Title: Autoptimize’s Own CSS Blocking Rendering
Last modified: November 27, 2016

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# Autoptimize’s Own CSS Blocking Rendering

 *  Resolved [Elkerton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elkerton/)
 * (@elkerton)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimizes-own-css-blocking-rendering/)
 * Autoptimize is successfully handling all CSS with CSS Options set to optimize
   and aggregate; however, Autoptimize’s own CSS file is blocking rendering of the
   site: [https://[domain](https://[domain) name]/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/css/
   autoptimize_b611339b1f435a9a4c5a52c45831e845.css
 * Why is this file not addressed with the optimize and aggregate selected?

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 *  Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/)
 * (@futtta)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimizes-own-css-blocking-rendering/#post-8486089)
 * That’s because the default and safe way to optimize CSS is to simply link it 
   in head Elkerton. As you can read in [the FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/faq/)
   you can switch to “inline all css” (easy) or “inline & defer” (better) to make
   the css non-render-blocking.
 * hope this clarifies,
    frank
 *  Thread Starter [Elkerton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elkerton/)
 * (@elkerton)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimizes-own-css-blocking-rendering/#post-8488934)
 * Got it – thank you Frank. Great plugin. Great support. 5-stars easy.

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 * Last reply from: [Elkerton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elkerton/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimizes-own-css-blocking-rendering/#post-8488934)
 * Status: resolved