optimizing config to load images via /server/path/ vs http in order to auto-generate webp format images for mobile; necessary for removing comments dynamically including stuff like TagDiv still putting in the theme version in the comments readable by bots which is invitation for hacking for edge issues with XSS and whatnot (BAD!).
C) changing approach to above the fold, due to the way HTTP/2 works; testing whether or not “front loading critical CSS” inline is needed or not; so far, using Lighthouse in Chrome, it seems to matter after all…
D) big trick is optimizing CSS to remove “unused” CSS entirely; using an online tool to scan pages, then basically generate a CSS file that is 40% smaller prior to anything else; Google’s Lighthouse now counsels on this issue, quite nicely — problem with *all* themes out there, sadly.
Since I have my own server, my optimizations are based on running number of daily updated news portals; and trying not to use external CDN and trying not to use static caching beyond opcache for PHP 7.2x and HTTP/2 et al.
Since this subject has been changing so quickly the past couple of years, the whole book thing became a bit pointless as the landscape keeps shifting.
So, again – I kind of moved over to seeing how far we could go with
– https
– php 7.2x with opcache on
– no cdn, or caching plugin in WP
– mod_pagespeed for dynamic optimizations; static /paths/to/images/
– optimized CSS and JS files
– HTTP/2 for nextgen page delivery
– yes/no above the fold critical CSS testing (still in progress!)
– yes/no placement of css/scripts header or footer (still testing!)
– yes/no on combining css and js into single files or not
Hi Simion,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
I want to use both speed booster and mobile theme active, so I did remove the line from the file, but the problem persists.
I still have the menu pop out every time I change pages on the website. I tried clearing cache as well.
Is there a different solution?
Thanks!
Hi,
I figured out the problem. This was the W3 Total Cache plugin. I was using this plugin till a while back. The plugin worked fine till the 8.8.1 update. After uninstallation of W3T, the elements appear as they should. Of course, there was the other issue of the W3T page cache not working. Some error in writing to the .htacees file. But that’s not theme related.
I am currently using WP Super Cache and the Speed Booster (without function file.php modifications) in place of W3T. Besides customization taking a while to appear on slow browsers, everything else seems to be working fine.
I plan to reinstall woo commerce and the theme’s mobile plugin – as my mobile speed is pretty dismal at the moment. Woo Commerce in the past reduced my website, forcing me to replace it with lighter plugins.
But this time, if I use
WP super Cache + Speed Booster + Mobile Theme (and woo commerce)
with the latest Newspaper update (8.8.1)
what kind of compatibility issues should I be expecting?
Also can either cloud flare’s minification setting or cpanel native minification settings be used alongside WP super Cache, Speed Booster, Mobile Theme.
Thank you.
Here are a bunch of guides on the subject:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cloudflare-cdn/
Thank you!
Hello,
Please check these guides for proper page speed optimization:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
We also recommend this Cloudflare configuration
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cloudflare-cdn/
For speedbooster you can disable the compatibility check like so:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tinymce-advanced-and-other-various-disabling-speed-boster/
Thank you!
Whensover i put the header ad code or sidebar code of medlife a GREY blank portion appears how to solve it ? And the header ad looks proper on desktop but in mobile theme a blank grey portion appears , i am having 5 months support pending and a newbie to wordpress so please help in simple non techy way. check below the screenshots of the grey blank area
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pjy27XT87MsGzdrm9
here is the medlife affiliate ad which i insert 
Thanks in Advance
Hi,
Super cache will serve the cached version of the website to non-logged users, try installing it and check while not logged in. Admins or logged users will not be served with cached content. We have a guide for it, the interface of the plugin changed but most of the settings are the same
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
Try to minify the CSS as well, minify it manually
– https://cssminifier.com/
Or try as suggested here in this topic
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tip-how-to-easily-minify-your-css-without-breaking-your-site/
I see only one error in the website, related to some plugin
– https://www.screencast.com/t/wEShUcm6qJrt
That might not cause slow loading speed however.
You should also consider using the latest version of theme theme when available, there are fixes and improvements with each update. Since 8.7.5 the theme is also GDPR compliant as well. This is an update guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Well i started with deleting the images from some blocks (less requests and better text to code ratio). Try to use only plugins if u really need them keep them as few as possible. Optimizing and compressing the images you post is something to do there’s several plugins wich can do that i use ewwww image optimizer (I should mention this plugin is not supported by the theme plugin TD Speedbooster).
Now the following things i recommand only if you know what you are doing because this can completely break your website. So what i did more was minifying all the css and js files i used and combined them both seperated ofcourse into one file. Created “above the fold inline css” and Preloading the combined ccs file and loading the js file asynced at the bottom and minified the html ….. thats basicly most things u can do too speed up your website.
Hello, my website – https://www.tutordevguru.com.
it’s taking too much time to load, I did all kind of optimization.Still same issue.
What should I do ?
Hi,
Yes, 256M would be sufficient for most users. Set it like that if possible and allowed by your hosting provider.
There are multiple speed optimization guides here in the forum, besides the official guide. Many users achieved great results and posted their own methods
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
Use a caching plugin and CDN if possible as well
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cloudflare-cdn/
Keep testing multiple plugins if needed, or different implementations until the website is as fast as it can be. Keep the plugin number as low as possible also. Also ads can cause the website to be slower.
Hello georgelaskos,
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 are 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 our requirements.
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/
Basically, these are the theme requirements
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
The website seems to be functioning correctly from what I can see. There would be room for some more improvements in loading speed if you want to make them. Test the website with the Google tool to see what can be done
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Note that mostly plugins and ads slow the website down.
Those PHP warnings should not cause any problems with the website, you could check periodically if more are generated.
Hello there, i am trying to increase the speed of my website. Also if i remove the javascript code at the bottom instead header will this boost up my website? If it’s a yes then can you please let me know how can i do this?
Need i to edit functions or other files?
Hi,
Actually I have not seen these warnings before, why would they assume this is a known issue of the theme is beyond me. Those warnings could be caused if you used letters or other characters in the theme excerpt fields
– https://www.screencast.com/t/3RUeGG68LQ
Please check all the modules and see if that is the case. If you used the tagDiv composer which also provides the excerpt fields for modules, check them as well in your pages
– https://www.screencast.com/t/BlZLoLB9D9r
In terms of loading speed, there are many topics and guides that you read and optimize your website. Some of them here
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
We also recommend this Cloudflare configuration
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cloudflare-cdn/
Of course the speed is also affected by plugins, server, and other aspects. You will have to analyze them and optimize the website for a better result.
Thanks
Hello,
Unfortunately there is no option to make the grid load faster. What you can do however is make your site load faster by using a few speed enhancement techniques as shown here:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tinymce-advanced-and-other-various-disabling-speed-boster/
Also you can try a few user submitted solutions:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
Thank you!
Hello easthulk,
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 are 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 our requirements.
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/
Basically, these are the theme requirements
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello
Emmm….
I have a big trouble
Since i use this Theme,The web site becomes very slow,and i don’t know how to optimize.
I use Google Page Speed,But it doesn’t work
1.You konw,In China,some foreign website can’t open such as google.com
So，I guess if is this reason.
2.On the other hand,If there are too many JS&CSS files to make the web site become solw?
3.And,I want to konw why there are so many pictures,I just want to show the only one picture.
4.The line of code is too long ?
These are all what I guess……
I like this theme,don’t want to change theme.
But,My ability is not deep
SO…I realy need your help,only you can help me o(╥﹏╥)o
Thanks a lot
If you can’t understand what i saying,This is Chinese version
自从用了这个主题之后，网站的打开速度非常慢….我不知道怎样才能加速
用Google Page Speed也检测不出来，我猜测的原因可能是这几个
1.网站中有些文件是调用国外的网站上的，而这些网站在中国被墙了，比如google.com所以才造成访问速度变慢（但我不知道是哪些网站）
2.网站上有很多的JS&CSS文件，是不是因为这些加载太慢了？
3.如图中的，一篇文章里面调用了同一张图片的不同大小，这样加载的图片数量是不是太多了，有没有办法优化？
4.是不是网站的代码太长了，我看这里已经有3286行代码了，这个能够减少吗？
上面这些都是我猜可能造成网站速度过慢的原因，这一块我也不是特别懂
因为Newspaper主题的功能太强大了，很多模板文件这些我都不会改，所以也不知道也有什么办法可以优化，只有你们能够帮我了o(╥﹏╥)o
非常感谢！
hi, I recently updated my website with your theme and I noticed a slowdown in performance. The site continues to load as if there were some background process that fails to load. On the homepage, for example in the slider images just below the featured images, the first img load and the rest remains empty or it load after 3 min.
Can you tell me what’s wrong with the site? The plugins installed are those suggested by you plus 2 extra (which do not affect the upload because trying to disable it does not change anything).
I could not install WP Super Cache because it says “not supported”. And the only warning I see in system status is this Speed Booster v4.9.3 – Disabled – incompatible plugin detected: akismet / akismet.php
I also have the jetpack plugin (by default) and disabled lazy load and other stuff.
Also Regenerated Thumbnails.
Tried to follow your guide for a faster website but I can not understand much …
Hello emssp,
I have checked your website on Google Insights and I got this -> https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?hl=ro&url=http%3A%2F%2Fotelders.org%2F&tab=desktop For more refferances in this case, please check the following topic rom here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-can-i-speed-up-my-site/
Thanks for the message!
Hello NatuMyers,
The status of your page speed can be checked here -> https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?hl=ro&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreestartupkits.com%2F&tab=desktop Notice that we have an useful guide where you will find all the neccesary steps which are needed to follow to make your website faster. Please check here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
That is a WordPress file that the theme uses in it’s functionality. These are some similar topics in the matter that you can read
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/admin-ajax-php-issues/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/admin-ajax-php-bandwidth-hog/
There are many website speed optimization guides here on the forum with helpful tips, some of them here
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
Thanks
I have gone through every step you mentioned here…
Here is my tdbooster edited code
https://cyberthana.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MYtdspeedboosterafterEdit.png
Here is the screenshot of my cleared cache in chrome after edit.
https://cyberthana.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ChromeCachhee.png
Here is the screenshot of my wprocket cleared cache after edit
https://cyberthana.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cachhe-cleared.png
After doing all the steps when I try to reload my website then still I am facing the same issue.
My website is LIVE with tdboooster plugin, so you can check what is the exact problem from your own.
Thanku
Hello Vijila,
Please notice that we have a useful guide for increasing your website performance which is here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ Please try to follow all the steps from there if you want to achieve good results to your website. Notice that the speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized and it 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.
Thanks.
Hello,
Please use these guides on how to make the site faster:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tinymce-advanced-and-other-various-disabling-speed-boster/
Also you can try a few user submitted solutions:
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
Thank you!
I found this similar topic in the super cache plugin forum
– https://wordpress.org/support/topic/few-questions-about-wp-super-cache-in-combination-with-cloudflare/
Seems they do not recommend using both at the same time.
If you want to try and optimize the website in general, there are many user provided tutorials that you can try, such as these
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/newspaper-theme-speedify-your-website/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/
