Hello,
I have big difference in mobile and desktop PageSpeed Insights.
PageSpeed Insights for desktop version is above 90. It can go to 95 and even 98.
At the same time PageSpeed Insights for mobile version is much lower – 55 to 70.
On two sites I have cloud template and on third I use default template.
I expected cloud template for mobile will give speed boost.
I know speed depends on web hosting server but on one site I use CDN and on one I have semi-dedicated hosting.
It is strange that at the same measurement in PageSpeed Insights there is always same difference between mobile and desktop page version.
For example:
Mobile version:
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.6 s
Total Blocking Time: 330 ms
Time to Interactive: 6.0 s
First Contentful Paint: 2.8 s
Desktop version:
Largest Contentful Paint: 1.0 s
Total Blocking Time: 10 ms
Time to Interactive: 1.1 s
First Contentful Paint: 1.0 s
That is for site with Cloud template and CDN.
Is that normal? Do you have any suggestion what to check in theme?
On site that is using non-Cloud template I don’t use mobile theme version.
I plan to cange that site to Cloud template.
GT metrix is great and is above 90. It goes up to 98%.
Thank you
Hello!
Our developers are working a lot to improve the page speed in every update.
So, please make sure you use the latest update of the theme and plugins because it may help you for your page speed. First of all, please make sure you have a backup done and then you can update the theme and the TagDiv plugins also.
I recommend you to make a backup and update plugins and the theme via file transfer, so that you don’t face any error: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Also, to increase the page speed you can check these similar topics for more solutions:
– https://www.infophilic.com/get-almost-100-pagespeed-newspaper-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/score-100100-pagespeed-with-newspaper-wordpress-theme/
– https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/v5/about
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnkVapqhIHc
Please note that page speed is not covered by the support team: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-support/
Thank you!
Hello,
Thank you for a quick replay.
I am using latest theme version on all three web sites.
I read most of links you wrote.
What is strange to me is that desktop version has PIS 90-96 and mobile PSI is 60-70.
To me it seems like some problem in serving mobile version.
Maybe mobile image since Largest Contentful Paint for mobile is 6.6. even with CDN.
I don’t expect support for speed but I think this is related to serving mobile version to visitors?
What is your experience? Should mobile version be as fast as desktop version regarding theme?
Hello!
It depends which option you use, because we have 3:
1. Responsive version: A responsive version of your website is looking similar like on desktop, edit the page with TagDiv Composer, click on the mobile viewport: https://www.screencast.com/t/XDQJedlggSB ; there you can see your mobile version and you can edit the elements there.
2. Mobile pages: https://tagdiv.com/newspaper-10-3-7-update-brings-customizable-and-fast-mobile-pages/
3. Mobile theme plugin: https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/
A full explanation you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGkOnJeNZY
The fastest solution for mobile is the 3rd one the Mobile Theme plugin. This one it has its own design, so it can be sure you have the optimal number of designed elements(basic ones) on the pages and also, you can optimize it to improve your speed. The fewer elements you have on the page, the smaller in size the page is and the CSS is smaller too.
Unfortunately, there is no button to hit and your page speed is very high. You need to try to optimize your website too and choose the fastest solution which suits you the best.
Thank you!
Hi crodexter, have you solved the problem?
It seems that the Largest Contentful Paint via Google Page Speed Insight is a critical problem in the Newspaper theme.
Have you found a solution? I am going crazy…
Hi, I switched to mobile theme. Now my score for mobile is also 90.
