[ Performance ] Improve Event page Performance #6929
Description
Description
In Mobile Site of Events
currently shows low performance scores on PageSpeed Insights
Here’s a detailed report highlighting the issues causing the page to lag: Report
Insights (Opportunities for Improvement)
| Audit Title | Est. Savings / Score | Relevance | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use efficient cache lifetimes | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Fail 🔴 | Multiple first-party resources (scripts, images, fonts) from layer5.io have cache lifetimes of only 4h; one script has 47m 40s. |
| Forced reflow | N/A (Performance Issue) | N/A | Fail 🔴 | A major reflow event spent 65 ms in framework-00cd734….js. Total unattributed time is |
| Network dependency tree | Max critical path latency: |
LCP | Fail 🔴 | Critical chain ends with a font file (QanelasSoftSemiBold….otf), delaying page rendering. |
| Reduce JavaScript execution time | Total CPU Time: |
TBT | Fail 🔴 | Dominated by YouTube scripts ( |
| Minimize main-thread work | Total Time: |
TBT | Fail 🔴 | High work with Script Evaluation ( |
| Reduce unused JavaScript | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Fail 🔴 | Largest savings are from YouTube (/app-612514b….js ( |
| Some third-party resources can be lazy loaded with a facade | Main-Thread Blocking Time: |
TBT | Fail 🔴 | The YouTube Embedded Player is loaded immediately, adding significant blocking time. |
| Avoid enormous network payloads | Total size was |
N/A | Average 🟠 | Largest payloads are from YouTube ( |
| Improve image delivery | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Average 🟠 | Several images are much larger than their displayed dimensions (e.g., |
| Render blocking requests | Transfer Size: |
LCP, FCP | Average 🟠 | The Cloudflare email-decode.min.js script blocks initial render. |
| Duplicated JavaScript | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Average 🟠 |
node_modules/react-dom is duplicated across multiple bundles. |
| Reduce unused CSS | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Average 🟠 | Unused CSS rules were found, primarily in a large CSS block. |
| Does not use passive listeners to improve scrolling performance | N/A | N/A | Average 🟠 | An event listener in www.youtube.com/…/base.js is not marked as passive. |
| Avoid serving legacy JavaScript to modern browsers | Est savings of |
LCP, FCP | Average 🟠 | Transpiled legacy JavaScript found in both YouTube and first-party bundles. |
| Layout shift culprits | Total Score: 0.014 | CLS | Informative | The largest shift (0.013) is tied to a web font loading in a div.blog-slider. |
| LCP breakdown | Element render delay: |
LCP | Informative | The LCP element (a text paragraph) is heavily delayed in rendering after resource loading. |
| 3rd parties | YouTube: |
N/A | Informative | YouTube is the dominant third party in terms of size and main thread time. |
| Avoid long main-thread tasks | 10 long tasks found | TBT | Informative | The longest tasks are dominated by YouTube scripts (e.g., |
| User Timing marks and measures | 63 user timings | N/A | Informative | Custom marks and measures recorded for various events. |
Expected Behavior
The website should implement the optimizations suggested by PageSpeed Insights.
Screenshots
Steps to Check Page Performance Scores
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Open PageSpeed Insights
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Enter the website URL.
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Check the performance scores for both Mobile and Desktop.
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Scroll down to review detailed insights and recommendations for improving page performance.
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