While Limecube themes are designed for fast loading, adding more images, video, and content can impact load speeds and scores. Limecube continuously improves Google Page Speed Insights scores with platform releases to align with Google's evolving standards.
What You Can Change Yourself
Images
Images are a common culprit for slow page speeds, especially on image-heavy pages. Limecube automatically optimises images in elements except content elements, based on upload size.
Image Size Recommendations
- 1Banner images — avoid uploading images larger than 150-200 KB
- 2Content images — keep these under 100 KB
- 3Use a tool like Compressnow to reduce file size while maintaining quality
Video
YouTube and Vimeo scripts can reduce your site's speed scores even though the visual loading may appear fast. Consider whether all embedded videos are necessary.
Third-Party Scripts
User-added tracking scripts (analytics, chat widgets, etc.) often cause speed problems across all platforms. Review and remove any scripts you no longer need.
What Limecube Controls
Limecube manages platform-level improvements including server infrastructure and loading location, website functionality scripts, theme code, and continuous metric alignment improvements.
Free Testing Tools
- 1Google PageSpeed Insights — provides overall scores and detailed breakdowns (run multiple times for accuracy)
- 2GTmetrix — allows region selection for testing from different locations
- 3Experte Page Speed Test — tests hundreds of URLs automatically with data matching Google PageSpeed Insights
- 4Page Load Time Chrome Plugin — browser extension for quick checks during development
Run speed tests multiple times and at different times of day. Scores can vary between runs. Focus on the recommendations provided by each tool rather than chasing a perfect score.
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