{"id":24811,"date":"2019-04-24T13:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T13:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=24811"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:02:40","slug":"wp-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Speed up Your Elementor Site Using WP Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24811\" class=\"elementor elementor-24811\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0df4cbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0df4cbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-844ae41\" data-id=\"844ae41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9067343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9067343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With page speed being a ranking factor and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/google-page-experience-update-2021\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Page Experience Update<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rolling out, we&#8217;re living in an era where it&#8217;s inconceivable to run a website and not take care of its performance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you think that this is too much to bear, and you don&#8217;t have time to keep up with Google&#8217;s recommendations, web performance optimization techniques, and so on: we feel you, but we&#8217;ve got your back!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this blog post, you\u2019ll discover how you can easily optimize your Elementor site and improve its speed. We&#8217;ll do so by using one of the best premium cache plugins for WordPress: WP Rocket.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6248dd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6248dd8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f6d12b\" data-id=\"0f6d12b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a2c2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a2c2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Should You Care About Your Site\u2019s Speed?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db5c006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db5c006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/marketing-strategies\/app-and-mobile\/mobile-site-speed-tools-load-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the average mobile web page takes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/data\/mobile-shopping-ecosystem-page-load-speed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15.3 seconds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to load fully. The problem is that more than half of visitors will abandon a mobile website that takes more than three seconds to load.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moreover, if you run an e-commerce site, keep in mind that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portent.com\/blog\/analytics\/research-site-speed-hurting-everyones-revenue.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the first 5 seconds of page load time impact the most on conversion rates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s clear why you need to take care of your site speed, isn&#8217;t it?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boosting speed and performance is also essential to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/google-core-web-vitals-wordpress\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">improve your Core Web Vitals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which are part of the latest SEO ranking factor, and optimize your PageSpeed Insights score.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Given this context, how can you make sure that your WordPress website is loading as fast as it can? Do you need to plunge into technicalities and get your hands dirty with code to make your site faster?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luckily, the answer is <\/span><b>no<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Running a fast website is not as difficult as it sounds, but it&#8217;s fundamental to have the <\/span><b>best optimization tools within reach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are several essential steps to follow to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/guide-to-page-speed-optimization-for-wordpress\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speed up a WordPress site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Now, we&#8217;ll assume that you have already taken care of most of them. For instance, we&#8217;re taking for granted that you already chose the best hosting provider and got rid of slow plugins.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ll focus on the importance of having a cached and optimized site.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d5ebb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74d5ebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/marketing-resources\/data-measurement\/mobile-page-speed-new-industry-benchmarks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mobile-page-load-time-and-bounces.png\" title=\"mobile-page-load-time-and-bounces\" alt=\"mobile-page-load-time-and-bounces\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Credit: Think with Google<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e84a67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e84a67\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3ca137\" data-id=\"f3ca137\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82bb87e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82bb87e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Is Caching Important for the Performance of Your Site?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74ec66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c74ec66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A cache plugin takes what we could call a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">snapshot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the dynamic content that WordPress serves and converts it to static content: this way, all the HTML, images, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/what-is-css\/\"   title=\"What Is CSS? How to Use it in Web Design (2025)\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26554\">CSS<\/a>, and JS files of your site will be cached.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a visitor wants to see that cached content, your WordPress site won&#8217;t have to consult the webserver to show the page: it will simply send that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">snapshot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the visitor&#8217;s browser in the form of an HTML file.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This makes the process a lot faster: the heavy lifting that WordPress has to do to send a web page to the browser is limited to the very first time the page is visited.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All the visitors coming after the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">snapshot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will benefit from it, and they&#8217;ll be able to receive the full page a lot faster than before.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a detailed overview of WordPress caching, you can read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/wordpress-page-caching-explained-in-plain-english\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caching for WordPress, Explained in Plain English<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb15cc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb15cc8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0457f41\" data-id=\"0457f41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a04a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a04a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Use Wp Rocket to Make Your Elementor Site Faster?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-724a2f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"724a2f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WP Rocket is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/pricing\/?utm_source=elementor&amp;utm_medium=referral\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">premium cache plugin for WordPress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its primary goal is to make your WordPress site load faster in the easiest way. It comes with a bunch of exciting and powerful features that will boost the performance of your website in a few clicks and make your visitors fall in love with it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are three plans available:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Single<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if you only have 1 website;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Plus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if you want to use it on 3 sites;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Infinite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if you&#8217;re going to cache an unlimited number of websites!<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you&#8217;ve chosen the best WP Rocket plan for your needs, you&#8217;ll have access to the account page. From there, you can download the plugin and install it on your WordPress backend.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9378913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9378913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=477\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/homepage-1024x611.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/homepage-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/homepage-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/homepage-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1314\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/homepage.png 1314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b5a019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b5a019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wp Rocket Automatically Applies 80% of Web Performance Good Practices Upon Activation.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a6f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94a6f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The plugin is meant to work right away and with minimal configuration.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As soon as you activate WP Rocket, your website will instantly benefit from:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Page caching (static HTML file cache)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Browser caching (on Apache, if available on the server)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GZIP compression (on Apache, if available on the server)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cross-Origin support for web fonts (on Apache)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detection and support of various third-party plugins, themes, and hosting environments<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Combination of inline and 3rd party scripts<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26556\">WooCommerce<\/a> Refresh Cart Fragments Cache<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Optimize Google Fonts files<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disable (WordPress) Emoji<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, as soon as you activate WP Rocket, you&#8217;ll see an improvement in your site speed and PageSpeed Insight score.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rest of the options are, well\u2026optional!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you don&#8217;t feel confident with them, there&#8217;s no need to use those. As we explained, the loading time of your website will improve significantly just upon WP Rocket&#8217;s activation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7efafe4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7efafe4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2714c3c\" data-id=\"2714c3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f57202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f57202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So, Which Are the Best WP Rocket Settings for a Site Built With Elementor?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e82c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e82c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This question can have multiple answers. <\/span><b>There\u2019s no fixed set of options that should be activated on <\/b><b><i>every<\/i><\/b><b> website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every site is different, and even if they might have Elementor in common, several factors can influence the choice of the best WP Rocket settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the sake of this post, we built a little site with Elementor, so we can see together how WP Rocket behaves on it and which options work best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, you should then test these options <\/span><b>on your Elementor site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: this is the only way to find the best balance, given the specifics of plugins and customization used on your site!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f4027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7f4027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We built this demo site using some of Elementor\u2019s pre-built pages and blocks and added some customization: widgets, images, and videos<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6bd86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb6bd86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=408\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage-1024x522.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage-1024x522.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1536\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage-1536x783.png 1536w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1749\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/test-site-homepage.png 1749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4fdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d4fdc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now, let\u2019s test!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f390bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f390bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97cccc4\" data-id=\"97cccc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0750543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0750543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Check If Wp Rocket Is Making Your Elementor Site Faster<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef6d56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aef6d56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the Elementor site we\u2019ll be working with: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mega.wp-rocket.me\/elementor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an Interior Design portfolio website.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s hosted on a dedicated OVH hosting plan; it runs WordPress<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 5.8.2 and PHP 7.0.33.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before activating WP Rocket, let\u2019s test the initial speed of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mega.wp-rocket.me\/elementor\/interior-design\/\"><b>its heavier page<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which contains more images\/videos than others, including a slider and the video of our latest release, WP Rocket 3.10. Keep the slider in mind because we\u2019ll go back to this element later in the article.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83e42d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a83e42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=600\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/testing-site-video-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/testing-site-video-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/testing-site-video-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/testing-site-video-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1073\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/testing-site-video.png 1073w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-470ce2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"470ce2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s the video included in the test site<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc00be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc00be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note: When you run your speed audit, remember to test the speed of all your pages!<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To test our page, we\u2019re going to use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebPageTest<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and set up the testing environment as follows:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Test location: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paris, France<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (since it\u2019s the closest location to my server in France);<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Browser: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chrome (Desktop)<\/span><\/i><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connection:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> LTE Mobile<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (12 Mbps, 70ms).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re choosing LTE Mobile to get a glimpse of the performance <\/span><b>from a slower network <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">instead of an unthrottled connection.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t forget that not all your visitors will access your site from the fastest connections: that\u2019s why it\u2019s important to monitor the speed of your site from different scenarios.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the content of my site is not different on mobile, testing the desktop version using an LTE Mobile connection will produce results that could be fairly assimilated to <\/span><b>how the mobile version performs on a modern smartphone.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll also test the page with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pagespeed.web.dev\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to measure the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/improve-lighthouse-performance-score-wordpress\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lighthouse performance score<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfbe038 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfbe038\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94427ee\" data-id=\"94427ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e99ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26e99ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testing the Speed of Our Site: Before Caching<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07cc748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07cc748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a very simple portfolio site, so we\u2019re not expecting it to be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">too<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> slow. But the automatic optimizations implemented by WP Rocket will be visible right away.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/result\/211123_BiDcPA_7bb437842f13a27559aa29913b17196d\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s how the page performs without any optimization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This portfolio page certainly needs some love since it\u2019s loading in<\/span><b> 6.2 seconds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e9013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65e9013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=235\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-no-wprocket-1024x301.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-no-wprocket-1024x301.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-no-wprocket-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-no-wprocket-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1480\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-no-wprocket.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83f920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a83f920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebPageTest.org &#8211; No WP Rocket<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a98d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53a98d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The PageSpeed Insights score and the Lighthouse metrics also show a big room for improvement:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0760a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0760a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=589\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pagespeed-insights-no-wprocket.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=930\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pagespeed-insights-no-wprocket.png 930w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pagespeed-insights-no-wprocket-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/pagespeed-insights-no-wprocket-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e633e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e633e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PageSpeed Insights &#8211; No WP Rocket<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa8a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aa8a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All the red flags are caused by many performance issues that PageSpeed Insights lists in the Opportunities and Diagnostic section.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For instance, you can see that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/google-core-web-vitals-wordpress\/eliminate-render-blocking-javascript-css\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eliminating render-blocking resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/google-core-web-vitals-wordpress\/remove-unused-javascript\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reducing unused Javascript<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are the main recommendations, alongside serving images in next-gen formats, reducing initial server response time, and many more. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-994a21e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"994a21e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=751\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-and-Diagnostics.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=942\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-and-Diagnostics.png 942w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-and-Diagnostics-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-and-Diagnostics-768x721.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ad5a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63ad5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PageSpeed Insights &#8211; Opportunities and Diagnostics<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c30ae5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c30ae5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the list is pretty long, let\u2019s see how WP Rocket can help!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9440a56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9440a56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d24ea8\" data-id=\"7d24ea8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6561311 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6561311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testing the Speed of Our Site: Caching + Powerful WP Rocket Options<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b7d2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13b7d2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As explained above, after activating WP Rocket, you&#8217;ll automatically enable <\/span><b>80% of the performance best practices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including page and browsing caching, GZIP compression, a combination of inline and 3rd party scripts, WooCommerce refresh cart fragments cache, and more.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to those, we&#8217;ll also enable the following options <\/span><b>one by one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the File Optimization tab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minify CSS Files\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Optimize CSS Delivery (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/google-core-web-vitals-wordpress\/remove-unused-css\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remove Unused CSS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option should be your first choice)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minify JavaScript files<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Load JavaScript deferred<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delay JavaScript execution<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the Media tab:<\/span><\/i><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LazyLoad for Images<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LazyLoad for iframes and videos<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replace YouTube iframe with a preview image<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add missing image dimensions<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Note<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every time I enable an option and save the changes, I check the website from an incognito window of the browser to see if everything is fine. This is particularly important for advanced options like those included in the File Optimization tab since they can sometimes conflict with other plugins or theme options. If some option conflicts with your site, leave it disabled and clear the cache to override its effect.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now the code of my page is optimized (thanks to minification, combination, optimization of CSS and JS files); images are loading only when the user scrolls the page, and YouTube video has been substituted by an image preview (thanks to LazyLoad).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to some powerful features that tackled JS and CSS optimization, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/result\/211124_AiDcWG_129db1f0f90aeed1d93d0702641122be\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the fully loaded time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is now <\/span><b>just 2 seconds!<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e89f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75e89f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=234\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-1024x300.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81229\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-1024x300.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-768x225.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1468\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket.png 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4905e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4905e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PageSpeed Insights &#8211; With WP Rocket<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da61b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da61b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost all red flags have turned into green ones. The only two opportunities that stayed orange are related to image optimization:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d624e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d624e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=174\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-section.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=942\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-section.png 942w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-section-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-Opportunities-section-768x167.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c5727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0c5727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PageSpeed Insights &#8211; Opportunities section<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d74c46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d74c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-418fe894-7fff-31b4-0318-0e85537e7637\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;vertical-align: baseline\">No worries! Here\u2019s how we\u2019re going to fix these issues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce950c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce950c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e855ead\" data-id=\"e855ead\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57e79c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c57e79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fine-Tuning With Image Optimization<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff05e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ff05e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To fine-tune our optimization process and <\/span><b>get a 90+ PageSpeed score<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, we should reduce images\u2019 size and convert them to the WebP format, one of the next-gen formats that PageSpeed Insights recommends. As a cache plugin, WP Rocket can\u2019t reduce image size on its own, but it counts on a smart helper: the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/imagify.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">image optimization plugin Imagify<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Imagify, we can easily run a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bulk Optimization<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to reduce the page\u2019s images size. Then, we\u2019ll <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/imagify.io\/blog\/serve-next-gen-formats-wordpress\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">convert the images to the WebP format<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These simple actions significantly impacted the page\u2019s performance and addressed the orange PSI recommendations. It doesn\u2019t come as a surprise:<\/span><b> our PageSpeed Insights score is now green<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as almost all the Lighthouse metrics:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b327c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85b327c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=552\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-With-WP-Rocket-Imagify.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=935\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-With-WP-Rocket-Imagify.png 935w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-With-WP-Rocket-Imagify-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PageSpeed-Insights-With-WP-Rocket-Imagify-768x530.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d982df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d982df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PageSpeed Insights &#8211; With WP Rocket &amp; Imagify<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e4a36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75e4a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: If you\u2019re wondering why the Largest Conteful Paint grade hasn\u2019t gotten a green score alongside the other scores, you should remember that we included a slider in the page we tested. The LCP score went from 10.5 seconds to 3.7 seconds, so the performance largely improved. Nonetheless, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/why-you-shouldnt-use-a-slider-on-wordpress-and-other-performance-bad-practices\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">using a slider is bad for performance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and even a powerful caching plugin like WP Rocket can\u2019t completely eliminate such issues. That\u2019s why you should always avoid sliders, animations, and preloaders if you want to boost your site speed at its best.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Going back to the PageSpeed Insights audit, we can see that the orange flags are now in the passed audits section:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5905fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5905fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=346\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/passed-audits-images.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=933\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/passed-audits-images.png 933w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/passed-audits-images-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/passed-audits-images-768x333.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07319ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07319ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passed audits &#8211; PageSpeed Insights<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304729d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"304729d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.92;margin-top: 15pt;margin-bottom: 15pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Now, if we check the speed for a faster Internet connection (remember we were simulating LTE mobile speed), we\u2019ll get even better results, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/reports\/mega.wp-rocket.me\/s0W5XuxN\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">like <\/span><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/result\/211124_BiDcS5_b9c59ba758029e0749984eca94576e2b\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">this one<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3006d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3006d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=228\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-imagify-1024x292.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-imagify-1024x292.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-imagify-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-imagify-768x219.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1468\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/webpagetest-wprocket-imagify.png 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-993a772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"993a772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WebPageTest.org &#8211; With WP Rocket &amp; Imagify<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e8f51f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e8f51f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now, the loading time is just 1.3 seconds! It\u2019s been a long way from our initial loading time \u2014 6.2 seconds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-193714f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"193714f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf35ea7\" data-id=\"bf35ea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c3493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39c3493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wrapping Up<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9601bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9601bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Optimizing your site speed and improving its performance doesn&#8217;t have to give you headaches. 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