Foo Gallery and/or Foobox really slow on mobile

  • Hello!

    I am using FooGallery and Foobox on my website https://auroreschotteypicavet.com/photo.

    I have a serious speed problem on the computer, and it gets worse on mobile: the page loads fine, but then Foobox takes up to 16 seconds to load an image on computer, and it can take up to 2 minutes on mobile. Sometimes it justs stops loading and displays an error message.

    I guess it could be due to the fact that I have so many images on one page, but then I created two single pages to test that theory:

    – https://auroreschotteypicavet.com/portfolio-item/theatre: this one is a single page with a gallery, and it loads a bit faster but it is still very very slow on mobile (at least 30 seconds)
    – https://auroreschotteypicavet.com/portfolio-item/shootings: this one is a page with several albums, and on that page there is no speed change at all. It is extra slow.

    I have been trying to find a solution to this problem: my client is an actress and she needs to have lots of pictures and update them regularly, so this plugin seems perfect since it is very easy to use. However, such a long loading time is going to be counterproductive.

    I don’t know what I should do to reduce that load time: I have already optimized all my images twice, using WP Smush and EWWW, I have tried almost every solution I could find to optimize my site’s speed, and nothing works. I have W3 Total Cache installed and configured, I use Betheme from the Muffin group, and WPML.

    If you have any idea of why this is happening and how to resolve it, I would be super-extra-grateful.

    Thanks!

    Zoe

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/foogallery/

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  • Plugin Author bradvin

    (@bradvin)

    Hi Zoe,

    For some strange reason, your site is trying to load the FooBox font from https://fonts.googleapis.com/font/foobox.ttf – which does not exist.

    Do you have a rewrite for the “/font” path at all? Do you have any google font plugins? Something is conflicting with FooBox and pointing the font to the wrong location

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Hi Bradvin,

    Thanks a lot for your answer!

    I don’t think I have a rewrite, nor do I have a google font plugin. I know my theme uses the google font library, but I have no idea if this could cause a rewrite.

    However, I HAD a plugin installed (can’t remember its name), that was supposed to fix google fonts conflicts, or something like that. It was recommended in an article about page speed. In the end, I deleted it, but maybe that’s the answer? Since it has been deleted, I have no idea how to fix the problem, then…

    Here’s a list of the plugins I have installed:

    • Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd (unactive)
    • Contact Form 7
    • Display Posts Shortcode
    • EWWW Image Optimizer
    • Foo Gallery
    • FooBox Free Image Lightbox
    • P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) (Unactive)
    • Slider Revolution
    • W3 Total Cache
    • WP Smush
    • WPML Multilingual CMS
    • WPML String Translation
    • WPML Translation Management

    Thank you so much for your help!

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Also, I am using the minify function of W3 Total Cache.
    I saw in this topic that it can sometimes cause rewrite issues.
    However, that topic is way too technical for me, sooo I have no idea if that could be the problem.

    Plugin Author bradvin

    (@bradvin)

    Hi Zoe,

    Perhaps the plugin that was supposed to fix google font conflicts made a change to your .htaccess file for the font rewrite issue i mentioned.

    Can you have a look in your .htaccess and see if there is any mention of “font”?

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Hi bradvin,

    so I looked through mi .htaccess and there are many mentions of “font”, all in the module W3TC. Here are the lines:

    (in “<IfModule mod_mime.c>”:)

    AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
    AddType application/x-font-otf .otf
    AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
    AddType application/font-woff .woff

    (in “<IfModule mod_expires.c>”:)

    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000
    ExpiresByType application/font-woff A31536000

    So does that mean that WT3C is the problem? Should I fix it in the minify options?
    Again, thanks a lot!

    Zoé

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Hi bradvin,

    I unchecked all the minify options and tested the site on mobile and desktop (all browsers), and it works like a charm! Still a bit slow but nothing to compare to how it was before!
    Thanks a lot, you saved me! And your plugin is definitely the best. Will use it again!

    Zoé

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Hey bradvin,

    So sorry to write again, but it seems in the end that my problem is not resolved.
    It still takes a minimum of 1-2 minutes for the lightbox to load on mobile, and resulting sometimes in an error message.

    My .htaccess is now clean of any “font” mention, and I have no idea what’s causing my gallery to be so slow ??

    Any idea?

    Thanks a lot
    (And I really don’t understandhow it worked before)

    Thread Starter zoezoro

    (@zoezoro)

    Hi Bradvin,

    Very sorry to bother you again but I can’t seem to solve my problem.
    On mobile, Foobox takes minimum 1min to load the image, sometimes resulting in an error message.

    I have already resolved my .htaccess problem, and I don’t have any idea what to do next. This is very frustrating because Foogallery and Foobox are such great plugins, very user-friendly, that I would love to keep using with my clients, using the premium version.

    I hope you can find time to help me out!

    Thanks a lot, and very great plugin aside from that!

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