Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.
The number of page objects is controlled by the theme and plugins you have installed and thus this is not directly related to something you have done. A single web page that you browse is made up of multiple elements. You have the actual HTML, JavaScript, CSS, images, and then external resources.
The problem is that each object on the page has to be separately requested by the server, and those requests take valuable loading time which affects your SEO since Google will penalize websites that take longer to load.
To fix this, you need to reduce the number of images, scripts from the theme that are making non-essential requests.
I can suggest that you take a look at these resource pages for more information on optimizing the performance of your pages:
https://mythemeshop.com/blog/wordpress-speed-optimization/:
https://onlinemediamasters.com/slow-wordpress-site
I hope that helps. Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance.
Thanks Reinelle!
I got rid of some plugins, which reduced page requests from 41 to 29. Gtmetrix shows A – Performance 97%, Structure 82% for my site.
Do I have to make sure home page has below 20 requests so i pass Rank Math “Page Objects” check?
Hello,
Request are usually files you include on your page, this may contain <link> tags, images and etc. You can reduce this number of requests on your page as they affect the loading speed of the page. I think you will find really useful (and detailed) with this one: https://onlinemediamasters.com/why-is-wordpress-so-slow/
Please note that the score is there only for your reference anyway and doesn’t affect your actual rankings. Treat it only as a to-do list, nothing more. Don’t try to live by it and don’t follow the tests religiously.
Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
