I’m using Listinghive with some modifications using a child theme, but the CSS changes are quite minor. I was building the site on a computer so didn’t notice the problem of how it loads on a mobile. On a computer there is a slight delay when clicking from the homepage to a listing page, not ideal but acceptable. But on a mobile the delay is considerable, like 5 seconds. My current site using an 18 year old script loads listing pages instantly, and that’s pages that aren’t cached. So I don’t think the hosting is a major problem. I’ve disabled other plugins, so just using mostly Hivepress plugins. I’ve followed the tutorial on how to speed up a Hivepress site and made most changes on LiteSpeed, though I couldn’t implement Object Cache. I will ask my host about it. I don’t know how important that is for first time page loads?
The Performance score on PageSpeed Insights is mid 60’s on a mobile and upper 80’s on a desktop, and that’s even with the child theme off and just using Listinghive. If I switch the theme to WordPress Twenty Twenty Five the score is upper 70’s for mobile and close to 100 for desktop. But most importantly, on a mobile clicking from homepage to a listing page is cut to around 2 seconds instead of around 5. Much faster and very important for user experience. So it’s not just about Insights score of the homepage, but real world performance across other pages.
I also tried Astra theme, which looks a little closer in style to Listinghive, and that is quicker also. I would prefer to use Listinghive, but why is it slower than other themes? This has really halted my project, because slow page loading is very damaging to traffic and user experience. The fact that other themes load pages faster, even with modifications, points to Listinghive possibly using more resources. I have another install of it, and that’s also the same.
Does anyone have any tips on anything to try? Are other people testing the Listinghive theme on a mobile? Maybe some people can share their site so I can compare page loading times?