[Corinne JParticipant]

Hi there – I am at the point with my site where I am optimizing page speed and general SEO. I am getting the following fix suggestions from Google’s PageSpeed Insights (listed in order of priority):

Desktop:
1) Reduce server response time
2) Leverage brower caching
3) Eliminate rend-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
4) Optimize images
5) Prioritize visible content

Mobile:
1) Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
2) Reduce server response time
3) Leverage browser caching
4) Prioritize visible content
5) Optimize images

I’ve scoured my site for ways to reduce load, have limited slider usage to just one (one slide slider on home page), added BWP Minify and activated necessary settings, what am I missing?

[Prasant RaiModerator]

Hello Corinne,

Thanks for writing in!

To optimize the performance of website on Google pagespeed, please walk-through our performance optimization guide:

https://theme.co/x/member/kb/performance/

Thanks.

[Corinne JParticipant]

We have implemented everything (outside of Max CDN which we tested and didn’t find value in) on the link provided above. Continue getting ‘Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content’ as a top suggestion. We have tried a few plugins to attempt resolution which conflicted with with X. How can we resolve this?

[RadModerator]

Hi there,

Would you mind providing some details about the conflict? There should be no conflict as javascript and other files are served based on WordPress standard.

But, there is some inline javascript that should be serve as inline.

Thanks!

[Corinne JParticipant]

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[RadModerator]

Hi there,

I mean, whats’ the conflict between X and the plugins you tried just to fix this Pagespeed’s issues. It’s plugin sole responsibility to optimize the speed of a WordPress site. A theme is just set of templates and design. Not all javascript and CSS are loaded by theme, there are also plugins and WordPress’s core files. Hence, it’s optimization plugin’s job to optimize and minify them all.

Thanks!

[Corinne JParticipant]

There is no conflict at all between X and the plugins that I am aware of. From day one of X’s install (with no other plugins), the ‘Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content’ error is provided which tells me this is something in the theme setup.

I have implemented everything possible on your performance optimization guide – don’t know where to go from here?

[RadModerator]

Hi there,

That “Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content” is optimization requirement that usually done by optimization plugin such as W3 Total Cache, and I think it’s an option along with minification option. And it only means that content should be displayed above the fold (viewport area) and that content should be generated or blocked by any javascript/CSS processing. It also depends on your existing content, it’s not about the theme.

Above fold is where your main contents are. Try minimizing the content, and make sure the first content is readable that search engine can read.

Thanks!

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