Comments on: Minify (CSS and Javascript Optimizer) Review

By: Tomas Kapler

Tomas Kapler — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:43:18 +0000

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By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:39:11 +0000

If you build your own site in ASP.NET, all the minification and combining can be done automatically with this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/CombineAndMi...

By: fxgeorges

fxgeorges — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:54:07 +0000

I don't believe on any type of software because such type of software's are not accurate & all most guys are having knowledge about java script is harmful for SEO purpose, so why we are focusing to optimize java script, just remove it fromwebsite & focus on promoting website.

By: Artesano

Artesano — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:47:02 +0000

So far is compatible with all my other plugins incl. Shopp V 1.0.17 & using WP V 2.9

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:18:51 +0000

Unfortunately, this will only work if you host your own site .

By: Will Robinson

Will Robinson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:11:10 +0000

This seem like a great tool. I wonder can I use it with blogger.com? I really need it bad. My site really load slow as molasses.

By: Les

Les — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:01:00 +0000

Boosted my Landing Page load speed rating from 61/100 to 71/100 (using firebug and page speed with firefox)
So far is compatible with all my other plugins incl. Shopp V 1.0.17 & using WP V 2.9
My Google Adwords campaign had recently been penalised for slow loading landing page, lets hope this keeps the Google Monster off my back!
By the way – Script Compressor did virtually nothing for my website.
Many thanks!

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:07:12 +0000

Never tried script compressor, but it sounds like script compressor only consolidates things in the header of the page, and not from the entire page (unlike WP Minify).

By: Johar

Johar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:17:52 +0000

I use script compressor in my website, is this more good than script compressor ?

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:26:33 +0000

Thanks for letting us know about Web Optimizer. I checked it out and tried to install it on my new (yet to be released) blog, but I wasn't able too. Although Web Optimizer claims to do a lot more than WP Minify, integration is a bit more difficult than the plugin. I will definitely keep an eye on it to retry after few versions later.

By: sunnybear

sunnybear — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:30:13 +0000

There is free plugin to compress and merge all CSS/JS files 'on fly' (also with CSS Sprites, data:URI, etc, etc) - Web Optimizer, http://code.google.com/p/web-optimizator/

By: Mack

Mack — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:42:47 +0000

For people who download and overwrite, it will be a lot of hassle to upgrade plugins.

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:15:56 +0000

You can do something like this in functions.php:

function deregister_js() {
wp_deregister_script('alias');
}
add_action('wp_print_scripts', 'deregister_js');

I suggest you stay tuned by subscribing to the RSS feed though. I am working on a plugin to do this for you .

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:25:32 +0000

Thaya, This is great post. I'm implementing this for my blog. A quick question. If the plugin is using wp_enqueue_script( 'alias' );, then how do I undo it in functions.php?

Thanks.

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:17:09 +0000

@Boris you are full of good ideas. I haven't used those functions myself so I didn't know they existed. I will update this post. Thank you!

By: Boris

Boris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:03:54 +0000

Thaya, you don't necessarily have to use wp_deregister_script() and wp_deregister_style(). You can do something like this as well: remove_action('wp_head', 'add_style_to_head_function');
The only real problem is that sometimes plugin authors pack a few additional things into there as well, which you might have to add again through your own custom function.

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:14:59 +0000

@Boris
That is an awesome idea! I can't believe I didn't think of that. The only issue now is that a lot of plugin authors still do not use wp_enqueue_script or wp_queue_style .

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:14:48 +0000

@Boris
That is an awesome idea! I can't believe I didn't think of that. The only issue now is that a lot of plugin authors still do not use wp_enqueue_script or wp_queue_style .

By: Boris

Boris — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:48:31 +0000

you could always remove the references to js and css files in plugins by removing the action of the function through your themes functions.php. that way you'd only have to do it once (unless of course the plugin author changes the function name, which shouldn't really happen) and future updates of plugins won't be affected…

By: Thaya Kareeson

Thaya Kareeson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:44:01 +0000

@Donace
1 second is a good reduction from 6.6 seconds (15% faster), but I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle of maintaining local plugin code and having to merge it each release. For me… this doesn't take that much effort because I SVN checkout all of my plugins (makes merging upgrades easier). For other people who do straight downloading and overwriting, it will be a lot of hassle to upgrade plugins.