Bloated Javascript Loading on every page — Sloppy Developer Enqueues

  • Resolved tripflex

    (@tripflex)


    6 months, 3 weeks ago

    You are enqueueing this file (and probably others), on every single page of someone’s WordPress site:
    wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/lite/assets/vue/js/chunks/vendor-0853f02f.min.js

    Which appears to be a dynamic import from your frontend js file:
    google-analytics-for-wordpress/lite/assets/vue/js/frontend.min.js

    Either way, you’re causing a conflict with my plugin that loads Flatpickr (ONLY ON THE PAGES NEEDED), and because you are not including the translation files, users are now having the issue where it’s only showing the English version because your bundled version of flatpickr does not include all the translations.

    If you are attempting to use dynamic imports, I suggest that you review how you have this setup for your dynamic imports for libraries like this (if you want to use the global namespace for them) should be done only when your component loads that NEEDS the date or time picker, not just ALWAYS loading it regardless.

    Even if the user does not click on the admin menu to show your insights panel, you’re still loading everything regardless.

    This adds extra bloat to user’s sites causing it to load this unnecessary javascript on every page. For now i’m having to manually dequeue or tell clients to just remove your plugin as you have everything bundled and dynamically imported (incorrectly) so there’s no easy way for me to work around this. Please fix.

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  • Plugin Support Tim H

    (@tharg3)

    6 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi @tripflex

    Thank you for reaching out. I am truly sorry for the frustration and performance issues you’re experiencing with your site. I can absolutely understand your anger when a component seems to be impacting your site’s speed, and I want to personally address your concerns.

    I’ve carefully read your suggestion about loading the admin bar assets only on click. From a performance standpoint, that is a very logical approach, and I appreciate you detailing it for us. The challenge we face is a technical limitation within WordPress itself—the Admin Bar is not built to support loading assets dynamically “on click.” It requires them to be available on page load in case a user interacts with it.

    However, if you are not using the feature its scripts should not be loading at all. The good news is that you have full control to disable this and immediately resolve the issue. We have a built-in setting for this exact purpose.

    Here’s how you can disable it and prevent those assets from loading:

    1. In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Insights > Settings.
    2. Click on the Advanced tab.
    3. Scroll down to the Reports section.
    4. Toggle on the option that says “Hide Admin bar reports”.

    Here’s a direct screenshot to show you exactly where that setting is: Visual Guide to Hiding Admin Bar Reports.

    I know this doesn’t change the frustration you’ve already experienced, and for that, I am again very sorry. Please let me know if disabling this feature resolves the performance issue you were seeing. I’m here to ensure we get this sorted out for you.

    Best regards,
    Tim

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