Core Web Vitals
What LCP, INP and CLS measure, Google’s thresholds, and how to pass them on a WordPress site.
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Astro vs WordPress: A Fair Speed Test on the Same Server
A well-built WordPress page finished within half a second of a static Astro build on mobile, and a tenth of a second on desktop. I rebuilt my own home page in Astro and tested both the same way, on the same server and CDN.
Core Web Vitals for WordPress: What Actually Matters?
What LCP, INP and CLS actually measure, what slows each one down on a WordPress site, and what fixing them did on real sites I’ve worked on.
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