{"id":1848,"date":"2021-08-05T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/?post_type=pagespeedinsights&amp;p=1848"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T11:41:55","slug":"preload-largest-contentful-paint-image","status":"publish","type":"pagespeedinsights","link":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/gb\/pagespeedinsights\/preload-largest-contentful-paint-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Preload Largest Contentful Paint image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Preloading the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) image can display your hero image much earlier in the page load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fast LCP enables your page visitors to consume content sooner, enhancing the overall user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As LCP is one of the Web Vitals, there are\u00a0SEO benefits\u00a0to improving LCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-preload-lcp-element\">How to preload Largest Contentful Paint image?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If GTmetrix flags the LCP image, you can preload it by using a link tag in your HTML header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the following code to the&nbsp;<code>&lt;head&gt;<\/code>&nbsp;of your HTML:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;link rel=\"preload\" href=\"\/path\/to\/image.jpg\" as=\"image\"&gt;\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use\u00a0<code>&lt;link rel=\"preload\"><\/code>\u00a0with responsive images for faster image loading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;link rel=\"preload\" as=\"image\" href=\"\/path\/to\/image.jpg\"\n  imagesrcset=\"image_400px.jpg 400w, image_800px.jpg 800w, image_1600px.jpg 1600w\"\n  imagesizes=\"50vw\"\/&gt;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"or-you-can-preload-largest-contentful-paint-image-with-staq\">Or you can preload Largest Contentful Paint image with Staq<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Under&nbsp;<strong>Site Optimizer<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Media<\/strong>, copy and paste the image link that you wish to preload images under the&nbsp;<strong>Preload images&nbsp;<\/strong>section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to preload WebP images, please ensure you also add the WebP link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1848","pagespeedinsights","type-pagespeedinsights","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Preload Largest Contentful Paint image - How to fix really quickly with Staq<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/pagespeedinsights\/preload-largest-contentful-paint-image\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preload Largest Contentful Paint image - How to fix really quickly with Staq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Preloading the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) image can display your hero image much earlier in the page load. 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