GTmetrix Performance Blog
News, updates and guides on GTmetrix and general web performance
Browsers Updated and First Contentful Paint Added
In this release, major changes include upgrading Chrome and Firefox and also adding the First Contentful Paint timing.
First Contentful Paint Explained
Along with various other upgrades, Chrome 62 introduced the First Contentful Paint timing, which differs from First Paint.
Read on to discover the difference.
Advanced Options for PRO (formerly Developer Toolkit)
GTmetrix has a ton of great features available in our Basic account (Sign up if you haven’t yet – it’s free!) – but for those who wanted more advanced insights, we’ve listened to your feedback and created the Developer Toolkit – a bundle of features that can help you get the most out of GTmetrix.
New Default Screen Resolution and Browser for Tests
GTmetrix will now default tests to a screen resolution of 1366×768, using Chrome as the Browser Option.
How to Override your DNS with GTmetrix
With our Override DNS feature, you can now specify a hostname and IP address to ensure your site is analyzed how you need it to.
