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Why is my LCP time so slow despite minimal apps and light images?

Why is my LCP time so slow despite minimal apps and light images?

DAGNORAK
Excursionist
69 0 6

 Greetings all hope you are having a great day, I’m currently facing an issue with a very slow LCP time. I’ll give as much info as possible as I’m really confused as to why it’s so slow.

 

the lcp image is a Multicolumn image that is around 250kb. I’ve compressed it as much as possible so it’s a very light image. 

I have barely any apps on my site and the ones I use are not taking much load time as I’ve checked on gtmetrix 

 

the only information google insights gives me is to remove render blocking resources which is the cart js and the base css files. That’s it 

also it says to remove unused JavaScript of which it lists three. 
Facebook tag manager, 

Facebook connect 

and a mobile menu app that isn’t taking up much load time. 

so for a 7 second load time it’s not really saying a great deal for me to improve.

 

the lcp images are not lazy loaded either

 

 So yeah, no clue how I can improve that time. Even when I look at my usage tree that shows what loads first there’s really not much I can delete as it’s just the core files 

 

any help is really appreciated 

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Reply 1 (1)

rajvee_kadchha
Shopify Partner
25 1 2

Hello DAGNORAK,

 

To reduce the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), various strategies can be employed. While optimizing images is a common tactic, your attempt might not have significantly enhanced the LCP score.

 

An alternative approach is to assign a high fetch priority to the LCP element, ensuring it is prioritized during loading.

 

Additionally, rather than lazily loading all images, consider eagerly loading the LCP element.

 

To implement this, locate the relevant code and add 'loading="eager"' and 'fetchpriority="high"' attributes to the LCP element tag.

 

If you find my suggestion difficult to implement send and email at rajvee.kadchha@mlveda.com