There are too many performance issues on the site. Therefore, you need to either spend a lot of time acquiring knowledge of web programming or hire a professional optimizer.
Using one of the paid packages on cloudflare.com can partially help speed up the website.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by
Bohdan.
According to PageSpeed there are issues on both mobile and desktop load:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fboardgamingparent.com%2F%2F&tab=desktop
The slow initial server response can be reduced by using a caching pligin or moving to a faster host.
The render blocking issues sre usually fixed or improved by the autoptimize plugin, but you mention you have already installed and set that up. Are you sure it is set up optimally?
When you check the CLS issue specifically, it hgighlights “Avoid large layout shifts”. Have you considered restructuring the homepage so that:
– there are perhaps 6 articles/reviews for each pagination
– there are no share icons loaded unless the full page/article is opened
– the useful links are moved into the footer
– the subscribe form is moved to after each full review/article, rather than on the homepage
Good luck!
– the homepage is full width with two articles/review per row and no sidebar
Thanks for the advice.
Could you maybe explain how i can do the following:
– there are no share icons loaded unless the full page/article is opened
– the useful links are moved into the footer
– the subscribe form is moved to after each full review/article, rather than on the homepage
Any advice on optimal settings for autoptimize and super cache i have both but not sure if I have ticked the right boxes.
I can send screen shots of my set up but this chat doesnt appear to allow it
Ok so I have now run page speed index again and randomly i am showing 94% on desktop – mobile is still low though.
The cls issue seems to have randomly resolved? Not sure whats changed as it was fixed for mobile but not for desktop.
You’re welcome.
Could you maybe explain how i can do the following:
1. there are no share icons loaded unless the full page/article is opened
2. the useful links are moved into the footer
3. the subscribe form is moved to after each full review/article, rather than on the homepage
4 Any advice on optimal settings for autoptimize
1. Is that a plugin or the theme generating the share icons? I would check in the settings to see if you can deslect showing the share icons before the read more tag, or to only show them after the full post.
2. You could move those links into a footer widget. Or, perhaps better, move to a new Useful Links page.
3. Check the sidebar to see how that form is being added. e.g if it is a via a [shortcode], you could move that shortcode to the end of each post. Or, perhaps better, create a Subscribe button that links to a new subscribe page with that form embedded.
4. I don’t use either plugin so I can’t help there.
Ok so I have now run page speed index again and randomly i am showing 94% on desktop – mobile is still low though.
The cls issue seems to have randomly resolved? Not sure whats changed as it was fixed for mobile but not for desktop.
Fluctuations are not uncommon. Keep on optimising and improving the page layout. If your host uses LiteSpeed servers then the LiteSpeed Cache plugin would be a good alternative to SuperCache.
