Title: Performance killer Last modified: October 15, 2025 --- # Performance killer * Resolved [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/) * Is there anyway to improve the performance delivery? My site dropped from 97% down to 50%! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18684517) * Are you sure that hCaptcha is the culprit? Can you provide a link to your page with the performance issue? * Thread Starter [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688367) * Typically, I use the hcaptcha plugin, and gtag for tracking analytics and ads. However, I performed [Google Pagespeed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev/) mobile simulated tests with gtag and hcaptcha both disabled, and performance is ~97%. [See screenshot](https://cldup.com/-8JaqEN5a3.webp)With hcaptcha enabled, but gtag disabled, performance is ~50%. [See screenshot](https://cldup.com/dJbh0sYysm.webp) With only gtag enabled, and hcaptcha disabled, performance is ~80%. * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688395) * Your links point to malicious pages. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/F5Sz5Zx.png?ssl=1) * If I try to open it without https * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/jAKONdt.png?ssl=1) * Thread Starter [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688444) * [@kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) The links go directly to each image file hosted on CloudUp.com – a service Matt Mullenweg also owns. What do you mean by malicious? When I attempt to open either link with only ` http`, it just redirects to the `https`version. If I copy/paste or click on my links I posted above, it takes me to the image. Does your browser contain malware? - `https://cldup.com/-8JaqEN5a3.webp` - `https://cldup.com/dJbh0sYysm.webp` * Thread Starter [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688456) * With hcaptcha * ![](https://i0.wp.com/cldup.com/dJbh0sYysm.webp?ssl=1) * Without hcaptcha * ![](https://i0.wp.com/cldup.com/-8JaqEN5a3.webp?ssl=1) * Thread Starter [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688474) * URL should not be malicious, and secure: * ![](https://i0.wp.com/cldup.com/BM666CArJ0.webp?ssl=1) * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688486) * Apologies. Something strange with my local Internet provider. First time I see it. * I have turned on VPN and now I can see your pictures and the website. Trying to guess what is going on. * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18688503) * Can you try to do two things? 1. Set “Delay Showing hCaptcha, ms” to `0`. See the result. 2. Return delay to `-100`. Find the file `src/php/DelayedScript/DelayedScript.php` and replace * ```wp-block-code window.addEventListener( 'touchstart', load );document.body.addEventListener( 'mouseenter', load );document.body.addEventListener( 'click', load );window.addEventListener( 'keydown', load );window.addEventListener( 'scroll', scrollHandler ); ``` * to * ```wp-block-code const options = { passive: true };window.addEventListener( 'touchstart', load, options );document.body.addEventListener( 'mouseenter', load );document.body.addEventListener( 'click', load );window.addEventListener( 'keydown', load );window.addEventListener( 'scroll', scrollHandler, options ); ``` * Kindly let me know the result in the case 1 and case 2. * Thanks. * Thread Starter [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/) * (@polyfade) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18689872) * [@kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) Unfortunately, neither option was better than the default. Option 1 seemed to return worse results when changing -100 to 0. * I realize calling 3rd-party assets could result in this kind of performance hit on slower connections. You’re already using a dns prefetch call, so I’m not sure what could be improved. * Using Lighthouse compared to PageSpeed Insights also returns very different results even though they both use a simulated slow 4G connection. So, neither seem to be reliable for simulated testing. * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/#post-18693211) * This is what I see now on your site. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/BwNJwMo.png?ssl=1) * It is not bad result. Something was changed on the site, it became sensibly faster and a kind of scroll was removed at the page load. * I think that hCaptcha is not a performance problem, actually. * Plugin Contributor [kaggdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaggdesign/) * (@kaggdesign) * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-killer-4/page/2/#post-18702265) * Closing as no answer for a week. 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