Title: Autoptimize HTML compression working?
Last modified: September 8, 2016
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# Autoptimize HTML compression working?
* Resolved [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/)
* I have Autoptimize working on my WP site, and I think it’s doing with JS/CSS
minifying, but from what I can tell, I still have a 2% HTML/Text ratio, and my
HTML size is about 500kb. I do have Optimize HTML selected, and do not have Keep
Comments checked. Do I need another plugin, or should Autoptimize be bringing
this ratio (or html file size) down itself?
* I’m using the Karma for WordPress theme, which I know can bloat code a bit (which
is why I need the compression).
* Thanks y’all
Jon
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* Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161052)
* AO does optimize HTML, but the impact will in general not be huge. If you can
share your URL I can have a quick look to see if it is indeed working?
* frank
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161099)
* Dang Frank, you are about the fastest Plugin Author I have ever seen!! Nice!
* My URL is [https://gatehealing.com](https://gatehealing.com) . . . cannot believe
I forgot to list that.
* Thanks again for the great support!
Jon
* Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161160)
* is you’re in the performance-market you have to be fast, right 😉
* anyway; had a look at your HTML and although HTML minification is working, you
seem to have “inline all CSS” active and that makes your HTML real bulky (too
bulky, probably). consider switching to (the somewhat more complex) “inline &
defer”. there’s more info [in the FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/faq/)
of the difference and on how to proceed.
* have fun,
frank
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161168)
* Cool. I’ll look into it. Thanks!
* Jon
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161177)
* Ah yes, I remember this inline and defer . . . pulled my hair out trying to figure
out what should go in the box. I see some other plugins that you list–would any
of those get me close? I have absolutely no idea at all how to figure out what
to put in that box, and from what I understand, it can be extremely difficult
to learn that.
* Plugin a better option?
Jon
* Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161188)
* well, [check out this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k56E_7SFQoE) (long, instructtional)
and [this vid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5sjZRWsgrM) (shorter, more a
product announcement) out for info on how to “inline & defer” 🙂
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161846)
* Thanks! I had found that jonassebastianohlsson.com generator before, but couldn’t
get it to work correctly, possibly because i’m on a mac, but it could also be
because I wasn’t entering the correct code. I’ve unminified my HTML, just in
case that needs to be done. When I view the source code though, I don’t have
a text/css link that gets me to the css, so I’m not sure where to go from there.
I know how to access the style.css via the editor in Appearance, but it looks
nothing like what the video shows.
* Apologies if I’m asking for a bit too much help with this; the video does make
it look easy, but I cannot find what looks like the css code. I think once I
have that, I’ll be all set.
* Little info I also neglected to include in original post that you ask for at
bottom of FAQ:
I’m using the Karma for WordPress theme. Download link: [https://themeforest.net/user/stressprofessionals/download_purchase/6597c529-a380-4937-80b0-59875bbd67f9](https://themeforest.net/user/stressprofessionals/download_purchase/6597c529-a380-4937-80b0-59875bbd67f9)
* I’m using Yoast SEO plugin as well, and CloudFlare CDN plugin.
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161909)
* Thanks! I had found that jonassebastianohlsson.com generator before, but couldn’t
get it to work correctly, possibly because i’m on a mac, but it could also be
because I wasn’t entering the correct code. I’ve unminified my HTML, just in
case that needs to be done. When I view the source code though, I don’t have
a text/css link that gets me to the css, so I’m not sure where to go from there.
I know how to access the style.css via the editor in Appearance, but it looks
nothing like what the video shows.
* Apologies if I’m asking for a bit too much help with this; the video does make
it look easy, but I cannot find what looks like the css code. I think once I
have that, I’ll be all set.
* Little info I also neglected to include in original post that you ask for at
bottom of FAQ:
I’m using the Karma for WordPress theme.
* I’m using Yoast SEO plugin as well, and CloudFlare CDN plugin.
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8161991)
* I got it. Took a risk and just copy/pasted the page source itself. That did it!
Thanks!
* Jon
* Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8162211)
* good job Jon! 🙂
* can you mark this thread as “resolved” (I can’t)?
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8162313)
* You bet! I just need to figure out how. . .
* Thread Starter [gatehealing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatehealing/)
* (@gatehealing)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8162317)
* got it! Thanks again for all the help and patience!
Jon
* Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
* (@futtta)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-html-compression-working/#post-8162331)
* you’re most welcome Jon 🙂
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