Improving my page speed

  • Resolved drain247

    (@drain247)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi I would appreciate if someone could spare their time to advise me as to why my site does not change its page speed.

    Things I’ve done:
    W3 Total Cache
    Yaost SEO
    Far Future Expiry header
    Ewww Image Optimizer
    Yahoo Smush It
    Remove query string from static pages

    But nothing changes on my google pagespeed insight; it still gives me low scores and tells me there are loads of errors and when I remove all the above which I have tried it makes no difference. When I use W3 Total Cache it also messes up my mobile menu but when I remove it; it goes back to normal.

    The address of my website is https://www.drain247.co.uk

    Many thanks to anyone that may be able to help me

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  • Hi. Here are the errors that I can see in PageSpeed insights:

    Optimize images

    You already have Yahoo Smush It installed on your website but have you used it properly? If you just installed it make sure you use the bulk smush it interface to try and optimize your website. If that doesn’t work, you should download the images and optimize them with PhotoShop or a similar software.

    Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

    This basically means that JS and CSS files should be at the bottom of the page. The WordPress functions wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style() have a parameter for this purpose.

    Reduce server response time

    The only way to fix this is to move to a better server or reduce server load.

    Leverage browser caching

    W3 Cache has a great section for optimizing browser caching.

    Minify CSS

    W3 Cache can take care of this for you as well.

    W3 Cache is a great tool but it requires a lot of tinkering. Just installing it on your website will not work.

    Thread Starter drain247

    (@drain247)

    Problem fixed. Thank you very much.

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