Title: CLS Issue – Help Needed
Last modified: October 13, 2021

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# CLS Issue – Help Needed

 *  [stevem79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevem79/)
 * (@stevem79)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cls-issue-help-needed/)
 * Hi
 * I have CLS issues with all of the pages on my site, I think I have identified
   which part of the page it is that is causing the loading issues, but I have no
   idea how to fix it. From using the Lighthouse tool and the Layout Shift GIF generator
   it is:
 * 1) The H1 Title: Best Chainsaws 2021L 11 (Incredible) Choices
    2) The post info
   directly below: By Steve Mann / Buyers Guides / 11 Comments 3) The link text 
   near the top that says: “>>> I know about chainsaws already, jump me straight
   to the reviews <<<”
 * I also thought from the report the Related Posts box near the bottom of the page,
   but I have removed this and it makes no difference.
 * I am not very techy and don’t know how to get to the bottom of this. Generally
   every page has good Page Speed and GTMetrix scores, but this CLS issue persists.
 * What I am even more confused about is I have a second site using exactly the 
   same theme, with the pages having pretty much the same layout on inferior hosting
   that has no CLS issues).
 * Can anyone offer any solutions please?
 * Thank you
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcls-issue-help-needed%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cls-issue-help-needed/#post-14967896)
 * Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic.
 * Sorry, excuse me for asking but what is CLS?
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cls-issue-help-needed/#post-14967956)
 * The page loads really well according to GTMetrix and PageSpeed:
 * – [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/suaveyards.com/Mg2FzuVt/](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/suaveyards.com/Mg2FzuVt/)
   –
   [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuaveyards.com%2Fbest-chainsaws%2F&tab=mobile](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuaveyards.com%2Fbest-chainsaws%2F&tab=mobile)
 * Most site owners would be delighted with scores like this, especially on mobile
   load.
 *  Thread Starter [stevem79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevem79/)
 * (@stevem79)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cls-issue-help-needed/#post-14968030)
 * CLS stands for Cumulative Layout Shift and is part of Google’s Core Web Vitals,
   which became a major ranking factor for all websites in June:
 * [https://www.searchenginejournal.com/core-web-vitals/cumulative-layout-shift/](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/core-web-vitals/cumulative-layout-shift/)
 * And yes I am delighted with the scores, but according to Google Search Console
   I have 148 Poor URLs, as they have CLS Issues and I don’t know how to fix them.
 * I only am concerned as since Google introduced the Core Web Vitals as a major
   ranking factor in June I have lost 66% of my traffic and the only part of it 
   I am failing is the CLS bit, so I at least want to try and fix it.

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 * Last reply from: [stevem79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevem79/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cls-issue-help-needed/#post-14968030)
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