thelastpoet I will like to add to this and share my setup.
1. I always start with the foundation, The hosting. I host on Digital Ocean – DO Link it is one of the best VPS hosting and quite affordable. This allows me to control what I install.
I use Nginx rather than Apache for the server since it’s fast and easy to implement http/2, which helps speed up things. Digital Ocean has a handy tool that can help you configure the best Nginx Settings for performance and security. It is available here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/nginx.
For my setup, I have Ubuntu 20.04, Latest Nginx, Mysql 8, and PHP 7.4. I also add Redis Cache since I am using AMP on my site.
Then make sure the php.ini is set to these values – https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/.
2. WordPress
When it comes to WordPress, I make sure I have the latest version and only install the plugins I need and keep them to the basics.
This is categorized under – Theme specific plugins like Tag div composer, tagDiv Cloud Library, tagDiv Mobile Theme (since I use AMP). I don’t install the others.
Then I get one for security, for speed; I get caching and image compression, SEO, contact form, and user tracking.
I have – Yoast, Ithemes security, Google Sitekit, WP ROCKET, Imagify, Forminator, and Redis Object Cache.
The plan is to use few plugins as much as possible.
3. Theme customization – I follow most of the guides here, but I don’t enable lazyload in theme settings, and I make sure not to load google fonts. (There is a feature in tagDiv composer where you can use only system fonts).
4. WP Rocket – I enable most of the features, and since using the mobile theme, I enable mobile cache. The most important feature is where you can delay Javascript execution; it does wonders.
The rest will depend on your setup. I think the theme has improved, and it is not a challenge to achieve good lab scores.
I am waiting to see how field data will change over time.
*Pardon my English.
thelastpoet Now that you asked, here is a link from the website. You can test any other article at random, and the results will still be the same.
One thing you need to know is the difference between field data and lab data. What most people test on page speed insights or Gtmetrix is lab data. Your page might perform better in the lab, but in the field, things are different.
The lab data displayed is an aggregate of the last 28 days. I just implemented the changes in less than 15 days, so I will take more time to wait and see how Google will compute the average after 28 days.
Also, important to note about core web vitals is that users on a slow network might affect the scores. Check this article – https://www.searchenginejournal.com/countries-with-slow-internet-can-affect-core-web-vitals-scores/402684/
thelastpoet Hey Anamaria,
Can you make a recommendation to add it to future updates…
I don’t think disabling mobile themes is an option for us.
Do you think not having it on mobile but desktop makes an impact?
Please add this to your future updates.
thelastpoet Thanks,
When do you think the new update will be released?
thelastpoet Can this be Implemented? With Mobile-First Indexing having it on the desktop but not on mobile is not that efficient.
thelastpoet On the homepage, when logged in as admin you will see it on the top bar near the “Edit with Tag div composer”
thelastpoet Hey, Vlad, when you said mid-week, I halted migrating to another theme to wait for your update. What happened?
thelastpoet Thank you, I want to know if the proposed solution works with the mobile plugin & AMP
thelastpoet Does this solution work for mobile plugin?
thelastpoet Hi Calin,
I sent an email to contact@tagdiv.com and still have not received a response. Someone responded asking for my URL and license code but from there nothing.
thelastpoet Thanks, Calin, that would be perfect for me. I will do that and might upgrade later on to the newer version with better Ad Management.
thelastpoet This theme was great, especially the previous AMP plugin. The ad spots were well optimized for mobile. Now I am confused, should I turn all my Adsense Ad Units to AMP Units or leave them as they are.
I could use AMP Ads for AMP and responsive ads for the mobile plugin. Now they are combined and you have to serve just ads. This has led to revenue loss.
thelastpoet I have done that and it works. Waiting for the pages to validate.
thelastpoet Thanks, I wanted to increase the number of the Latest posts, they are currently only 3 same as the featured ones.
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thelastpoet Hi,
Thanks, I found the problem was due to the Inline Related Posts. Deactivated it and everything runs fine.
Thanks
thelastpoet Hello, thanks for the response. Here is the link https://goo.gl/s1RsP9 if you open a post from the homepage, you will notice a difference and takes time to load.
thelastpoet Unfortunately, I had to deactivate AMP from my blog due to many errors that showed up on Webmaster Tools and hence none of my AMP pages showed up on Google.
One thing I did not like from the WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin is that I had to contact them for support in removing the errors at a fee. Maybe they did they created those loopholes to earn something.
thelastpoet I have exactly the same problem, I had not noticed this before but then when I activate the mobile plugin, my posts are not clickable.
I am losing a lot of traffic and this explains the high bounce rate I have been experiencing. A huge percentage of my visitors are on mobile and if this is not resolved. I have to switch to another theme.
thelastpoet Thank you Bogdan, this worked
thelastpoet Hi, I would like to achieve the same as linearwhiz, but a look at Single.php I realized the code has changed since then. I am using the latest version of the theme. Where can I place the code?
Thank you.
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