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| ===== Optimize ===== | ===== Optimize ===== | ||
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| + | [I'm thinking of putting all of this info in its own page and linking to it from the settings page - it's a lot of info for a page that's already really long] | ||
| You can further optimize your WordPress site through the use of minification, combination, and HTTP/2 push. These options are all turned off by default because they may have unexpected results. | You can further optimize your WordPress site through the use of minification, combination, and HTTP/2 push. These options are all turned off by default because they may have unexpected results. | ||
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| **Please test these options thoroughly before enabling them on your production site!** | **Please test these options thoroughly before enabling them on your production site!** | ||
| - | There are 3 ways these settings can speed up your site. None of these methods should impact your code's ability to function (but like we said, it can be unpredictable, so please test): | + | There are 3 ways the settings on this tab can speed up your site. None of these methods should impact your code's ability to function (but like we said, it can be unpredictable, so please test): |
| * **Minify** - Removes all unnecessary characters from the code. Reduces the amount of data that needs to be transferred. | * **Minify** - Removes all unnecessary characters from the code. Reduces the amount of data that needs to be transferred. | ||
| * **Combine** - Replaces multiple files with a single file that contains all of the same code that was in the separate ones. Reduces the number of requests made by the browser and potentially removes duplicate code. | * **Combine** - Replaces multiple files with a single file that contains all of the same code that was in the separate ones. Reduces the number of requests made by the browser and potentially removes duplicate code. | ||
| * **HTTP/2 Push** - Sends resources to the browser before it asks for them. Reduces the number of requests necessary. | * **HTTP/2 Push** - Sends resources to the browser before it asks for them. Reduces the number of requests necessary. | ||
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| + | Minified CSS and JS will be placed in the code with a line that looks similar to: | ||
| + | ''<script data-minified='1' src='http://yoursite.com/min/3fb36.js'></script>''. | ||
| + | Please be aware, if you do not have pretty permalinks enabled (i.e., you site has URLs that look like ''http://yoursite.com/?p=123'' then your minified code will have a ''?'' in the URL like so: | ||
| + | ''<script data-minified='1' src='http://yoursite.com/?/min/3fb36.js'></script>'' | ||
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| + | Combined CSS and JS will be placed in the header. | ||
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| + | A note about combining JavaScript: if there is JS code defined within the HTML, that JS will //not// be included in the combined file, and the remaining JS will be combined and placed in a file the footer so as to avoid any conflicts. | ||
| [insert screenshot] | [insert screenshot] | ||
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| //604800// | //604800// | ||
| - | The minified and combined files are cached. This setting specifies for how long. The minimum is 3600 seconds, but we recommend 604800. | + | The minified and combined files are cached. This setting specifies for how long. The minimum is 3600 seconds, but we recommend 604800. When a ''Purge All'' command is issued, the minified and combined CSS/JS are included in that purge. |
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| - | Please be aware that when a ''Purge All'' command is issued, the minified and combined CSS/JS are included in that purge. | + | |
| ==== HTML Minify ==== | ==== HTML Minify ==== | ||
| //Disable// | //Disable// | ||
| - | Extra white space characters, new line characters, and comments will be stripped from all JS, if this option is enabled. | + | Extra white space characters, new line characters, and comments will be stripped from all HTML, if this option is enabled. |