Title: Autoptimize css Only Render Blocking File Left
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Autoptimize css Only Render Blocking File Left

 *  Resolved [CounsellingHub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/counsellinghub/)
 * (@counsellinghub)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-css-only-render-blocking-file-left/)
 * Hi there,
 * Firstly, thanks for this great plugin. It has worked really well and also allowed
   me to identify some problems I was not aware of.
 * However, I’ve still go one render blocking css file. It appears to be a Autoptimize
   css file. Is this correct or is there something I’ve not done / need to do to
   do to deal with this file?
 * The site I’m optimising is [http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/](http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/)
   and a link to my Google Page Insights analysis:
    [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounselling-chorley.org.uk%2F&tab=desktop](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounselling-chorley.org.uk%2F&tab=desktop)
 * Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 * Thanks
    Steve
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-css-only-render-blocking-file-left/#post-5559428)
 * Hi Steve;
    There’s info [in the FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/faq/)
   about render-blocking CSS, do look at that for ways to solve this.
 * Hope this helps,
    frank
 *  Thread Starter [CounsellingHub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/counsellinghub/)
 * (@counsellinghub)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-css-only-render-blocking-file-left/#post-5559438)
 * Hi Frank, thanks for the quick response. I’ve read through the FAQ and I’m still
   not understanding what is happening. I installed ticked optimize html, javascript,
   css and added by CDN base url…
 * …I’m getting the following feedback from Google Page Insights and Pingdom Web
   Page Test. Should the cached Autoptimize be render blocking css?
 * GOOGLE PAGE INSIGHTS([https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounselling-chorley.org.uk%2F&tab=desktop](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcounselling-chorley.org.uk%2F&tab=desktop)):
 * Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
    Your 
   page has 1 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
   None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting
   for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking
   resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the
   HTML. Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
 * [http://4277re2n6w561hy8sj3avdtmo6o.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/9/css/autoptimize_cca0220ee832b7cacb00130863d3d949.css](http://4277re2n6w561hy8sj3avdtmo6o.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/9/css/autoptimize_cca0220ee832b7cacb00130863d3d949.css)
 * PINGDOM WEB PAGE TEST ([http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/eHbFqj/http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/](http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/eHbFqj/http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/)):
 * Remove query strings from static resources
 * Resources with a “?” in the URL are not cached by some proxy caching servers.
   Remove the query string and encode the parameters into the URL for the following
   resources:
 * [http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/wp-content/themes/canvas/includes/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=4.0.3](http://counselling-chorley.org.uk/wp-content/themes/canvas/includes/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=4.0.3)
 * Any suggestions would be welcome.
 * Thanks
    Steve
 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-css-only-render-blocking-file-left/#post-5559446)
 * Well, you should consider either the “inline & defer CSS” or “inline all CSS”
   option. There is info about that in the FAQ (questions 4, 5 and 6). “inline all
   CSS” is the easiest, “inline & defer CSS” the most performant solution.
 * The “remove query string”-remark is not really related to Autoptimize, but [there’s a plugin that does just that](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources/).
 * hope this helps,
    frank
 *  Thread Starter [CounsellingHub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/counsellinghub/)
 * (@counsellinghub)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-css-only-render-blocking-file-left/#post-5559736)
 * I had to inline all CSS in the end for it to work. Thank you very much for the
   support. Regards, Steve.

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