Title: Browser Warning when using preload
Last modified: August 9, 2019

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# Browser Warning when using preload

 *  Resolved [hardonhorsepoweradmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardonhorsepoweradmin/)
 * (@hardonhorsepoweradmin)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-warning-when-using-preload/)
 * Hello,
 * I want to begin by thanking you for this plugin, as it saves me time and effort–
   that is priceless! Also, I love the new name lol.
 * To the business end of things – I just started testing the “preload (experimental)”
   feature and noticed that the browser seems to be negating this request. The following
   warning is provided in the console (I will obfuscate my domain for privacy purposes)
 * “[https://[obfuscated]/wp-content/cache/caos-webfonts/fonts.css](https://[obfuscated]/wp-content/cache/caos-webfonts/fonts.css)
   was preloaded using link preload but not used within a few seconds from the window’s
   load event. Please make sure it has an appropriate `as` value and it is preloaded
   intentionally.”
 * Upon inspection of the source code after page load, I noticed that the following:
 * “<link rel=’preload’ href=’[https://[obfuscated]/wp-content/cache/caos-webfonts/fonts.css&#8217](https://[obfuscated]/wp-content/cache/caos-webfonts/fonts.css&#8217);
   as=’style’/>”
 * Should the call above include a crossorigin rule? Or may there be some other 
   issue at hand? This warning obviously isn’t breaking anything as of right now
   so it’s not of major concern, I just noticed a few minutes ago as I have been
   trying to shave as many ms as possible off my page load speed.
 * Thanks again, and please keep the latest plugin name, it’s good for a laugh each
   time I see it, and since I also use CAOS analytic, it helps prevent accidental
   clicks onto your analytics plugin in backend 🤣

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 *  Plugin Author [Daan van den Bergh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daanvandenbergh/)
 * (@daanvandenbergh)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-warning-when-using-preload/#post-11826777)
 * Haha, I’m happy the new name made you laugh! And don’t worry, I won’t change 
   it anymore!
 * Are you using any minification plugins? Because if your CSS is minified, you 
   can’t use the preload feature. The preload feature is applied strictly to the
   fonts.css, but once it is minified and combined into another file, the browser
   never sees it loading.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [Daan van den Bergh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daanvandenbergh/).
 *  Plugin Author [Daan van den Bergh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daanvandenbergh/)
 * (@daanvandenbergh)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-warning-when-using-preload/#post-11881125)
 * [@hardonhorsepoweradmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardonhorsepoweradmin/),
   since you haven’t replied anymore, I’m closing this ticket.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-warning-when-using-preload/#post-11881125)
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