PageSpeed Insights returns red Core Web Vitals
For SMB sites the recipe is: less JS, smaller images, server cache. Don't chase a 100 score.
Try this first
- 1Focus on LCP under 2.5s: image compression and load above-the-fold directly
- 2CLS under 0.1: set explicit width/height on every image and iframe
- 3INP under 200ms: fewer heavy JS plugins, drop unused tracking scripts
- 4Retest in PSI on mobile, that's what Google ranks
When to bring us in
Vitals stay red despite fixes, you need a dev profiling with DevTools.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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