Since I’ve been using the Newspaper theme I’ve noticed my site speed has gotten a lot worse. My PageSpeed Insights score was very high but now is very low, especially on mobile. What can be done with the site and in the settings to remedy this? Can you help and take a look at the site to see what needs to be fixed?
Also, I am using a GDPR plugin to slide in from the bottom for the user’s consent. Is there an option with the theme where I can add this opt-in feature so it fits the style of the theme and then I can deactivate the other plugin?
Thanks!
Hello !
Unfortunately for the GDPR you will have to use an external plugin. Newspaper Theme does not offer this option.
The speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized, if you follow the steps which are presented in this tutorial here -> https://tagdiv.com/how-to-increase-page-loading-speed/ you’ll be able to increase the speed of your website.
Also you can check this similar topic for more solutions: -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/optimize-script-to-improve-site-speed/ -> https://www.infophilic.com/get-almost-100-pagespeed-newspaper-theme/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/a-few-tips-for-newspaper-x-speed-high-cpu-usage-issues/
Also if you want our custom services, you can contact our custom work team here: https://tagdiv.com/premium-customization-services/
Thank you!
Thanks, I made all of those updates. My desktop speed is a lot better now but mobile speed was still bad. I tried the mobile theme instead but still can’t get LCP under 4 seconds, even when I tested with most of my plugins disabled. I’m on managed WordPress hosting so that’s not the issue.
I tried a few of your demos and all of them scored pretty poorly on desktop and mobile pagespeed tests. One shouldn’t have to do so many tweaks to get an optimized theme and website. These should come out of the box blazing fast and optimized for desktop and mobile.
Could it be that when your themes were made years ago when site speed and LCP wasn’t as much as a factor (and now LCP is one of the biggest site speed factors), that your themes were not built for this and now they are outdated when it comes to LCP, at least on mobile?
So what’s being done to fix this? I’m not paying a custom service if your products are outdated. I thought a year of support meant that you would actually get into the site to help fix this, like how Thrive Themes actually helps fix problems without sending customers to a pricing page when they ask a question.
What are your fastest templates that I can test out?
Thanks
Hi acoustics86,
Yes, the LCP is a new element that was add by google an our theme like more of the theme has elements that when you are using can caused LCP. Our developers are working to improve these elements and to make the theme to get better results with every update that we make and even when new obstacles appears we face them. I’m sure that the problem with LCP will be improve in coming updates.
As for mobile theme plugin, this is making the mobile version faster, but hes less options and you still need to optimize your website.
For removing CLS from website, you can check these topic:
-> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/wpb-wrapper-causes-cls-in-desktop-version/
-> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/remove-cls-cumulative-layout-shift-from-html-element/
-> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/to-high-cumulative-layout-shift-in-mobile-theme/
Also please note that only testing demos page speed you’ll not see improvements, this is caused by more elements, like the plugins, options images content and so on, therefore all you use on our website can influence your website page speed.
Thank you for your understanding!
