Best strategies for improving Core Web Vitals (LCP/CLS) in a Kentico site?

Faisal Ahmed Rony asked on April 9, 2026 06:50

Hi everyone! I’m currently focusing on optimizing a Kentico-based site for Google's Core Web Vitals. While I've handled basic image compression, I'm still seeing some issues with Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).

What are the community-recommended best practices or specific Kentico settings to improve these metrics for a better SEO score? Are there any specific modules you’d suggest? Thanks!

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Brenden Kehren answered on April 10, 2026 15:58

There may be some javascript plugins you can add to your site but they come at another risk. The best options is to fix the issues you're having. Typically, these are issues with your overall design, layout, css, html, cshtml that you'd have to modify. Page Speed Insights really breaks down the elements on your page/site that have issues. I'd start there.

LCP can be directly related to the images/videos the content editor is loading in the CMS. If you aren't optimizing them prior to output then it will cause problems.

CLS is related to elements shifting up/down and side to side because elements are loading at different speeds/times and causing the other elements to move in while the page loads. Again, PSI can provide you details on the elements where this is happening, but typically preload your fonts, preload any less important css, load your js in async or defer mode.

Best thing to do is as I've mentioned already, check out Page Speed Insights details and inspect every element in the report they provide. There are links on how to resolve issues but maybe not so much where the actual problem is in your code.

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Faisal Ahmed Rony answered on April 16, 2026 07:23

Hi Brenden, thanks for the detailed breakdown! I completely agree—relying on plugins can be risky. Looking into specific elements via PageSpeed Insights and fixing the core CSS/HTML seems like the most sustainable path for LCP and CLS. Appreciate the guidance from a community legend. Cheers!

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