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rel=preload for 3rd party plugin not working
9 replies · Started by Andrew on October 15, 2020
Google PageSpeed Insights suggests I preload a font from a lightweight social icons plugin.
Following guidance found on this forum I created a Hook element in wp_head across the entire site with the code:
<link rel=”preload” href=”/wp-content/plugins/lightweight-social-icons/fonts/fontello.woff″ as=”font” type=”font/woff2″ crossorigin>
For some reason it doesn't seem to do anything - PageSpeed keeps providing the same advice about preload even with this script, suggesting the script isn't working.
Any ideas if I have done something wrong?
Thanks
Hi there,
can you share a link so i can take a look?
Of course, sorry, should have done that initially. It's https://tarsolutions.co.uk
Please advise if you need access to the back end.
Try updating the URL in your pre-load link to include the full address ie.
https://tarsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/lightweight-social-icons/fonts/fontello.woff
For some reason it doesn't seem to work. The tag does appear in the head section of the site but for whatever reason doesn't seem to do very much.
I am not seeing the full URL in the link tag ?
I've got it. Something stupid actually so apologies for the time waste. I copied the initial code and altered the URL. But the copy paste produced dodgy quotation marks. Now fixed. Thanks for your time and assistance.
Yeah curly quotes are a pain ... glad to hear you got it resolved (?)
Yes, all sorted. Thanks for your time, you certainly helped push me in the right direction.
You're welcome
