{"id":31145,"date":"2022-10-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=31145"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:05:10","slug":"what-are-performance-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-are-performance-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve performance features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Increasing page speed helps visitors both find and stay on your website. Elementor has introduced a number of features to help improve your page speed by reducing code and optimizing the DOM, among other improvements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experimental performance features can be found in both the <strong>Performance <\/strong>tab and the <strong>Features <\/strong>tab.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experimental features found in the Features tab:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Optimized Control Loading<\/strong>: Improves site performance by loading controls only when needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Element Caching<\/strong>: Reduces loading times by serving up a copy of an element instead of rendering it fresh every time the page is loaded. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/element-caching-help\/\">Speed up page loading with Element Caching<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stable features found in the Features tab:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inline font Icons<\/strong>: Renders icons as inline SVG without loading the Font-Awesome and the eicons libraries and their related CSS files and fonts. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/inline-font-awesome\/\">Inline Font Icons<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Additional Custom Breakpoints<\/strong>: Add up to 6 customizable breakpoints beyond the default desktop setting: mobile, mobile extra, tablet, tablet extra, laptop, and widescreen.&nbsp;For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/mobile-editing\/\">Responsive editing for mobile and tablets<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To activate or deactivate these features, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-experiments-2\/\">Activate Elementor experimental features<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stable features found in the the Performance tab:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn these features on by using the dropdown menu to select <strong>Enable<\/strong>:<br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"414\" class=\"wp-image-54364\" style=\"width: 680px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Select-enable-from-the-dropdown.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Select-enable-from-the-dropdown.png 1274w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Select-enable-from-the-dropdown-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Select-enable-from-the-dropdown-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Select-enable-from-the-dropdown-768x467.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Optimized Image Loading<\/strong>: Improves performance by applying <em>fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221;<\/em> on LCP images and <em>loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; <\/em>on images below the fold. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/image-loading-optimization\/\">Optimized Image Loading<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Optimized Gutenberg Loading<\/strong>: Dequeues unused Gutenberg block editor scripts and styles. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/optimized-gutenberg-loading\/\">Optimized Gutenberg Loading<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lazy Load Background Images<\/strong>: Improves page loading speed by applying lazy loading to all background images except the first one. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/lazy-loading\/\">Lazy Loading<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-experiments-2\/\">Activate Elementor Experimental Features<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/speed-up-a-slow-site\/\">Optimize Speed For Elementor Websites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/\">Elementor Academy: Empower Your Web Creation Skills<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing page speed helps visitors both find and stay on your website. Elementor has introduced a number of features to help improve your page speed by reducing code and optimizing the DOM, among other improvements.&nbsp; Experimental performance features can be found in both the Performance tab and the Features tab. 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