Title: Lighthouse Performance Score
Last modified: June 24, 2023

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# Lighthouse Performance Score

 *  Resolved [webdes44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdes44/)
 * (@webdes44)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/)
 * I’m looking for some tips and suggestions about how to “reduce unused javascript
   or css,” including the java resulting from Google fonts, recaptcha and tags.
 * I understand that the server, the theme, and the plugins I choose can contribute
   to this issue, and that I need to use a caching plugin like Litespeed or W3 Total
   Cache.
 * But if I’ve done all of the following – chosen optimized themes and plugins, 
   reduced the number of plugins, improved my server settings, and installed and
   configured a caching plugin – and Lighthouse still says reduce the javascript
   and css, what other steps can I take?
 * With different caching plugins, when I minify, combine, and delay the javascript
   or choose similar options for css, I find it negatively impacts the display of
   my site. Is there a plugin or tool that allows for optimizing java and css with
   minimal impact on the site? Or is there something else I can do or try?

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 *  [Ivan Maljukanović](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imoptimal/)
 * (@imoptimal)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/#post-16845194)
 * Could you share a link to website, so we can check it out for ourselves?
 * If your score is 90+, and green over different areas, you shouldn’t chase perfection–
   it doesn’t make that much difference.
 * The only thing besides code minification and cache, is to actually remove unused
   code – but only if you know what you’re doing!
 *  Thread Starter [webdes44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdes44/)
 * (@webdes44)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/#post-16845943)
 * I’m just asking in general, not about one website in particular.
 * I agree about not chasing perfection, but the scores for my websites aren’t 90
   + and I often see that it’s the unused code that increases the lag or decreases
   the score.
 * Yes, I don’t know how to remove the unused code myself, but are there any plugins
   or methods that can make that step easy for those of us aren’t expert developers?
 *  [Ivan Maljukanović](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imoptimal/)
 * (@imoptimal)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/#post-16846363)
 * Unfortunately no, it’s still not possible to automate that process, but there
   is a plugin that at least solves one part of the issues you mentioned – [https://wordpress.org/plugins/debloat/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debloat/)
 *  Thread Starter [webdes44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdes44/)
 * (@webdes44)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/#post-16848768)
 * Thanks for the suggestion – I’ll check it out.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lighthouse-performance-score/#post-16848768)
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