Hi,
I’ve been trying to optimise site speeds (etc) and have been trying wp-rocket. I know you prefer to promote wp super cache, but frankly it just isn’t very good.
Please see the image (can’t see how to upload one, so added it to my own site instead) here: https://www.goodishtimes.com/perf-tests.jpg
I did tests with both pingdom and gtmetrix.
I have a couple of questions:
1) which of the js files shown (in the ‘consider defering parsing js’ section of the screenshot) can I safely defer?
I’m not worried about the pagespeed or yslow scores – 94% and 88% are okay – but anything that reduces loading speed is good.
2) I’ve seen hundreds of people asking about wp-rocket and the standard ‘we don’t test our theme with it’ reply, so do any users who are also USING WP-ROCKET have anything to say about glitches to expect, ways around them, and so on?
I spoke to the guys at wp-rocket and they said there’s no reason why their plugin shouldn’t work properly with any well-written theme. I also see hundreds of posts on newspaper’s envato sales page asking about wp-rocket, so I don’t get why this theme hasn’t been tested with what is probably the best cache plugin out there. It’s not like nobody has ever asked, and it costs what, about $35-$40?
Hi,
You could use Speed Booster for this and the theme js should be loaded in footer – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/ Please verify if Speed Booster is active on your site as it was designed to work only with tested plugins – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/speed-booster-not-compatible-with-vaultpress/
I’m not sure you’ve noticed but we have tested most popular and useful free plugins so all our clients can use. But this doesn’t mean that you cannot use other premium plugins, just that we don’t guarantee its functionality and we cannot help with any suggestions.
Thanks!
Speed booster is already enabled, yes.
Yes, I know you have a list of plugins you have tested, but I’d have thought testing with different cache plugins shouldn’t be too hard to do, and in the case of wp-rocket has been asked many times by many different people. It’s not a one-off request for an obscure cache plugin nobody uses..!
Hello,
Regarding wp-rocket, we are aware of the plugin popularity but we already have a tested and recommended plugin to use with our theme. We cannot keep 2 cache plugins in check on every update. We can only make adjustments for 1 cache plugin and for the moment that plugin is wp super cache. If in the future we decide to change that plugin, we will consider wp rocket, but until such time, wp super cache will remain the tested and recommended plugin. This does not mean it will not work at all. It simply means it could have settings that will not work properly with the theme as we are not adjusting our theme for the compatibility of the specific plugin.
Thank you!
