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Why minify my WordPress site?

by | May 26, 2020

WP-Optimize’s Minify feature is all about increasing the speed of your WordPress site for your users.

One way Minify does this is by reducing the size of your HTML, CSS and JavaScript files such as removing unnecessary spaces and lines from the files.

Another way is that your files are merged into as few files as possible. This reduces the amount of load on your web server and can be quicker to load fewer files.

You can also defer the loading of any CSS or JavaScript file. This means any large or extraneous CSS or JavaScript file can be loaded independently from the core of your WordPress site; giving your users quicker access to your site.

Can WP-Optimize minify JavaScript?

by | May 26, 2020

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

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

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.

When enabling minify, some functionality is broken. How can I fix it?

by | May 27, 2020

This usually means one or more of your JavaScript files are incompatible with the minification or merging process. It can also be caused by errors in the JavaScript’s syntax.

  • The first thing to try is to enable the setting “Contain each included file in its own block” in the JavaScript options (WP-Optimize > Minify > Javascript > JavaScript options). This could “catch” an error, and prevent the rest of the code to be broken.
  • If the first option didn’t work, try disabling merging of JavaScript files.

If none of the above works, disable processing of JavaScript files in the minify settings, and contact us on our free or premium support channels, we’ll do our best to help you troubleshoot the issue.