SEO and JS Loading

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

Hello,

We are working on a site and the customers are complaining that the site loads too slowly. They contacted their host who mentioned that the Java Script is all loading at the beginning. Is it possible to delay the load of the less important Java Script until after the initial load to speed up the site? The goal is to load the page faster by minimizing the initial javascript calls.

Are there any preferred plugins that you would recommend or does this end up causing excessive problems with plugins, etc.?

Thanks for the help!

[Ray 15]

Try using a caching plugin (WP Fastest Cache) and also make sure your media is optimized.

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

Hi Ray,

We already deploy a CDN so are you suggesting this plugin to use a caching agent or to just use it to control how the JS is loaded?

Thanks!

[Ray 15]

What's the site URL?

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

The URL is: https://precisionpoolandspa.com/

 

[Ray 15]

so tested your site and loading time from my end was 1.34 seconds which is not bad.

The images are taking a bit to load: https://cl.ly/lv6M  you can minify those here: https://tinypng.com/

Also, try removing query strings from static resources with this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources/

[flourishdesignstudio+ 10]

Thanks Ray, I will see if the plugin you suggested helps.

Have you ever used a plugin to control the JS loading before? That was the hosts other main suggestion and they suggested either of these: Autoptimize or maybe something like MiniQue. To be honest it just makes me nervous to start editing how things load but if minifying and reordering is a good idea I will try one of these plugins. Any thoughts?

[Ray 15]

It would be wise to test these one by one and compare their loading times