shelbymaguire

Currently preloading urls – will get back to you on that.

In the meantime:

I have a question – On the “Page Cache” Tab, under “cache settings” I have Generate Separate Files For Mobile Divices” checked, with a cache lifespan of 24 hours. Is that configured correctly? Should I have “Activate Scheduled Cache Preloading” checked? If so, what should by schedule type be set to?

Thanks! I have that. So after making the last change, my desktop score has improved a lot.

My mobile score is terrible. Total Blocking Time is 1.21s, Time to Interactive is 12.82s and First Contentful Paint is 3.21s. The advice is to get a caching plugin. Help! Should I try another plugin, as this one doesn’t seem to be working…

With both unchecked, per your message above:

GTMatrix
Grade: B
Performance Score: 84%
Structure Score: 89%
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.6s
Total Blocking time: 60ms
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.01

Getting a new error with this configuration: “Use HTTP/2 for all resources”

With “Enable Minification of JavaScript Files UNCHECKED and “Enable Merging of JavaScript files” CHECKED

GTMatrix
Grade: B
Performance Score: 81%
Structure Score: 88%
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.7s
Total Blocking time: 91ms
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.02

With “Enable Minification of JavaScript Files CHECKED and “Enable Merging of JavaScript files” CHECKED

GTMatrix
Grade: B +3%
Performance Score: 85%
Structure Score: 89%
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.5s
Total Blocking time: 66ms
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.02

With “Enable Minification of JavaScript Files CHECKED and “Enable Merging of JavaScript files” UNCHECKED

GTMatrix
Grade: B +4% (from the configuration directly above)
Performance Score: 86%
Structure Score: 90%
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.4s
Total Blocking time: 55ms
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.02

Does it seem the last configuration is the best? If I look at the Performance more in-depth between the last two configurations what is good in one, is down in the other. For example: With “Enable Minification of JavaScript Files CHECKED and “Enable Merging of JavaScript files” CHECKED: Redirect Duration is 540ms & Reduce unused JavaScript is 99 (good). With “Enable Minification of JavaScript Files CHECKED and “Enable Merging of JavaScript files” UNCHECKED: Redirect Duration is 569ms and Reduce unused JavaScript is 97 (bad).

Overall the third configuration is the best, but my Cumulative Layout Shift remains the same with all options. I am still getting this with the third option:

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity.

https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/kcXVPRWG7fMILHmzon0–fD3/recaptcha__en.js TRANSFER SIZE: 135KB POTENTIAL SAVINGS: 65.2KB
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-divi-custom-script.min.js TRANSFER SIZE: 64.7KB POTENTIAL SAVINGS: 39.2KB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-GNR7RTBYGT&l=dataLayer&cx=c TRANSFER SIZE:60.3KB POTENTIAL SAVINGS: 34.0KB

AND THIS:
CDNs can give an equally fast web experience to your users across the globe.

URLS
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/plugins/wc-builder-divi-premium/styles/style.min.css
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/et-cache/2030/et-core-unified-deferred-2030.min.css?ver=1636133976
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Horizontal-ACE-Logo-100-x-30-px.png
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-header-monsterinsights-frontend-script.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-divi-custom-script.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-es6-promise.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-et-core-api-spam-recaptcha.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-fitvids.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-jquery-mobile.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-wc-builder-divi-frontend-bundle.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-sv-wc-payment-gateway-payment-form-v5_10_8.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-wc-authorize-net-cim.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-et-core-common.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/1636134955/assets/wpo-minify-footer-wcbd-js.min.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Adelante.webp
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cartwright-elementary-school-district-squarelogo-1426229638959.webp
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Avondale.webp
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lanstar.webp
https://analytics.sitewit.com/v3/151583659/sw.js
https://aceewaste.com/wp-content/et-cache/2030/et-divi-dynamic-2030-late.css
https://connect.sitewit.com/js/151583659/sw_connect.js?&ns=sw
https://analytics.sitewit.com/images/cq_blank.gif?_sw_id=151583659&_sw_uid=3d3b3c62-2225-4755-ab2b-d5e1e86972b6&_sw_fp=e2aa339425ddbe10fdf6566c379c42b7356db9e5&_sw_pl=127&_sw_pc=1&_sw_dat=MXxhY2Vld2FzdGUuY29tfGh0dHBzOi8vYWNlZXdhc3RlLmNvbS98ZW4tVVN8MTM2N3w4NjN8MjR8Q2hyb21lLzkwLjAuNDQzMC4yMTJ8LXwxfDB8MXwwfC18fC18LXwtfDE3Mi4yNTUuNDguMTQ1fDA=&to=102`

BTW – THANK YOU!! I really appreciate your help. I am going to leave it on the third configuration for now. Please advise.

I turned off the minify option. Here are the results:
On GTMetrix:
The performance went from 86% -> 84%, Structure went from 90% -> 89%, Largest Content paint went from 2.4s -> 2.6s, Total blocking time went from 35ms -> 99ms, Cumulative layout shift went from 0.01 -> 0.02.

On Google PageSpeed: Went from a score of 32 -> 26

Both total blocking time and time to interact say the way to “solve the problem” is with a caching plugin. But obviously, I am still having issues.

I understand that. The widgets on WordPress aren’t working though. As mentioned I am in contact with Divi, but everyone keeps pushing me to the next person. I had a sidebar widget (using WordPress) in place that only showed up on certain pages. I can no longer use “visibility” in WordPress widgets. My workaround is to use Divi modules, but I would rather get WordPress widgets working. There is still the blank space on the side of the page though as if there is a sidebar even though there isn’t.