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How do I exclude individual CSS files from being minified and merged?

by | May 27, 2020

You can remove any of your CSS files from being merged or minified by doing the following:

  1. Go to WP-Optimize > Minify > CSS
  2. Scroll to the “Exclude the following CSS files from processing” section
  3. Type in the name of your CSS files — one per line — that you wish to exclude:

  4. Click ‘Save settings’

    The files you entered will now be removed from both the minification and merging process and will load as normal.

How do I exclude all CSS files from being minified and merged?

by | May 27, 2020

You can completely disable the merging and minification of all your CSS files by following these steps:

  1. Go to WP-Optimize > Minify > CSS
  2. Click ‘Process CSS files’:

Your CSS files will neither be minified nor merged. You can enable the minification and merging of your CSS files simply by clicking it again.

Note: If you wish to load CSS files asynchronously, you should keep this setting enabled, and disable minification and merging in the CSS settings.

How do I load CSS files asynchronously?

by | May 27, 2020

Loading your CSS files asynchronously, also known as deferring your files, allows you to load your CSS files separately from the core files of your website.

Follow these steps to load your files asynchronously:

  1. Go to WP-Optimize > Minify > CSS
  2. Scroll down to the section labelled, “”Load the following CSS files asynchronously”
  3. Type in the name of your CSS file — one per line — that you wish to load asynchronously:
  4. Click ‘Save settings’

Can WP-Optimize minify CSS?

by | May 27, 2020

Absolutely. When you enable WP-Optimize’s minify feature all your CSS files will be minified by default.

You can configure its settings by going to WP-Optimize > Minify > CSS.

How do I exclude all JavaScript scripts from being minified and merged?

by | May 27, 2020

You can completely disable the merging and minification of all your JavaScript scripts by following these steps:

  1. Go to WP-Optimize > Minify
  2. Click ‘ Process JavaScript files’:

Your JavaScript scripts will neither be minified nor merged. You can enable the minification and merging of your JavaScript scripts simply by clicking it again.

Note: If you wish to still use the asynchronous loading of JavaScript, you may keep this setting on, and disable merging and minification settings in the JavaScript tab.