Title: Why is it render blocking?
Last modified: February 7, 2026

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# Why is it render blocking?

 *  [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
 * (@sooskriszta)
 * [4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-it-render-blocking/)
 * It seems Font Awesome request is queued in a way that it is render blocking.
 * Can you change this, considering that in 99.9% of use cases, the rest of the 
   page should be able to display before Font Awesome is loaded and displayed without
   degrading user experience…
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwhy-is-it-render-blocking%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [mlwilkerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlwilkerson/)
 * (@mlwilkerson)
 * [3 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-it-render-blocking/#post-18815854)
 * I tried viewing the web page you linked. It didn’t load. Can you show screenshot
   evidence of render blocking behavior?
 * As I mentioned on your support topic [over here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-cached-versions-if-available/#post-18815847),
   the default way this plugin works is to load a Kit via the `<script>` embed code.
   The plugin adds the `defer` attribute to that `<script>`. So I would not expect
   any render blocking. Furthermore, that script loads assets asynchronously.
 *  Thread Starter [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
 * (@sooskriszta)
 * [3 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-it-render-blocking/#post-18821894)
 * Google is seeing lots of back and forth with the FontAwesome CDN: [https://i.postimg.cc/QMnnZdyN/Page-Speed-Insights-02-14-2026-01-41-PM.png](https://i.postimg.cc/QMnnZdyN/Page-Speed-Insights-02-14-2026-01-41-PM.png)

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 * Last reply from: [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
 * Last activity: [3 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-it-render-blocking/#post-18821894)
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