Title: PageSpeed optimization
Last modified: January 2, 2020

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# PageSpeed optimization

 *  Resolved [paradoxkc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradoxkc/)
 * (@paradoxkc)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagespeed-optimization-3/)
 * Hi,
 * how can I fix these pagespeed problems:
 * 1. Avoid CSS [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
 * The following external stylesheets were included in [https://mydomain.com/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/css/autoptimize_4e8e51d622a67bfe715eeba5d4e18b6f.css](https://mydomain.com/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/css/autoptimize_4e8e51d622a67bfe715eeba5d4e18b6f.css)
   using [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/).
 * [https://mydomain.com/wp-content/themes/porto/style.css](https://mydomain.com/wp-content/themes/porto/style.css)
 * 2. Optimize the order of styles and scripts
 * The following external CSS files were included after an external JavaScript file
   in [https://mydomain.com/](https://mydomain.com/). To ensure CSS files are downloaded
   in parallel, always include external CSS before external JavaScript.
 * [https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/simple-line-icons/2.4.1/css/simple-line-icons.css](https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/simple-line-icons/2.4.1/css/simple-line-icons.css)
 * 3. Defer parsing of JavaScript
 * 89.8KiB of JavaScript is parsed during initial page load. Defer parsing JavaScript
   to reduce blocking of page rendering.
 * [https://mydomain.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js](https://mydomain.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js)(
   86.8KiB)
    [https://mydomain.com/](https://mydomain.com/) (3.0KiB of inline JavaScript)

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagespeed-optimization-3/#post-12287396)
 * 1. is because AO wasn’t able to read the `wp-content/themes/porto/style.css` 
   file from the filesystem for some reason, so it keeps the import that was in 
   the original CSS
 * 2. external CSS (or JS) can not be optimized, so if you want to fix this you’ll
   have to find out which plugin is adding that file and see if you can change that
   somehow. ideally it is loaded from your own domain, as that way AO can aggregate
 * 3. you can try removing `js/jquery/jquery.js` from the JS opt. exclusions + tick
   the “also aggregate inline JS” option, but it is very likely that that will cause
   the cache size to grow very quickly, [indicating even bigger problems](https://blog.futtta.be/2016/09/15/autoptimize-cache-size-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/).
 * hope this helps,
    frank
 *  Thread Starter [paradoxkc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradoxkc/)
 * (@paradoxkc)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagespeed-optimization-3/#post-12288783)
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagespeed-optimization-3/#post-12288828)
 * you’re welcome, feel free to [leave a review of the plugin and support here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/reviews/#new-post)!
   🙂

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagespeed-optimization-3/#post-12288828)
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