Help with an impossible to optimize theme.

  • Hi

    Recently I had to develope a wordpress website on prebuilt theme for a client. Optimizations such as, image compression ( All images below 100 kb), Served images in webp format, minified and combined all css and js sheets. Used brotli and http2 push, enabled caching with high expiry added a cdn ( cloudflare with Automatic platform optimization). Even after performing all of these activities the scores on gtmetrix remains pathetic. I get LCP of 26 seconds. The site actually loads somewhat in less than 6-8 seconds in browsers for real users ( which I still consider slow). I have done trial and errrors with multiple cache plugins including wp rocker, w3 total cache pro, asset cleanup, breeze, wp fastest cache etc.

    Could someone please help me figure out what is limiting the gtmetrix score. attaching a gtmetrix report https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.thecurtainlab.com.au/mN4OxIFb/

    Currently the site configuration: Theme – Jannal windows and curtain theme.

    Plugins:
    All in one addons for wp bakery
    All in one wp migration
    Cloudflare
    CF7
    Designtheme core features plugin
    essential grid
    flying pages by wp speed matters
    Google maps easy
    Isometric tiles for wp bakery
    kirki customizer framework
    Lazy load optimize image
    Loadloader pro
    Logo carousel
    Mobile Menu
    Mystickyelements
    Ninja google place review pro
    Popupmaker
    Really simple ssl
    slider revolution
    Ultimate addons for wp bakery page builder
    w3total cache
    webcraftic robin image optimizer
    webpconverter for media
    wp mail smtp
    wp bakery
    Yoast Seo

    Site is completely passed through cloudflare with APO enabled.

    After so much of trial and errors and breaking my head on this, I concluded it could be the theme. But is there any way to optimize this.

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  • Topher

    (@topher1kenobe)

    There is an ENORMOUS amount of javascript on that page, and the cache appears to be duplicating a lot of it.

    In my professional opinion a much simpler theme would solve your problems, but if you must keep this one, try using a script concatenation plugin, to smush them all into one giant file.

    Thread Starter mattcopperfield

    (@mattcopperfield)

    Hi Tropher,

    Thanks for the suggestion, I tried to concatanate all the script into one file using asset cleanup pro but this reduced number of js files but the scores didn’t improve. That one single js file was taking too much time to evaluate and parse, Is there anything else I can do with maintaining the same theme

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