Title: Poor total blocking time
Last modified: January 9, 2025

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# Poor total blocking time

 *  [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r19f54l/)
 * (@r19f54l)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-total-blocking-time/)
 * Readers have told me my site is very slow to open. Google Site Kit says I have
   poor total blocking time. Site support at Wealthy Affiliate where my site is 
   hosted said the problem is that I need to eliminating render-blocking, unused
   CSS/JS and that it’s a theme problem. They told me to check here to resolve the
   issue. Can you help?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpoor-total-blocking-time%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-total-blocking-time/#post-18235687)
 * Hi there,
 * I analyzed your site using PageSpeed Insights, and the Total Blocking Time issue
   is primarily caused by third-party scripts, specifically Google Tag Manage and
   Google Ads scripts.
 * To address this, consider using a caching or JavaScript optimization plugin to
   defer or minimize these scripts, which should help mitigate the issue.
 *  Thread Starter [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r19f54l/)
 * (@r19f54l)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-total-blocking-time/#post-18239639)
 * Thanks for your response. However, as a tech-challenge dude, I don’t know what
   that means. Can you recommend a plugin?
 *  [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-total-blocking-time/#post-18239836)
 * The recommended plugin with good compatibility with GeneratePress is Perfmatters,
   but it is a paid plugin.
 * A free alternative is Autoptimize: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/)

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