After doing some testing and other fault finding, I found that while using Cloudflare decreases my page speed metrics scores while the site actually loads faster to the eyes.
General information.
With Cloudflare set to “Pause” I get
97% mobile speed
100% desktop speed
With Cloudflare " ON"
70% mobile speed
80% desktop.
Current site configuration.
cPanel - litespeed - On - Cache On
Litespeed config - guest modes - On
Cloudflare.
Argo Routing On
CCS, JS, HTMP Minify On
APO - OFF
All other speed optimisaitons turned on
(Tried with all the above turned off and same results)
(Tried with litespeed server on with plugin installed but cache option in the plugin turned off and same results)
Rules - Bypass cache and performance for wp-admin
Also tried.
“ALL” Cloudflare optimisations turned "OFF’ and same results
Also tried turing off proxy for the A and CNAMES records.
The only way I can seem to get best site speed possible is with Cloudflare in “Paused”
If I disable litespeed fully and use a general site cache plugin the results are
Mobile 30%
Desktop 50%
If I turn on APO this will make no difference to site speed metrics
No local cache plugin minification is turned on either, turning it on does not change results
Removing caching plugins completly, litespeed server disabled, Cloudflare “ON” with our without APO cant get a mobile speed of above 27%
To revist/recap
With lightspeed plugin installed " Guest Mode" and Cloudflare “Paused” I get almost 100%/100% page speed scores.
Additonally, If I remove site from Cloudflare compeltly and point my DNS to my hosting provider and just use a reverse proxy CDN. No issues. 100% page speed metrics with litespeed enabled with best recommended config
Really struggling to find the conflict here.
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