Title: Minify Active – Javascript not delayed
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# Minify Active – Javascript not delayed

 *  Resolved [sethbburgess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sethbburgess/)
 * (@sethbburgess)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/)
 * I have activated Minify with the default options and the report from [https://gtmetrics.com](https://gtmetrics.com)
   is still warning me to defer parsing of JavaScript. Not sure what to do next.
   What am I missing?
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   to see the link]_

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 *  [Marc Lacroix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcusig/)
 * (@marcusig)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/#post-13002797)
 * Hi there,
 * Defering of JavaScript isn’t done by default, because while it is good for page
   speed tools like gtmetrix, in reality it can easily break features, because you
   cannot control the order in which the files are loaded.
 * In order to defer JavaScript files, you can add the ones you want to defer (the
   original names) in the setting “Load JavaScript asynchronously”.
 * Marc.
 *  Thread Starter [sethbburgess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sethbburgess/)
 * (@sethbburgess)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/#post-13005505)
 * Awesome. Thanks. I missed the fact that no JavaScript was deferred by default.
   Can you suggest the best way for me to compile a list of JavaScript files that
   might be considered for deferral?
 * Seth
 *  [Marc Lacroix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcusig/)
 * (@marcusig)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/#post-13051885)
 * Hi Seth, Sorry for the delay in responding.
 * The files that can be deferred will vary a lot from website to website. Sometimes
   you could defer everything, but it can also break things.
 * To identify the individual files loaded on your site, you can go to WP-Optimize
   > Minify > Advanced > List of processed files. Pressing “Show information” will
   show the list of processed files.
 * You can then use these URLs in the “Load JavaScript asynchronously” option.
    
   You could put everything in there, or add them one by one, and test what works
   bit by bit.
 * Marc.
 *  Thread Starter [sethbburgess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sethbburgess/)
 * (@sethbburgess)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/#post-13055475)
 * Thank you! That is helpful. I found the lists. What controls whether or not an
   entry appears on the list? The first time I loaded the page there were about 
   a dozen each JS and CSS files. The next time I loaded the page, there were no
   files listed. Then I reloaded again in a little while and there were about 5 
   files listed for each.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-active-javascript-not-delayed/#post-13055475)
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