Remove Google javascript libraries

  • Resolved tin68

    (@tin68)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    How to disable in your WordPress blog all the calls Google javascript libraries? It’s my blog – I don’t see why to call on every page Google.

    I already turned off Google foonts.

    Thanks.

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  • Andrew Nevins

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    11 years, 2 months ago

    In which theme?

    Thread Starter tin68

    (@tin68)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hmm – so with other words: Calls to builder.js, dragdrop.js, controls,js, slider.js, sound.js, effects.js and so on is related to the theme? There is no general use of Google javascripts in the WordPress core?

    So the next thing would be to find a theme without Google fonts and without Google javascript libraries.

    Andrew Nevins

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    11 years, 2 months ago

    Are you talking about the front-end side of your website, the public facing side? Or the back-end, the dashboard?

    Thread Starter tin68

    (@tin68)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Both. I would like to have a blog (dashboard and public pages) without all these numorous external calls to Google and other sites.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    11 years, 2 months ago

    The front-end
    Can you deactivate all of your plugins to explore whether the Google libraries are coming from them? If none are, then it sounds like a theme issue. Which theme are you using?

    Thread Starter tin68

    (@tin68)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    So there is no “general switch” to turn off all these external calls? I found several plugins which are switching off Gooogle Fonts or which are storing the fonts locally on the same server as the blog. But I didn’t find a plugin wich turns off the javascript calls. Here there a lot of scripts which enable the Google libraries. But this is the opposite 🙂

    And to check all themes if they call external libraries before installing them is a “little bit” complicated.

    The recent theme is “Kirumo”.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    11 years, 2 months ago

    When you say Google libraries, are you referring to scripts that are loaded in from Google’s CDN? On the theme’s demo site there are no calls to Google’s CDN http://wp-themes.com/kirumo/

    Thread Starter tin68

    (@tin68)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Ok – found the plugin which calls Google libraries – Lightbox 2. After disabling it the calls are gone. So I have to check all other plugins if they call external links / libraries.

    Thread Starter tin68

    (@tin68)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Result: If you want to have a “clean” blog without a lot of external links and external calls to libraries you have to check every plugin before installing it if you find something in the code.

    Btw. Should be a “nice” feature in the detailed description of a plugin which external calls are implemented.

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