Experience low site speed; what do you recommend?

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#1

Hi! What tools do you recommend to help with low site speed? We’re currently using Smush. Do you also have a recommended cache tool?

#2

Hello Craig,

Thanks for writing in! We recommend installed some caching or optimizing plugins. For more details, please check out this detailed guide for your site’s performance in this knowledge article:

Hope this helps. Please let us know how it goes.

#3

Hey there, I can’t seem to use any caching tools without breaking the theme. I’m attaching a copy of my PageSpeed Insights breakdown.

I have tried using W3 Total Cache, Autoptimize, and Hummingbird Pro. Anytime I enable the caching and minifying features, I can’t edit any of my posts/pages. What do you recommend?

#4

Hi Craig,

For PRO, please exclude these files from being merge/minified.

wp-content/themes/pro/framework/dist/js/site/x.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist/js/site/cs.fa34ec9.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist-app/js/cs.fa34ec9.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist-app/js/cs-vendor.fa34ec9.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist/js/admin/huebert.fa34ec9.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist-app/js/cs.fa34ec9.js
wp-content/themes/pro/cornerstone/assets/dist-app/js/cs-vendor.fa34ec9.js

Those files are already minified so there is no need for minifying it again.

Exclude Pages and Directories from Caching in W3 Total Cache

For sites that are under CloudFlare, they can follow this guide here.

Remember to clear all caches (plugins, server-side, CDN, and browser’s cache) this will help you to avoid any potential errors.

Hope it helps,
Cheers!

#5

Ok, I added those JS files and everything looks good. Are there any other CSS files or anything in general that I should exclude when running this plugin? Thanks!

#6

Hi Craig,

For the theme, yeah that’s all. But you might have other plugins that are affected as well, you might need to exclude the JS file of those plugin as well (or not).

You can use your Browser DevTools console to see if there is a JS error on your page.

Cheers!

#7

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