NO! And I hate that the tool is so opinionated about this. Should they really be hassling you about a 3KB optimization on a 1MB image? C’mon! And some of the images don’t even have much to optimize. But some of the images may be intentionally left at higher quality (for better clarify), or larger size (for retina-compatibility). Some of the recommendations here are legit and you actually have images that should be optimized better via proper sizing or compression. Speed Index, Time to Interfactive, First Meaningful Paint, First CPU Idle, Max Potential First Input Delay: The problem with GPI is that it often way overstates your FCP times as being 5 seconds when browsing it yourself takes more like 1 to 2 seconds. In theory: first contentful paint around 500ms is great, around 1 second is ok, and longer should be optimized. Inaccurate! Just ignore and use the eye test. Let me say it again…GPI is at totally useless at best, or confusing/misleading at its worst. It’s just kinda blind-guessing at what how your website loads and how long it takes. You might also notice that GPI doesn’t even let you pick a server location to test from, which means it actually isn’t even measuring concrete times at all. And even the information it does give me is either completely unhelpful, or wildly off the mark. Doesn’t give me any helpful details or recommendations to look at. Just so I don’t mince my words: I NEVER use GPI! It’s crap. I randomly searched “speed addiction” just now and got the score for the top result….hahaha, it was 21 out of 100! SEE?! The test is absolute bullsh*t! Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself…search Google for any random keyword and check then run the Google Pagespeed Insights test for the top 10 results. They think this tool matters the most because it’s made by Google, which also runs the #1 search engine in the world.īut the reality is, there’s very little correlation between scoring well on this tool and ranking high on Google search engine. I list it first because it’s the most common and most annoying one that naive clients reference. #ENSURE TEXT REMAINS VISIBLE DURING WEBFONT LOAD WP ROCKET HOW TO#
Common Google Pagespeed Insights optimizations (and how to read them)īy far, my least favorite of all the page speed test tools out there.
Do Not Use Google Pagespeed Insights – WPFixItĪre you educated yet? If so, you may continue.
Speed Performance Grades don’t matter – Freelancer tools. Chasing the Perfect Rainbow – WordPress Speed Up Facebook group. Why Google Pagespeed, Pingdom, and GTmetrix scores don’t matterĪnd don’t take my word for it…read from other respected experts:. There’s a reason why TONS of experts tell you to ignore page scores! They’re helpful if you know what you’re doing but completely misleading and confusing if you’re a noob. It just gives a little warning message and over-simplified suggestion to correct.īut generally, I disagree with many of their recommendations and the way the results are laid out. 
The tools measure so many different things and yet don’t fully explain every little thing and why this or why that. It’s when you have naive users/clients trying to make sense of them that all of the sudden they become a problem. They’re made for professionals and use terminology that professionals understand. They work fine and are helpful… to professionals. There’s nothing wrong with using speed tests.
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