Title: Reduce http Requests
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Reduce http Requests

 *  [fantasy_5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fantasy_5/)
 * (@fantasy_5)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/)
 * Hi!
 * I like this plugin it has been great for my site. My current gt metrix scores
   are 93 on speed but y slow is 68. One of the main reasons y slow is slow is because
   of number of http requests and concatenating files. How can I reduce them using
   this plugin? I’m not sure how or even how to go about copying the files.
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 *  [Kimberly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amiga500/)
 * (@amiga500)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653487)
 * Have you enabled Minify? When done right you should be able to condense all of
   your included files into a single .js and .css file. You can then further enhance
   speeds by putting the minified .js file into your footer (or defer’ing or async’ing).
 * 1. Performance > Settings > Minify … Enable = <checkmark>
    2. Save All Settings.
 * There is a chance though that under automatic mode that not all of your js/css
   files will be merged. If that is the case then you may have to use the “Manual”
   mode and then try the Wizard. Most people don’t have to use Manual.
 * Kimberly
 *  Thread Starter [fantasy_5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fantasy_5/)
 * (@fantasy_5)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653767)
 * Hi, Kimberly!
 * Yes, both css and js minification settings are enabled. Also, the inline settings
   for both are ticked and @ import handling is processed. Thanks for your reply.
 *  [Kimberly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amiga500/)
 * (@amiga500)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653768)
 * Does this mean you are still having problems with http requests?
 * I just realized i did not ask specifically what type of files are resulting in
   the excessive http requests. I had assumed you were referring to js/css. Are 
   they other media file types? What are they?
 * w3tc can only minify css and js files.
 * If its many tiny images used for decoration around the page you might consider
   css sprites to reduce requests.
 *  [Ashok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bappidgreat/)
 * (@bappidgreat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653770)
 * Hello fantasy_5
 * If you are in Chrome, then open developer tools and check network tab, there 
   you can see total number of http requests and all requests individually. That
   will also show if any http requests are sent from any scripts.
 * [http://take.ms/haxAe](http://take.ms/haxAe)
 * Have a good day!
 * Cheers
    Ash
 *  Thread Starter [fantasy_5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fantasy_5/)
 * (@fantasy_5)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653782)
 * Hi, Kimberly!
 * Yes, I am having issues with http requests because there are so many. I would
   like to reduce them and have read several articles about combining the js and
   external stylesheets into one file, but still not 100% clear on how to do it 
   without ruining my site or causing it to malfunction. My current speed score 
   is 96 and y slow is 71. Site loads in well under 5 seconds and I’m not using 
   a cdn. I’m also not really sure how to create a css sprite never done one before.
   I have heard of spriteme, but are you familiar with any tutorials I can watch
   that will assist me step by step for sprites and minimizing http requests?
 *  [Ashok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bappidgreat/)
 * (@bappidgreat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-http-requests/#post-7653784)
 * fantasy_5, here are some tutorials on css sprites:
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k1I4KJKdK4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k1I4KJKdK4)
   
   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfKI2ltz7K0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfKI2ltz7K0)
   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-O5rYbJjr4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-O5rYbJjr4)
   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZEwMo2W80](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZEwMo2W80)
 * Please note that, you can use image sprite for the images used in css only. Using
   sprit in html is tricky and still not all major browser supported: [https://css-tricks.com/spriting-img/](https://css-tricks.com/spriting-img/)

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