Need help to reduce LCP

Hi there,

run a Page Speed Insights report - it provides a breakdown of the issues.
When i tested your site the major issues are:

1. Reduce Initial Server Response time. This is something you should speak to your host about.
2. Advert Javascripts - some unused and they are also being loaded up front - mainly Google Adverts. You should look at deferring the loading of ad scripts - plugins like Flying Scripts can do this for you.
3. Render Block JS - the main one is related to the Ezoic CDN... you would need to speak to Ezoic about that.

Hi David,
Thanks for your reply. The pages without Ezoic ads are very fast. Definitely the ads affect a lot. I have contacted Ezoic for the unused scripts and render-blocking scripts issue.
I noticed the Largest Contentful Paint element is the featured image. Does it affect the LCP too?

Best regards

I also tried to remove the featured image on single post page but CLS increased

The LCP element itself can be the cause of slow LCP times, especially if it is an image. If the image is a large filesize, or its being lazy loaded or served from a slow responding server then yes the image itself can be the cause.

But you also have to consider what is the browser doing before it can load the image. Are there render blocking resources or long javascript execution times as they can all get in the way of loading that image.

So make sure the image is well optimized and its not being lazy loaded - and fix the render blocking and JS issues mentioned above.

Hi,
I tried flying scripts but failed to defer ad scripts. I am still looking for support from Ezoic. Thanks for your help!

See what Ezoic say, they may be affecting the way the adverts are served.

Glad to be of some help.