Title: Disable Chimpstatic HTTP request/script for performance
Last modified: January 22, 2020

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# Disable Chimpstatic HTTP request/script for performance

 *  Resolved [clonemykey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clonemykey/)
 * (@clonemykey)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/)
 * Hello,
 * I am trying to decrease load time and server load and was hoping to get rid of
   chimpstatic script — at least on my frontpage. I’m not using any of the statistic
   based reporting in Mailchimp but simply using it to build a contact mailing list.
   Is there anyway to disable this script and will it effect list building?

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 *  Plugin Author [ryanhungate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhungate/)
 * (@ryanhungate)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/#post-12374850)
 * [@clonemykey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clonemykey/) sorry at the moment
   there is not a way to do this without editing core php files in the plugin. If
   you’re comfortable editing files yourself, you can find the file `class-mailchimp-
   woocommerce-public.php` and there is a function called `enqueue_scripts`.
 * You would simply comment out this line:
 * `//wp_enqueue_script($this->plugin_name.'_connected_site', $site, array(), $this-
   >version, true);`
 *  Thread Starter [clonemykey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clonemykey/)
 * (@clonemykey)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/#post-12377532)
 * Thanks Ryan! I can easily do this. Can you please confirm this won’t effect opting-
   in/out of mailing lists on registration and checkout?
 *  Plugin Author [ryanhungate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhungate/)
 * (@ryanhungate)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/#post-12378549)
 * [@clonemykey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clonemykey/) yes you’re all
   good to do that on your end. The only thing you’re commenting out is the Mailchimp“
   connected site script” which adds features from Mailchimp into your store like
   popup forms, analytics, marketing efforts you have configured in your Mailchimp
   account.
 * The rest of the functionality is in another file which actually lives on your
   server so the load speed is fast.
 * Side note – if you could spare a minute or two, we would really appreciate a 
   fair review of our plugin. It helps other store owners know that this is working
   as expected 🙂
 *  [pageeffect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pageeffect/)
 * (@pageeffect)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/#post-12874605)
 * Hi there,
 * I do think a connection to the mail chimp server by default, when a user is just
   visiting my site, is a violation of European GDPR. The site which is using the
   plugin would need to ask the user for allowance to do that, before the request
   is send, which isn’t really an option for most of us. Please consider, we can’t
   embedd Google Fonts or Google Maps any more without doing the same. So maybe 
   there is a chance for a “disable” button in the future?

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 * Last reply from: [pageeffect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pageeffect/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-chimpstatic-http-request-script-for-performance/#post-12874605)
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