Title: Asynchronous CSS & JS Files Still Render-Blocking
Last modified: October 14, 2023

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# Asynchronous CSS & JS Files Still Render-Blocking

 *  Resolved [MindCreatesMeaning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xizor/)
 * (@xizor)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/asynchronous-css-js-files-still-render-blocking/)
 * **Using:**
   WordPress 6.3.2WP-Optimize 3.2.19
 * **Troubles:**
    - **CSS & JS files placed in the** ‘**Exclude from Processing’** and ‘**Load
      Asynchronously**‘ fields within WP-Optimize **continue to be render-blocking**.
 * **Screenshots:**
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/W37MCP4)
 * WP-Optimize Exclusion & Asynchronous Fields Populated With Values
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/E3Imjon)
 * Pagespeed.web.dev showing that **WP-Optimized Files** which are excluded & asynchronously
   loaded **are still render-blocking**.
 * **How can this be resolved? What is the solution to this issue?**

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 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/asynchronous-css-js-files-still-render-blocking/#post-17126348)
 * If you have excluded files from processing this means they will not be deferred
   or loaded asynchronously. If you want them to be loaded asynchronously, please
   remove them from the “Exclude the following CSS files from processing” section
 * I would also check if your site has http2 enabled, if it does, you should not
   enable minification or merging.
 * You can use a tool such as this to check: [https://tools.keycdn.com/http2-test](https://tools.keycdn.com/http2-test)
 *  Thread Starter [MindCreatesMeaning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xizor/)
 * (@xizor)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/asynchronous-css-js-files-still-render-blocking/#post-17134829)
 * [@vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) – This is a helpful,
   clarifying answer. Thank you.

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## Tags

 * [asynchronous](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/asynchronous/)
 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)
 * [excluded](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excluded/)
 * [js](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/js/)
 * [render-blocking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/render-blocking/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [MindCreatesMeaning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xizor/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/asynchronous-css-js-files-still-render-blocking/#post-17134829)
 * Status: resolved