Hi there,
I have been struggling for few months now but the website that i built using newsmag wordpress theme is still slow. The website link is https://annals.edu.sg.
I have tried to implement w3 total cache, upgraded server hosting plan, etc and i still think the website is still loading too slow.
Is there any suggestions/ideas to improve the speed? or is there a way to take out some css/js/elements that are not used in the newsmag theme?
Please advise soonest!
Regards,
Frans
Hi,
I checked the site and what I could recommend would be to make a backup of the site and then update to the latest version of the theme.
Other suggestions, I saw that you have set images and banners on the site, and they did not specify the width and height – https://i.imgur.com/Pjsy8jx.png – https://web.dev/optimize-cls/?utm_source=lighthouse&utm_medium=lr#images-without-d , most of the images do not have an alt – https://i.imgur.com/zcXQmMb.png, solving the problems with the images should also improve the performance of the site.
Also, for images you can use EWWW Image Optimizer, Smush, or Imagify.
Another suggestion would be to do a test with php v8.1 and see if it helps.
I hope these suggestions help you, and after you try them we can re-check the site and see what can be improved.
Thank you!
Hi Calin,
Thanks for the suggestions. I will try it and see if it helps to improve the speed. 🙂
Regards,
Frans
Hi Calin,
Our team have did some of the suggestions and also did a bit more of other things to improve the speed. I want to ask about the theme update whether it will affect any of our edited codes which are mostly inside ‘legacy’ folder? Our team updated quite numbers of the codes to suit our needs.
Please advise soon.
Regards,
Frans
Hi,
Yes, unfortunately, the changes that take place in the theme files are lost when the theme is updated.
It is recommended that these be done using a child theme so that these changes are not affected by the update – https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-child-theme-support/
Thank you!
