Use GTMetrix.com to test your page (homepage, plus about page), then look at the recommendations they provide. Large portion of optimization is done on the site itself, not the theme.
(I don’t work here.)

use fewer elements, and add some text on home page about the site. Then retest. Also, home pages generally have more elements. Try testing your about page, or a post.
(I don’t work here.)

basics of how widgets work, fyi
https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-wordpress-widgets/

Often security issue like htaccess misconfig, or MODSECURITY on server blocking it.

I don’t work here, but looooong time user … did you look at the docs?
https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-documentation/

Elemenmtor is not included nor advertised as included. That is a third party page builder you have to install on your own and can be installed from the WordPress org repo for free plugins. TagDiv includes their own TD Composer page builder, with support for WP Bakery builder (which I don’t use) if memory serves.

Hope that helps 🙂

I’m using PHP 8.2x on two sites. 7.4x on five sites literally in midst of updating today.

Check the default settings for WordPress. Also consider adding AKISMET.

enable the tdcomposer plugin

annual google reindex… searches and display of content havng issues past week.

Also check your header info to ensure feature image link is in the header meta data

make sure images are in minimum size, and format like jpg that google prefers…they do not do gif for instance

I use this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

WP SMTP is agnostic to any theme, it’s designed to allow the WordPress sendmail system connect to an email account on your domain to send an email as a user vs from php. Follow the instructions for the plugin you’re using to put in your mailserver name, email and login/password for email account (not WP login). You must have an email account setup on domain to accept emails and send emails; should not be your superuser admin account email.
*I don’t work here.*

that worked! Thanks 🙂

Thanks will try that. I thought I had, but perhaps I forgot to save the edit.

Also, occurred to me I could likely just edit the module itself, since I have touched several other files 🙂

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turn off Amp…Google has abandoned it

Have you setup security hardening for your site, such as blocking access to XML-RPC, includes pages for core, etc. Database can be overloaded if you have too many hack attempts pummeling site at same time as normal access to pages touching the php and dbase system.

Do you have enough resources allocated?
Do you limit the number of queries on home page, and sidebars, footers? Try to limit to no more than 3 modules on pages and 5 on homepage.
Did you disable image format/sizes not needed for your chosen modeules?
Limit number of elements in a mega-menu?

Try using GTMetrix.com to see what you can improve beyond server resources.

(I Don’t work here, just 5+ year tagdiv fanboy) 🙂

I don’t work here; but your license is for the Newspaper theme you are currently using, and not for Newsmag at all. Also means NO support is included. License is for (1) site install not multiple, so possibly if you have Newsmag on the same website might work temporarily until the licensing servers catch on. Dunno.

Not legal, if I read the license terms correctly on Themeforest.

probably need custom coded app with browser sniffer and subscription to the weather api
api info https://openweathermap.org/faq#onecall
( i do not work here, but we abandoned similar idea on our site )

Did you try disabling other plugins; turn off caching, turn on debug mode in your config file then look at the result when error generated?

Those are good first steps to debugging.
Also, recommend *not* going to PHP 8.4.
(I don’t work here.)

You can do quite a bit of security basics yourself, by setting proper file permissions, and adding elements to your .htaccess file that are agnostic to any plugin.
e.g.,
https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/hardening/

make them contributors? check out wordpress user levels not managed by theme
https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/roles-and-capabilities/

Make sure you don’t have a security plugin running that disables the REST API with is security hole along with XML-RPC.
Probably not the issue, just a thought.
https://jetpack.com/blog/wordpress-rest-api/

you might try switching to .svg logo; that’s what I’m in midst of doing.

Maybe html in the review?