What I discovered by measuring Core Web Vitals on a news portal with shared hosting
Sete dias medindo um portal de notícias em WordPress numa hospedagem compartilhada. As três causas reais estavam fora da lista de suspeitos do Google, e o painel de diagnóstico apontou a imagem errada duas vezes. A apuração é do Direto Notícias , portal de Guarapari, no Espírito Santo. Os números foram medidos entre 6 e 14 de setembro de 2026 e estão datados por isso. O portal estava reprovado no…
A Brazilian news portal, Direto Notícias, from Guarapari, Espírito Santo, conducted a 7-day study to identify the causes of slow loading times on their WordPress site. The site was failing Google's Core Web Vitals test on mobile devices, with the largest element taking 2.8 seconds to load, exceeding the 2.5-second limit. The study found three main causes: a cache plugin generating pages unnecessarily, 100% of mobile clicks landing on articles rather than the homepage, and a hidden image being downloaded with high priority.
After making corrections, the site's performance improved, with the homepage score increasing from 93 to 97 and the largest element loading in 2.2 seconds.
Written by urgent.news from Dev.to's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
