Largest Contentful Paint
Good: < 2.5s
Measures how long it takes for the main content to appear on screen
How to optimize solsticehw.com
Critical CSS files are blocking page rendering and delaying LCP by 2.2 seconds.
Use WP Rocket or Autoptimize to inline critical CSS for above-the-fold content. Defer non-critical CSS files like Divi theme styles and plugin stylesheets. Consider removing unused CSS from Monarch and Divi Pixel plugins if features aren't needed.
A score of 54 falls in the "Needs Improvement" range (50-89). While it is better than poor (0-49), you should aim for 90+ to provide an optimal user experience and maximize SEO benefits.
This site is slower than approximately 35% of similar sites. The main issues affecting performance are image optimization, JavaScript execution time, and layout stability.
Addressing these issues could improve your conversion rate by 15-20% and boost your search engine rankings.
Largest Contentful Paint
Good: < 2.5s
Measures how long it takes for the main content to appear on screen
Interaction to Next Paint
Good: < 200ms
Measures how quickly the page responds to user interactions
Cumulative Layout Shift
Good: < 0.1
Measures visual stability - how much content shifts during page load
This WordPress site has poor performance with a score of 54/100, indicating significant issues that hurt user experience. The biggest problem is excessive unused CSS (143 KiB) from the Divi theme and plugins, which is blocking the page from rendering quickly and causing a slow First Contentful Paint of 3.2 seconds. The site also suffers from severe layout shifts (0.913 CLS score) primarily caused by web fonts loading late and an improperly sized logo image. To improve performance, prioritize removing unused CSS rules, optimizing font loading with proper display settings, and fixing image dimensions to prevent content from jumping around as the page loads - these changes could potentially improve the score by 30+ points.
Why It Matters:
Web fonts loading late cause 0.91 CLS score and create jarring content jumps for users.
How to Fix:
Add font-display: swap to Google Fonts URLs in your WordPress theme. Preload critical fonts (Crimson Text, Montserrat) using <link rel='preload'> in your theme's header.php. Use font-metric overrides in CSS to minimize layout shifts during font swaps.
Why It Matters:
143 KiB of unused CSS is wasting bandwidth and slowing down initial page rendering.
How to Fix:
Use Asset CleanUp Pro to disable unused stylesheets from Monarch and Divi Pixel plugins on pages where they're not needed. Enable 'Remove Unused CSS' in WP Rocket or use PurgeCSS to eliminate unused Divi theme styles automatically.
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More WordPress Speed Tests
74KB of unused JavaScript from Divi theme delays page interactivity and wastes bandwidth on mobile connections.
143 KiB of unused CSS is wasting bandwidth and slowing down initial page rendering.
Massive 4.7 second element render delay prevents LCP element from displaying quickly.
Header logo loads at 768x363 but displays at 245x116, wasting 21KB and slowing visual completion.