Title: Parsing Javascript question
Last modified: November 11, 2020

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# Parsing Javascript question

 *  Resolved [happynaturaldog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happynaturaldog/)
 * (@happynaturaldog)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parsing-javascript-question/)
 * Hi Gabe, I was reading about your Asset Cleanup plugin and I’m wondering if the
   free version provides Javascript parsing? Or what the free version provides over
   and above W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare? My website is only a year old so is 
   not at a point where I can afford the pro version, so am trying to see what the
   lite version offers if I already have W3 and Cloudflare. Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [Gabe Livan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabelivan/)
 * (@gabelivan)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parsing-javascript-question/#post-13649536)
 * [@happynaturaldog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happynaturaldog/) I’m 
   not sure exactly what your goal is and what kind of JavaScript parsing are you
   referring to. The plugin does not support adding new JavaScript files to load
   as it deals only with existing assets. Its purpose is to clean things up.
 * It can help you defer parsing of JavaScript files if that’s what you mean. In
   case you’re combining JS files, it has the following option available: “_Defer
   loading JavaScript combined files from <body> (applies defer=”defer” attribute
   to the combined script tags)_“. However, when it comes to choosing individual
   files to defer which is a more advanced method and often the recommended one,
   you need the Pro version which has support for adding attributes to the SCRIPT
   tags including “defer” and “async”.
 * If you’re planning on using only the Lite version, then my recommendation would
   be to unload the CSS/JS that is not needed (docs here: [https://assetcleanup.com/docs/](https://assetcleanup.com/docs/)).
   In combination with W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare, it would make a difference
   in the PageSpeed score considerably.
 *  Thread Starter [happynaturaldog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happynaturaldog/)
 * (@happynaturaldog)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parsing-javascript-question/#post-13649556)
 * Thanks for the quick reply Gabe and the information. As you can tell, I’m not
   a tech person, so am still learning what all these terms mean – so your explanations
   were helpful!

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