How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) on WordPress
Measuring a website’s user experience (UX) can be a tough challenge. But that’s what Google’s attempting to do with the Core Web Vitals metrics. And scoring well on these is important because Google weighs user experience when determining search engine rankings.
There are several metrics that are part of Core Web Vitals, and they could sound a bit intimidating. The good news is that there are several tools that make it easier to understand your score and how to improve.
In this article, we’ll look at one particular metric: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). This measures how long it takes your website to show the largest element that you see on the screen.
We’ll discuss how it impacts the user experience and what causes a poor LCP score. Then, we’ll show you how to improve it.