Gazette Featured Image delay

Hi there,

Gazette uses JavaScript to apply CSS classes when a featured image is present. Because of this design, it will always have a short delay in moving the image to the correct place. Really the only way to change it would be to rewrite the theme (or create a child theme) so that it handles this differently.

You might have better luck if you can use some sort of caching on your server. There are plugins you could try if you want to explore that. For help with them, you can post in the support forum for the plugin you decide to use.