Why You Can’t Expect 100/100 in Google PageSpeed from a Template

Thank you for purchasing our theme! We’ve put great effort into making it modern, aesthetically appealing, flexible for a wide range of use cases, and optimized as much as possible. However, it’s important to understand that a universal theme cannot provide a perfect 100/100 Google PageSpeed score out of the box.

Why?

Because PageSpeed score is determined by multiple factors:

• Hosting performance and configuration
• Image sizes and formats
• Plugin usage and page-specific content
• Cache setup
• Server-level optimizations

Themes are built to serve many different customers. If it were optimized for just one niche use case, it would cost much more. Affordable products require balance and compromise — that’s the reality of web development.

✅ What We’ve Already Optimized:

• Clean and modern code structure
• WebP support
• Image lazy-loading
• Minimized scripts and styles
• Compatibility with optimization plugins

🚀 What You Can Do to Boost Your Score:

1. Use Recommended Plugins:

• Autoptimize – Minify HTML, CSS, JS + lazy load
• Async JavaScript – Load scripts asynchronously
• ShortPixel – Optimize & convert images to WebP
• WebP Express – Automatic WebP conversion
• WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache – Caching system
• Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster – See details below

2. Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster (by Gabe Livan)

This plugin helps you unload unnecessary CSS and JS files from pages where they are not needed. For example, if your contact form plugin loads on all pages, Asset CleanUp allows you to disable it everywhere except the Contact page.

Key features:

• Unload unnecessary assets per page
• Remove emoji, meta tags, Dashicons, unused links
• Support async, defer, preload of fonts/scripts
• Combine and minify CSS/JS
• Optimize Google Fonts and local fonts
• Reduce render-blocking resources
• Boost PageSpeed, GTmetrix, Pingdom scores
• Advanced unloading (Pro version)

Best when used with:

• WP Rocket, W3TC, WP Fastest Cache
• Kinsta, WP Engine, or similar hosting
• Cloudflare (CDN and page caching)

3. Server Recommendations:

• Use VPS over shared hosting (2 CPU cores, 1GB RAM)
• PHP 8.0 or higher
• Enable GZIP and browser caching
• Enable NGINX caching (if supported)
• Use a CDN (e.g. Cloudflare)

4. Additional Tips:

• Disable unused plugins
• Compress images before uploading
• Avoid bloated design elements
• Stick to one visual editor (e.g. only Elementor)
• Use lazy-loading and defer JavaScript

Sincerely, Templines Team