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Problems With Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test
Problems With Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test
Updated over a year ago

Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test assesses whether your website’s design is right for mobile devices.

If you have mobile-friendliness problems, the test will show the following result:

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Now, as NitroPack doesn’t change your website’s design, most mobile-friendliness issues aren’t caused by our service.

But you should still check to make sure that’s the case.

Check mobile-friendliness without NitroPack.

Go to Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test and enter your website’s URL with ?nonitro at the end like this:

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If the mobile-friendliness issue persists, you have to work on your website’s design/theme to fix it.

In rare cases, the issue will be fixed once you add ?nonitro.

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If this happens, NitroPack likely caused a problem with one or more of the elements on a page.

As a result, on mobile devices, the rendered page looks similar to this one:

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Here’s how to find the element that’s causing this issue and fix it.

Debug

Open your website in Chrome, right-click and select “Inspect.”

Click on “Toggle device toolbar” and select a mobile device, for example, Moto G4.

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Next, disable JavaScript in your browser.

Go to “Customize and control DevTools” (the three small dots next to the “Settings” button) and select “Run command.”

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Type in “JavaScript” and select “Disable JavaScript.”

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And refresh your page.

Now, when you scroll down, you should see the element that’s causing the issue.

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In the example above, that’s a video element overflowing its container. In your case, it might be an image or another item.

Fix the mobile-friendliness problem

Log into your NitroPack account and go to “Settings”.

From there, open the CSS tab and scroll down to the “Custom CSS” feature. Add this Custom CSS:

@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {

html, body {

overflow-x: hidden;

}

}

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Don’t forget to click “Save Settings” and purge your cache from the Dashboard.

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After NitroPack optimizes your website, perform the mobile-friendliness check again. If the issue persists, please contact us at [email protected] so we can help you out.

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