Title: remove unused CSS and Java
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# remove unused CSS and Java

 *  [Another Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/another-guy/)
 * (@another-guy)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-unused-css-and-java/)
 * A google speed test against a site using this theme turned up some things that
   are not so good. While the design is certainly friendly, there an unneeded scripts
   being loaded, particularly the flex slider. Removing the flex slider CSS and 
   javascripts improved the rating for google by 5 points, which is pretty good.
   Also, you may want to consider integrating the “color” CSS into the main css 
   file and reference it in a different way, so that there is one less load required
   when the site loads, that might be another point or two with google.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

 *  Theme Author [Template Express](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danstriker/)
 * (@danstriker)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-unused-css-and-java/#post-5722060)
 * The slider is part of the theme so is necessary. If you don’t want to use the
   slider then of course remove it.
 *  Thread Starter [Another Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/another-guy/)
 * (@another-guy)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-unused-css-and-java/#post-5722133)
 * My thought was only when the slider is disabled (not used) that it might be good
   NOT to include the script into the header. It makes the theme just that little
   bit faster.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

The topic ‘remove unused CSS and Java’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/sporty/1.8.8/screenshot.png)
 * Sporty
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/sporty/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/sporty/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/sporty/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/sporty/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Another Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/another-guy/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-unused-css-and-java/#post-5722133)
 * Status: not resolved