First Contentful Paint is very low. How can I fix it?

[Maxxius]

Hi, I'm trying to get the best result I can in Google Insights but fail miserably. Mobile version score is like 15/18.

If I disable google ads I get something like +15/+20 score in desktop version. And a few extra scores in mobile. I will eventually disable ads anyway.

Did using pagespeed module by google on the server help anything? Any tips are appreciated.

Would a free plan of cloudflare help significantly?

I'm using this theme. Switching to default theme does not make a big difference. Version IPS 4.4. Running on NGINX server.

 

[403 - Forbiddeen]

On 5/17/2021 at 11:44 AM, Maxxius said:

Hi, I'm trying to get the best result I can in Google Insights but fail miserably. Mobile version score is like 15/18.

If I disable google ads I get something like +15/+20 score in desktop version. And a few extra scores in mobile. I will eventually disable ads anyway.

Did using pagespeed module by google on the server help anything? Any tips are appreciated.

Would a free plan of cloudflare help significantly?

I'm using this theme. Switching to default theme does not make a big difference. Version IPS 4.4. Running on NGINX server.

 

You need to active a CDN to speed up your website, another good suggestion is active the GZIP.

[Maxxius]

gzip is active, using CDN when the server is in my country and absolute most of its users are also in the same country I see no real advantage of using a CDN. Am I wrong thinking that? would a free cdn plan suffice?

[Thomas P]

Upgrade to 4.5, we had very good results with the stock theme and our custom theme without ads. With ads we are still on 83/99.

There are a lot of things to tweak before using a CDN imo.

[Maxxius]

4.5 upgrade to is out of the question. completely. 😕

Only to 4.6 when it leaves beta stage and gets more builds like 4.6.5 etc.