Eliminating render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Well, first of all, don’t trust Google’s PageSpeed Insights. It’s generally acknowledged as massively broken, sometimes even suggesting you fix things that are already fixed by its own PageSpeed module.

So, use more reputable checkers like http://gtmetrix.com/ and http://www.webpagetest.org/

As a bonus, they tend to give you much more useful information and tips.

Next, further adding to the silliness of Google’s PageSpeed Insights, the only way to eliminate those things would be to stop using that theme and those plugins. Obviously, you don’t want to do that.

So, let’s take a look at your results in some reputable speed checkers instead. 🙂

First up, http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.louisvillederbyhomerental.com/2P68wony

You passed with an A, 93%, that’s incredible! In my book, anything over 80% is great. Out of those results, you can’t remove the query strings without breaking plugin functionality, but you may be able to optimize the images further by enabling Jetpack’s Photon module.

Next up http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150421_VP_16AE/

Again, you passed with flying colors, A grades on everything except the First Byte Time which was almost a whole second. That means it’s taking your sever a whole second to even acknowledge the browser’s existence, and may be indicative of an overloaded server. With that said though, 1 second isn’t too bad, especially if you’re on a shared server. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but if it gets worse, you might want to contact your hosting provider.

Overall, your results from reputable speed checkers look great. I wouldn’t put too much weight in what PageSpeed Insights says.

You’re welcome!