Core Web Vitals Tips for WordPress – Part 2: Preloading Key Requests
Summary
Welcome back to our series of articles that aim to offer practical tips for getting your website to pass the Core Web Vitals update that will be rolling out in May. If you missed the first part of this article, which suggested optimising your site images as a good starting point, you can find it by clicking here. Essentially, Google is encouraging website owners to make improvements to their site speed and UX so that visitors get the best experience possible when they visit. This time, we’re looking at a slightly more technical solution than optimising images, but one that can usually be applied once and deliver speed improvements across your entire site. Take a look at the Pagespeed Insights report below: As you can see, the total load time that could be saved by preloading key requests on this page is 1.53 seconds.