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FCP and TBT: Supporting Metrics Beyond Core Web Vitals
May 27, 2026

FCP and TBT: Supporting Metrics Beyond Core Web Vitals

FCP and TBT are not Core Web Vitals, but they show early paint time and main-thread blocking in Lighthouse runs. Here is what each measures, how they relate to LCP and INP, and when to add them to monitoring budgets.

WordPress Performance Monitoring: A Complete Guide
May 12, 2026

WordPress Performance Monitoring: A Complete Guide

WordPress sites fail in predictable ways: plugin updates, page builders, and caching layers that hide problems until a client notices. This guide shows what to monitor, which URLs matter, and how to run monitoring without living in PageSpeed Insights.

Lighthouse Agentic Browsing: How to rank in chatbots
May 2, 2026

Lighthouse Agentic Browsing: How to rank in chatbots

Chrome's Lighthouse now documents an experimental Agentic Browsing category: fractional pass ratios instead of a 0–100 score, plus audits for WebMCP, accessibility for agents, CLS, and llms.txt. Here is what changed and what to track in production.