Hi,
We ran the developers page speed test by Google and it has aksed us to do couple of things to fasten things up.
How can we do the following? Any options in the theme?
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gadgetbridge.com%2F&tab=mobile
websites: http://www.gadgetbridge.com
1) Eliminate render-blocking resources
2) Defer offscreen images
3) Defer unused CSS
4) Serve images in next-gen formats (does newspaper support webp image format?, I think I read somewhere it does not)
5) Minimize main-thread work and Reduce JavaScript execution time
Because of these the google mobile traffic has become lower, is there an update coming which is going to take of these?
Thanks
Hi,
There are many optimization guides provided by our users here in the forum, some made by us, you could check some of them
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
– https://www.infophilic.com/get-almost-100-pagespeed-newspaper-theme/
– 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!
Thanks calin will check them.
Hi Calin,
https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/ (this needs to be updated, it is couple of versions old)
We ave 4 GB RAM on the server with 2 Vcores dedicated to our site, do you think we can use APC full page cache.
we are trying lot of things however, are not able to get mobile theme upto 90+ on google page speed. 🙁
Hi,
Thank you for your message, well try to make the updates as sun as possible.
As for APC full page cache, if you can find some plugins that are compatible with Newspaper Theme, then it should work.
There are many guides here to optimist the site, please try this guides too.
– https://www.infophilic.com/get-almost-100-pagespeed-newspaper-theme/
– 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/topic/tip-how-to-easily-minify-your-css-without-breaking-your-site/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/cloudflare-cdn/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
https://kinsta.com/blog/google-pagespeed-insights/
Thank you.
Hi Spu,
I have your same problem on my website, in particular I got “Render-Blocking Resources” to fix.
I saw your mobile performance is very good right now (76 mobile Google Page Insights).
Could you tell me which WP plugins did you install?
Thanks
Hi,
You can try couple of things, first activate the mobile theme of Newspaper, that will bring the speed upto/over 45 (mobile).
Next you need to check the render blocking scripts.
I used this tutorial to bring those down. (you need to understand coding for a little while)
https://searchtides.com/eliminate-render-blocking-javascript-css-fold-content/
Also I am using lot of plugins to get the work done, You can also check some for yourself.
JCH Optimize is a good one to bring the speed index up. But remember if with plugins, the website might not work properly. So, keep experimenting.
I use WP Super chache, since any other cache plugin does not make the new stories appear, and you would end up cleaning the cache every time you post a new story/article. It is not the best Cache plugin, but seems to be the only one working with Newspaper.
We also use WP Smush Pro to keep the images size low.
Some of the plugins might reduce the desktop site index, as it puts more load on server, so make sure you have good RAM and CPU on the server.
Newspaper requires good amount of resources to be quick, no matter what anyone says you need good amount of RAM and CPU for your site to be fast if you are using this theme :).
However, Newspaper is much better than other themes we have seen, as they keep it updated and their support is excellent. Only thing missing here is infinite article load and infinite smart list load. Probably we will see it in the next update. That will make bounce rate lower and also time spend on site higher.
Hope all this helps!
