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Website performance
1 reply · Started by Stephan Schramm on June 7, 2022
Dear all,
I use the template Wordsmith an I have some issues with the performance of my website:
1. Initial server response time is too long
2. Render-blocking resources.
Can you support me?
Best regards
Stephan
Hi there,
1. Initial server response time is too long
This is server related. Generally this can be improved by using a Page Cache on your site.
Check with your host if server side page caching is an option.
If it is not then you can use one of the many Cache Plugins
2. Render blocking - you're already using a CSS optimizer and your CSS payload is quite small, so i don't see what else you can do there.
But i do notice your site is making a Google Font Request that is 403ing
https://www.webpagetest.org/result/220607_AiDcQT_8ZB/1/details/#waterfall_view_step1
The font request is for Times New Roman... which is why google is responding with a 403.
Can you make sure there are no Google fonts selected in the Customizer.
I also notice that the Borlabs Cookie notice is taking up a bit resources. A lot of users i have seen move to Complianz for better performance.
