Low YSLOW Score – an 'F' on two fronts

[Vinod]

Hello,

I’m using the ‘Bold’ theme on my site and ran a GTMetrix test. I get a score of ‘F’ in YSlow for two items.

I’m not a programmer/web-developer. I did see this thread ‘https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/improving-y-slowness-scores/’ but I’m unsure if that’s universal advise or one that’s specific to that site.

Here are my ‘F’ score limitations.

Make fewer HTTP Requests:
This page has 31 external Javascript scripts. Try combining them into one.
This page has 8 external stylesheets. Try combining them into one.

Use a Content Delivery Network:
This has a long list of JS and CSS file names – numbering more than 30.

What’s the best way to combine CS and JSS files?
How can I improve these scores?

[Vinod]

I read about CDN and I understand its clearly not something I need. Being able to optimize HTTP requests should be good enough.

[David]

Hi there,

our Optimization tips should help you with that:

https://generatepress.com/fastest-wordpress-theme/

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Vinod]

That did help. Instant improvement in score. Should do for now. Thank you.

[Vinod]

Resolved.

[David]

Glad to be of help

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Vinod]

Hi. I had to deactivate Autoptimize because it took out my fonts. Despite ‘Google Fonts’ being set to ‘Leave as is’ as recommended on https://generatepress.com/fastest-wordpress-theme/

Another user of Autoptimize had a similar problem. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-removed-font-on-main-page/

This said that ‘a.htheme_no_logo’ needs to be added to CSS optimization exclusion list.
Added the exclusion and nothing changed. No fonts still.

Is there a generatepress/theme specific exclusion I should be adding?

Thank you.

[Vinod]

Technically, The low YSlow problem is resolved. But it just led to another problem. If you need me to create a new thread, let me know.

[David]

Thats peculiar – would you mind creating a new topic – makes it easier for us to track. Thanks

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Vinod]

New thread created at https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/autoptimize-taking-out-fonts-across-the-site/

Closing this as resolved.

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