GT Metrix Issue

General Web Dev
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https://gtmetrix.com/reports/springdalekitchendesigns.com/t4LAhHSd

I have a GT Metrix score of 95% (page load) and 84% (yslow). My GET requests are well below average and total page size too, however my site loads at 4 seconds. If I look at the waterfall chart shows there is a 1.6s receiving time but I have no idea what is causing this? Can anyone help?

Thank you for looking

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Hi matt189, Welcome to the forums! :slightly_smiling_face:

I think if you remove the totally-of-no-use-for-the-visitor preloaders covering all content, visitors wouldn’t be annoyed by an extra second loading time. :slightly_smiling_face:

The use of absolute position on the menu and hiding the wrapper overflow makes any overflowed menu part inaccessible even when Javascript are loaded ok.

I didn’t look into the loading time. Sorry, I went off topic. :wink:

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Hey Erik_J,

Thanks for the reply and your feedback. It is a WordPress theme which slows my site down even more if I remove the preloader. But I take your point that it could be annoying for users. If I could find a way to reduce the the load time I would remove it totally.

Thanks for your help
Matt

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At least you could remove the preloader display, test this (preferably in a child theme to make it permanent):

.preloader,
.p-preloader,
.p-preloader > * {
    display: none !important;
}

And I’m not sure removing the preloader script would cause the loading to slow down even more. If there isn’t another script waiting for it to end?

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Yeah it seems to knock my Yslow score down for some reason. But I think your right, I am just going to delete the preloader. At least the users get to see content while it finishes loading. Thanks mate!

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