[Support request] Improving Y-Slowness Scores

[Marc HootyApps.com]

Hi Support,

Please advise how I can achieve perfect A scores to address the following, attached a link for the GT Metrix report if that helps.

Thanks

Kesvel

P.S I have just Generate Press installed and removed the GP Premium plugin so barebones install.

https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.authority.buzz/HJYO09B5
RECOMMENDATION GRADE TYPE PRIORITY
Add Expires headers
F (0)
SERVER HIGH
What’s this mean?
There are 10 static components without a far-future expiration date.

https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,regular,italic,600,700
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=5.1.1
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/css/unsemantic-grid.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/style.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/css/mobile.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/menu.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/a11y.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/navigation-search.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=5.1.1
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=5.1.1
Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
F (10)
SERVER MEDIUM
What’s this mean?
Using a CDN YSlow doesn’t recognize? Specify your CDNs in your User Settings.

There are 9 static components that are not on CDN.

https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=5.1.1
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/css/unsemantic-grid.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/style.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/css/mobile.min.css?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/menu.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/a11y.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-content/themes/generatepress/js/navigation-search.min.js?ver=2.2.2
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=5.1.1
https://www.authority.buzz/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=5.1.1

GeneratePress 2.2.2

[epickenyan]

For “There are 10 static components without a far-future expiration date.” use this code in your .htaccess file.

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
AddType application/font-woff2 .woff2
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A0
ExpiresByType video/webm A10368000
ExpiresByType video/ogg A10368000
ExpiresByType video/mp4 A10368000
ExpiresByType image/webp A10368000
ExpiresByType image/gif A10368000
ExpiresByType image/png A10368000
ExpiresByType image/jpg A10368000
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A10368000
ExpiresByType image/ico A10368000
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A10368000
ExpiresByType text/css A10368000
ExpiresByType text/javascript A10368000
ExpiresByType application/javascript A10368000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A10368000
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 A10368000
</IfModule>

For the CDN, you can either pay for options like MaxCDN or ignore if you cannot afford it. You can also use photon by jetpack for the images only CDN.

[Tom]

Great suggestions, epic! 🙂

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/
Ongoing Development: https://generatepress.com/ongoing-development

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