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How do I fix Core Web Vitals on Wix?

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On Wix, fix what you control in the editor: uninstall apps you do not use, upload images close to the size they display at, and use fewer fonts. Wix serves your site from its own infrastructure and optimizes images automatically, so server response is largely out of your hands — apps, images, and fonts are not.

What to do about it

  1. Uninstall apps you do not use. Every Wix app you add can inject its own scripts and styles, and they run on your pages even when the app is barely used.
  2. Upload images at roughly the size they display. Wix compresses images and serves resized, modern-format versions automatically, but an oversized original still starts life heavier than it needs to be.
  3. Use fewer font families and weights. Each additional web font is another file the browser must fetch before text paints, which hurts LCP and CLS.
  4. Avoid background videos and auto-playing slideshows in the hero. A static image with text is faster and more stable.
  5. Check the mobile view in the Wix editor. Wix has a separate mobile layout; make sure it is not carrying sections the desktop view dropped.
  6. Remember the limit: hosting, caching, and server configuration belong to Wix. If field data shows slow server response, the levers left to you are apps, images, fonts, and page structure.

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  • HTML size (html-size): The free scan warns when the HTML document is larger than 400 kB, which the browser must download and parse before it can paint anything.
  • Server response time (ttfb): Wix controls the hosting, so you cannot change the server. The free scan still records server response time, so you know whether delivery or page weight is your problem.

A paid audit ($9 and up) also runs a real mobile Lighthouse test through Google PageSpeed Insights and reads field data for LCP, INP and CLS, where Google has it.

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