Title: Performance issues Last modified: November 21, 2017 --- # Performance issues * [Etienne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epipo/) * (@epipo) * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/) * Hello, * This plugin is awesome, thanks a lot for your work. To make it even better you might consider increasing performance by: * – Loading photoswipe js only on pages where a gallery is used. – Loading scripts in footer instead of header (or at least trying to reduce the number of scripts in header). – I don’t think you need to enqueue jQuery again, as it is included in wordpress just loading it as a dependency of your other scripts should prevent any extra loading. * Thanks a lot! - This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Etienne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epipo/). - This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Etienne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epipo/). - This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Etienne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epipo/). - This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Etienne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epipo/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [THRIVE – Web Design Gold Coast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanoakley/) * (@deanoakley) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9751031) * Hi, * Thanks for the feedback. You might want to check out the new version * [https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2](https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2)– We would love some dev help! * I’ll publish this soon as a separate plugin. * [Happy Coder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovemesomecode/) * (@lovemesomecode) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9774820) * Checked the repo and could not find jQuery except in these two files * [https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2/blob/master/frontend/js/photoswipe-masonry.js](https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2/blob/master/frontend/js/photoswipe-masonry.js) * [https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2/blob/master/frontend/js/photoswipe-lazyload.js](https://github.com/thriveweb/photoswipe-masonry-v2/blob/master/frontend/js/photoswipe-lazyload.js) * Proposal, what would it cost to have your guys write that in vanilla JS? * Happy to pay for a vanilla JS version of this plugin. Photoswipe itself is vanilla JS, that being one of the reasons what makes it so fast. * Would get cracking at it myself however still learning. Seeing that the old version uses jQuery in \wp-content\plugins\photoswipe-masonry\photoswipe-masonry.js made me sad as this is a HUGE payload for the site. Generally I am trying to keep away from an plugins that use jQuery. Writing it all in vanilla JS could speed this thing up plenty fold. * Managed to get 100% on the GPSI (Google PageSpeed Insights) score though by inlining the jQuery load and moving registered and enqueued stylesheets and script to footer and partly loading them async. However all this can be avoided with some vanilla JS. * What do you think? Also is the repo you linked under active development? There are lots of issues/improvements happening, be sure I am watching this very closely. Thank you heaps for your effort. Let me know if I can be of any help, thank you. Perhaps you could get donations going to support your dev time? I am sure if a couple of people support your work hours this could be done in no time. - This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [Happy Coder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovemesomecode/). Reason: added more text * Plugin Author [THRIVE – Web Design Gold Coast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanoakley/) * (@deanoakley) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9794915) * Hi, * I think it is a good idea to get rid of jQuery. * If you want to discuss costs please email me [dean@thriveweb.com.au](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/dean@thriveweb.com.au?output_format=md) 🙂 * V2 I will release soon as a separate plugin. * We fix major bugs quickly but don’t have a lot of time for improvements at the moment sorry. * [Happy Coder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovemesomecode/) * (@lovemesomecode) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9801557) * Thank you. * Will V2 still use jQuery? * As it stands V1 is quite solid except using jQuery, whereas the issues for V2 are quite numerous looking at the repo. * Do you think or are of the impression that V2 is so much better than V1? * Thank you. * Plugin Author [THRIVE – Web Design Gold Coast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanoakley/) * (@deanoakley) * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9802137) * I’ll have to check how much jQuery there is. * v2 was completely re-written and should be easier to build on. * [tobiasmalikowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasmalikowski/) * (@tobiasmalikowski) * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-25/#post-9896914) * Hi there, * when will v2 be released? The performance issues with v1 are crucial and I need to fix this as asap, otherwise i have to switch to another gallery plugin. * Is v2 already ready to use? I’ve installed it (WordPress 4.9.2), but instantly run into errors like “Undefined index: item_count in frontend/class-psm-frontend. php on line 94”. Even activating the plugin gave me an error “the plugin created 243 characters unexpected output while activating.” * Cheers, * Tobias - This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [tobiasmalikowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasmalikowski/). 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