Title: Preload optimized CSS in
Last modified: May 9, 2024

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# Preload optimized CSS in

 *  Resolved [kirpich1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kirpich1/)
 * (@kirpich1)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-optimized-css-in/)
 * Hello.
 * How do I enable the preload of optimizing CSS files in the header?
 * `link rel="preload" href="/autoptimize_1234567890.css" as="style"`
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-optimized-css-in/#post-17743277)
 * I would not do that, because (a) browser *know* the CSS has high priority anyway
   and (b) forcing browsers to preload (even if not needed) means the CSS will have
   priority over other resources which esp. on mobile *could* actually hurt performance.
 * That being said; have a look at the example code snippets over at [this old Github issue](https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/issues/49)
   for starters of how to accomplish preloading 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [kirpich1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kirpich1/)
 * (@kirpich1)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-optimized-css-in/#post-17744041)
 * I have a project where it is used:
 * `- link preload style.css`
 * `- link stelesheet style.css`
 * The site opens faster visually to the visitor, because style.css has size 65 
   kb and i have link preload href=”font.woff2″ as=”font”. The page does not twitch
   when loading, fonts are displayed immediately. The page is displayed immediately
   without a pause. If I don’t use link rel=preload, everything is bad
 * Sorry for my english 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preload-optimized-css-in/#post-17744318)
 * preloading the font can make sense, yes 🙂

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