Page speed Insight errors

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    ethana67244c808 · Member ·

    Hi, I recently created a WordPress site and I seem to be running into some errors now.

    Originally I created a few pages and everything was smooth and working but then I started having problems on my Google search console where it had 20 pages listed on discovered not currently indexed. Then this dropped and all the pages disappeared from anywhere and I had to manually request indexing for my main pages.

    Initially the results on page speed was good too but now I’m getting different scores every time I analyse and 403 http status codes along with no meta descriptions, robots.txt is not valid and a properly defined charset error.

    These errors are coming up across multiple pages and I’m not sure why or how to fix them. Is it a plugin problem or something else?

    I’ve got a WordPress.com premium plan so that limits me on features. I used free elementor to build the site which made me download templates and extra plugins ins that weren’t really required. And I used cloudflare to cache the site.

    Is anyone able to point me in the right direction please?

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  • staff-seneca · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Thanks for reaching out and for sharing such a detailed breakdown — that really helps! It sounds like you’re dealing with a few interconnected issues across SEO indexing, page speed, and some technical errors, so let’s work through this together.

    Before diving in, I want to be upfront about a couple of things that will shape what we can help with directly:

    • Elementor (free or paid) and Cloudflare are third-party tools, so we’re not able to troubleshoot those directly. That said, they’re very likely contributing to some of what you’re seeing.
    • 403 errors in particular can sometimes be caused by Cloudflare’s security settings blocking Googlebot or other crawlers from accessing your pages — worth checking your Cloudflare firewall and access rules.
    • Extra or unnecessary plugins can also conflict with each other and cause inconsistent behaviour like the page speed fluctuations you’re describing.

    Here are some things worth looking into on the WordPress.com side:

    • robots.txt — WordPress.com manages this automatically, but if a plugin is overriding it, that could explain the “not valid” error. Check your active plugins for any that touch SEO or crawl settings.
    • Meta descriptions — These are typically handled through an SEO plugin. If your current SEO plugin isn’t outputting them correctly, it may be conflicting with another plugin.
    • Charset errors — These are usually introduced by plugins or theme code injecting malformed output. Deactivating plugins one at a time can help isolate the cause.

    A few things to avoid while troubleshooting:

    • Don’t deactivate all plugins at once if your site is live — do it one at a time so you can identify the culprit.
    • Don’t submit mass indexing requests to Google Search Console repeatedly, as this can be counterproductive.
    • Don’t make changes to Cloudflare settings and WordPress settings at the same time, as it makes it harder to isolate what’s causing each issue.

    To help point you in the right direction more precisely, it would help to know:

    • What is your site URL so we can take a look at what’s publicly visible?
    • Which plugins do you currently have active — particularly any SEO or caching plugins?
    • Have you made any recent changes (new plugin, theme update, Cloudflare rule) just before these errors started appearing?

    With a bit more context, we can help narrow this down and get things back on track for you!

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