Case study: 1st on the List

1st on the List: mobile PageSpeed from 48 to 84

In November 2020 the home page scored 48 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 85 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of B (81%) and a fully loaded time of 3.6 s.

In short

1st on the List is an SEO agency. In November 2020 Codiffy optimized the speed of 1stonthelist.ca: Google PageSpeed went from 48 to 84 on mobile and from 85 to 98 on desktop and GTmetrix from B (81%) to A (100%).

  • Client1st on the List
  • IndustrySEO agency
  • PlatformWordPress
  • Tested withGoogle PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix and Pingdom
  • ServicesPerformance optimization
  • WhenNovember 2020

The short version

Challenge
In November 2020 the home page scored 48 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 85 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of B (81%) and a fully loaded time of 3.6 s.
Approach
We installed and configured NitroPack, excluded the live chat widget so it kept working, and switched off the Imagify and WP Rocket plugins.
Result
Afterwards it scored 84 on mobile and 98 on desktop, with GTmetrix A (100%) and a fully loaded time of 2.1 s.

48 → 84PageSpeed mobile score. Google PageSpeed Insights, mobile, home page, before and after the work, November 2020

About 1st on the List

1st on the List is an SEO agency. We optimized the speed of 1stonthelist.ca in November 2020.

The problem

In November 2020 the home page scored 48 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 85 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of B (81%) and a fully loaded time of 3.6 s.

What we did

We installed and configured NitroPack, excluded the live chat widget so it kept working, and switched off the Imagify and WP Rocket plugins.

The result

Afterwards it scored 84 on mobile and 98 on desktop, with GTmetrix A (100%) and a fully loaded time of 2.1 s.

Test Before After
Google PageSpeed, mobile 48 84
Google PageSpeed, desktop 85 98
GTmetrix grade (performance) B (81%) A (100%)
GTmetrix fully loaded time 3.6 s 2.1 s
Requests (initial page weight) 42 11

The very low after figures for requests reflect lazy loading: they are the initial page weight on first load.

Before and after

BeforeGoogle PageSpeed Insights mobile test of 1stonthelist.ca before the speed work, November 2020
AfterGoogle PageSpeed Insights mobile test of 1stonthelist.ca after the speed work, November 2020
Google PageSpeed Insights mobile, before and after.
BeforeGTmetrix report test of 1stonthelist.ca before the speed work, November 2020
AfterGTmetrix report test of 1stonthelist.ca after the speed work, November 2020
GTmetrix report, before and after.

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Questions about this project.

How much faster did 1stonthelist.ca get?

Google PageSpeed went from 48 to 84 on mobile and from 85 to 98 on desktop, and GTmetrix from B (81%) to A (100%), with the fully loaded time down from 3.6 s to 2.1 s.

What did Codiffy do to speed up 1stonthelist.ca?

We installed and configured NitroPack, excluded the live chat widget so it kept working, and switched off the Imagify and WP Rocket plugins.

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