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Hi, I’m really happy with the theme but since the new GTMetrix and Google Pagespeed updates the scores are very bad unfortunately..
Demo website Post (67 desktop / 13 mobile): https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgillion.shufflehound.com%2F2016%2F01%2F31%2Flesson-1-basics-of-photography-with-natural-lighting%2F&tab=desktop.
Demo website Homepage (37 desktop / 13 mobile): https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgillion.shufflehound.com%2F&tab=desktop.
Are there plans to get these scores to 90+? I’m considering to have to build my own theme now since this is really not looking great 🙁
Hi @dirkvang,
I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.
The website loading speed depends on various factors as described in the following pages.
https://www.bitcatcha.com/blog/2015/10-frustrating-reasons-why-your-website-speed-is-slow/
https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/kb/website-running-slow/
https://gtmetrix.com/why-is-my-page-slow.html
You can improve your site performance as described in the following pages.
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-performance-speed/
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/WordPress_Performance
https://wpengine.com/blog/page-speed-wordpress-performance/
https://themetrust.com/test-wordpress-site-performance/
To optimize images and load them faster, you can use any of the following plugins.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/
Best regards,
Shufflehound team
