LCP failing problem

  • Hi,

    I have been through a number of hoops to try and speed up my LCP score which I think has affected my search positions overtime.

    In short, I’ve ditched google fonts, notibar plugin, shared social icons plugin, lazyload plugins and and tried no’ of page speed plugins.

    I can’t fathom it except it appears one top paragraph is taking 3.5 sconds to load.

    I have been a longtime member of GP fyi, just waiting better mth to renew.

    Thanks so much if anyone can shed some light.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support David

    (@diggeddy)

    Hi there,

    the GB Free forum isn’t really the place for us to advise on performance issues. But i can provide some pointers.

    Running several tests on the URL, i see a varying degree of results. Which generally points to network / server responses.

    And to corroborate that, the one common opportunity is:

    Reduce initial server response time?Root document took 810?ms
    Your host should be able to investigate that issue, and may recommend adding Page Caching, Op Caches, CDNs to improve that.

    Any improvement you make to that is going to improve all opportunities.

    Thread Starter rob33

    (@rob33)

    Thanks David.

    Understood, I’ll renew soon.

    Thanks for giving me something to go on, will follow up with NC,

    Cheers

    Plugin Support David

    (@diggeddy)

    You’re welcome

    Thread Starter rob33

    (@rob33)

    I have spent much time trying to resolve this but my hosts state differently.

    The test file showed the better time to first byte value:
    https://www.giftofspeed.com/report/menspleasures.com/fCoUMr/

    I’ve contacted the technicians to double-check if there are any issue on the server side. They said there are no issues and apparently, the website needs optimization.

    Plugin Support David

    (@diggeddy)

    The site does need optimization, but comparing the actual page load time vs an empty test.php doesn’t dismiss theres a potential issue at the servrer. And 170ms delay on an empty template isn’t particularly great.

    Running multiple successive pagespeed tests on the provided URL returns wildy varied results, ranging from Good Green FCP and LCP values to deep in the red values. And the biggest contributor to the fluctuations is the Initial Server Response time.

    At a minimum you should add page caching to the server, this should eliminate the long and varied processing times,

    For the actual site optimization, look at plugins like PerfMatters or WP Rocket or one the alternatives. There main goal being to resolve these opportunities:

    Eliminate render-blocking resources
    Defer offscreen images 
    Reduce unused CSS 

    • This reply was modified 11 months, 4 weeks ago by David.
    Thread Starter rob33

    (@rob33)

    Thanks David, apologies for response time. Have renewed GP license so will switch to there if better, once I’ve addressed all your pointers.

    Plugin Support David

    (@diggeddy)

    You’re welcome!

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