The loading speed of all websites created with Hostinger Website Builder is optimized by default:
All website assets (images, videos, and other files) are automatically served via Cloudflare content delivery network: What is CDN?
The builder automatically optimizes all the visuals you upload to your website (except for GIFs)
That’s what you can do additionally:
Limit the use of GIFs, as the builder isn’t capable to optimize them for you, therefore having GIFs can slow down your page
Limit the use of integrations and leave only the most necessary ones: any additional piece of code that’s added to your website needs to be loaded, and it naturally takes some time
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How to Check the Page Speed
It's recommended to use PageSpeed Insights – this tool is developed by Google and is one of the most trustworthy sources. Simply insert the URL of your page, and click Analyze:
Here, you can check both mobile and desktop versions.
It is 100% normal for the mobile version to be slower than the desktop, because:
Mobile devices have slower processors
PageSpeed Insights stimulates the cell network at a slower speed
Mobile devices have specific CSS rules (e.g., for resizing images)
Other similar tools that measure web vitals usually use Lighthouse. The use of Lighthouse may be a bit complicated and not entirely trustworthy because it shows results depending on the particular user's location; e.g., if the internet connection is excellent in your area, you will get better results than average.
The Most Common Metrics
There are many metrics available in page speed tools, but the ones listed below are the most common 👇
It is the time the browser takes to receive the first byte in response to the browser request. The ideal response time should be between 30 and 100ms:
When this metric is low, it automatically reduces other metrics, e.g., LCP (Largest Contentful Paint). Note that you may get poorer results because, while checking your website performance, your website is not cached on the page speed tool. It means that your site is always tested like it’s being accessed for the first time ever. The page will actually load slightly faster for real users.
Such JavaScript code may either be not required anymore (but present) while loading the page, or may contain remnants imported from other modules that aren't referenced anymore. It is usually caused by 3rd party integrations that are added to a website:
All image files you upload to the website builder are optimized automatically. However, there are some exceptions:
Visuals added using the Embed code element
Visuals that come from the Instagram element
GIFs
It is a sequence of requests that depend on each other, and are essential for page rendering. Long critical request chains can drastically slow down a page. However, websites made with Hostinger Website Builder do not have critical request chains – this could only occur due to third-party tools or integrations, the removal of which would definitely improve the page loading speed:
It is always suggested to use a CDN. For this reason, the assets of sites created with our website builder are by default served via Cloudflare, so if you receive such a suggestion, the issue is related to third-party party tools or integrations on your page. You may check what specific component causes the problem and remove it from your site:
This issue is generally caused by image gallery elements, especially if there are many images added – there are simply a lot of images to render:
You can learn more about it here: