No matter what settings I made PageSpeed Insights is giving me a max. of 55/100. Using pingdom i see this image with 404 error too. What is it ? How can I get rid of it ?
box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent url(http://mysite.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/data:image/png;base64,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) no-repeat;pointer-events:none}.td_login_tab_focus{background-color:white;color:#4db2ec !important}
For your site did you
1) setup the gzip/deflate for your server to serve compressed content / mandatory
2) did you add expiration data in your htaccess (Apache) file or similar for NGINX / mandatory
3) did you optimize your images for best size/speed
4) did you use functions.php to remove ?=123 version queries and set better image optimization default for WordPress; then perhaps regenerate thumbnails
5) remove external elements as needed, such as using social media counters, jetpack, or other systems which call on outside websites for data, slowing page down?
6) did you optimize your database using wp-optimize
Many of these items are covered in detail in the Page Speed sticky thread.
Items 1 and 2 are good for at least 20 points alone.
For this error, I delete stuff from a couple files:
style.css
menu-header.less
For both, use the find command for “AAA” and delete the long codes you find in both files. You end up with just white; or transparent; as the endline.
Works for me.
