Title: issues with broken internal JavaScript and CSS files Last modified: April 4, 2020 --- # issues with broken internal JavaScript and CSS files * Resolved [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/) * hello. After I activated your plugin (that I use in combination with Fastest Cache) I got many error from the SemRush Audit. In particular it seems there are several issues with broken internal JavaScript and CSS files (146 errors). an example on this page: [https://www.romeing.it/best-cocktail-bars-in-rome-for-gin-whiskey-mezcal/](https://www.romeing.it/best-cocktail-bars-in-rome-for-gin-whiskey-mezcal/) it results a 404 page for this CSS resource url: [https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/css/autoptimize_d2dbea8fc3584d00d78ac15f8e895449.css](https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/css/autoptimize_d2dbea8fc3584d00d78ac15f8e895449.css) * or on this page: [https://www.romeing.it/portfolio/romeing-magazine-february-2020/](https://www.romeing.it/portfolio/romeing-magazine-february-2020/) it results a 404 page for this Javascript resource url: [https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/js/autoptimize_9eab299a2ae804596f62c9cb003da719.js](https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/js/autoptimize_9eab299a2ae804596f62c9cb003da719.js) * please help me, I’m afraid this can affect my SEO * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fissues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12628968) * maybe it’s something related to this article? [https://blog.futtta.be/2020/03/27/autoptimize-no-more-broken-pages-due-to-css-js-not-found/](https://blog.futtta.be/2020/03/27/autoptimize-no-more-broken-pages-due-to-css-js-not-found/) * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12629385) * if the page is broken when you visit it, clearing your page cache(s) should fix it. * if the pages are not *really* broken, this indeed is just an issue with Google not finding old CSS/ JS (they have their own page cache). the new option in the upcoming AO 2.7 might be able to fix that automatically. if you want [you can download the beta here](https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/archive/beta.zip) and run it instead of 2.6.2 to test the new experimental feature? * lastly; I see you have CSS/ JS minification active in WP Fastest Cache, do disable those options when using Autoptimize. * hope this helps, frank * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630123) * yes the pages are broken and they are still broken after clearing page cache. * I mean the url is correct what is broken is the resource url, for example: [https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/css/autoptimize_d2dbea8fc3584d00d78ac15f8e895449.css](https://www.romeing.it/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/1/css/autoptimize_d2dbea8fc3584d00d78ac15f8e895449.css) * Here you can see my fastest cache setting: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/863u6pe3gqwg2xm/fastest%20cache.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/863u6pe3gqwg2xm/fastest%20cache.png?dl=0) do you think are they correct in combination with autoptimize? * thanks for your help A. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630274) * re. WPFC: nope, you’ll have to disable all JS/ CSS related options * re. missing files: Autoptimize is not active now, so I can’t really see things breaking so hard to comment on this. do you have a staging site where you could leave things broken? * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630353) * ok please check my updated setting of fastest cache here: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs320a72oafy898/fastest%20cache%20updated.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs320a72oafy898/fastest%20cache%20updated.png?dl=0) * why are you saying that autoptimize is not active? * anyways if the setting are now good I can launch again the audit and see if there are still broken internal JavaScript and CSS files. * thanks * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630362) * > ok please check my updated setting of fastest cache here: * WPFC settings look OK now. * > why are you saying that autoptimize is not active? * because there was no mention of AO in the HTML source, but there is now. * > anyways if the setting are now good I can launch again the audit and see if > there are still broken internal JavaScript and CSS files. * sure but do keep in mind that the semrush audit is different from what is really happening on your website 🙂 * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630435) * thank you 🙂 * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12630459) * you’re welcome, feel free to [leave a review of the plugin and support here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/reviews/#new-post)! 🙂 * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12640909) * Hello, I will do with pleasure. About the broken resources the problem continues: if you make a console inspection for example on this page (like many others): [https://www.romeing.it/rome-national-gallery-modern-art/](https://www.romeing.it/rome-national-gallery-modern-art/) you will see an error. * any ideas how to resolve it? thanks again A. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12640994) * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/hMaVjwX.jpg?ssl=1) * the 3 first ones are warnings about a change in Chrome the 4th is jquery migrate logging “i’m he-here” the 5th one is from “youtube embed plus” logging the fact the YT API is initaited * so nothing to worry about; no real errors and the same ones are visible when AO is not active (by adding `?ao_noptimize=1` to the URL) 🙂 * Thread Starter [romeing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romeing/) * (@romeing) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12641086) * that’s strange. This is what I see: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/djuw16vargu0kun/console.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/djuw16vargu0kun/console.png?dl=0) and these are the errors that Semrush find: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/patyio4hl3qyiqs/semrush%20errors.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/patyio4hl3qyiqs/semrush%20errors.png?dl=0) * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-broken-internal-javascript-and-css-files/#post-12641335) * re. semrush; those are deleted Autoptimized files, likely due to having cleared the cache when changing settings. AO 27 will have an (experimental) option to catch 404’s and redirect to fallback CSS/ JS, if you want you can [download the beta here](https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/archive/beta.zip) and install that instead of 2.6.2. * re. console; only one error there, which is the admin-ajax.php call which responds with a 403 Forbidden. no idea where that originates from, I tried again but I still can’t reproduce it. maybe try to find out which of the 9 (?!) admin-ajax- ing plugins is doing that (could be due to an expired nonce, which in turn could be due to page caching, but impossible to confirm from my end)? 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