Title: minify JavaScript problem Last modified: December 2, 2018 --- # minify JavaScript problem * Resolved [Greg Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/517design/) * (@517design) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/) * Great Plugin! When I turn on Minify JavaScript i get a good ranking in google pagespeed, but it breaks my theme. I took every js file i could find and included all of them in the Exclude Files List hoping my theme would not break and i could eliminate these files one by one until i found the js file that was causing the issue. Here are the files I used: * ``` https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/bootstrap/collapse.min.js https//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js https:\/\/staging.burialinsurance.life\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=4.9. https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.12.4 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.4.1 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-json/https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/bootstrap/transition.min.js?ver=3.3.7 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/bootstrap/collapse.min.js?ver=3.3.7 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/slick/slick.min.js?ver=1.6.0 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/functions.min.js?ver=3.0 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=4.9.8 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/js/dist/js_composer_front.min.js?ver=5.6 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/assets/js/min/front-end--inputmask.min.js?ver=3.3.19 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-includes/js/underscore.min.js?ver=1.8.3 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-includes/js/backbone.min.js?ver=1.2.3 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/assets/js/min/front-end-deps.js?ver=3.3.19 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/assets/js/min/front-end.js?ver=3.3.19 https://staging.burialinsurance.life/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms-style/layouts/assets/js/min/front-end.js?ver=3.0.25 ``` * Screenshots of my settings: [https://gyazo.com/015448c44c0d9e1c34b14a9b37716735](https://gyazo.com/015448c44c0d9e1c34b14a9b37716735) [https://gyazo.com/3a90f25f4119f5d9d9a959f10b6f0a84](https://gyazo.com/3a90f25f4119f5d9d9a959f10b6f0a84) [https://gyazo.com/cfcffbd8b7cdc1886473a4d85dc23a2e](https://gyazo.com/cfcffbd8b7cdc1886473a4d85dc23a2e) * Is there a setting I need to change? Am I putting the js files in the Exclude Files List incorrectly or adding the wrong files? * Thanks, Greg * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fminify-javascript-problem%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Author [Denis Ryabov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dryabov/) * (@dryabov) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10938905) * As to the Exclude Files List, it is based on a partial matching, so it is sufficient to set just a path without protocol and domain name, e.g. * /wp-content/themes/visual-composer-starter/js/bootstrap/collapse.min.js * (moreover, javascript files may be actually loading via relative paths) * And, of course, you can disable merging of javascript at all (but it would be better to found which file leads to the error and exclude them only). * Thread Starter [Greg Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/517design/) * (@517design) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10939117) * Thank you very much! * Thread Starter [Greg Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/517design/) * (@517design) * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10947651) * Just to be thorough how do i find every js file my site is using? * and what about the scripts in the head that are not links, do i copy and paste the whole script into Exclude Files List? * thanks again * Plugin Author [Denis Ryabov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dryabov/) * (@dryabov) * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10957184) * Currently there is no easy way to specify inlined script to don’t be merged, except of disabling of merging of all inlined javascripts. * But there are two tricky ways: 1) add ress-safe attribute to the script tag to skip this js (allowing prior and next javascripts to be merged into a single file), and 2) add data-cfasync=false attribute to disable optimization of this js and preventing merging of prior and next javascripts to avoid possible dependence- related issues. * Thread Starter [Greg Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/517design/) * (@517design) * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10959007) * Thanks I’ll try that Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘minify JavaScript problem’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/psn-pagespeed-ninja/assets/icon.svg?rev=1722219) * [PageSpeed Ninja - Cache, Minify, Defer CSS JavaScript, Critical CSS, Optimize Images, Convert WebP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/psn-pagespeed-ninja/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/psn-pagespeed-ninja/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/psn-pagespeed-ninja/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/psn-pagespeed-ninja/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/psn-pagespeed-ninja/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/psn-pagespeed-ninja/reviews/) ## Tags * [pagespeed ninja](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pagespeed-ninja/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Greg Robertson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/517design/) * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-javascript-problem/#post-10959007) * Status: resolved