Title: Autoptimize making multiple requests for CSS
Last modified: March 9, 2021

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# Autoptimize making multiple requests for CSS

 *  Resolved [thedesignfreak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedesignfreak/)
 * (@thedesignfreak)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-making-multiple-requests-for-css/)
 * Hi initially when I installed autoptimize my homepage had 18 requests made and
   only single autoptimize css file loaded, as I chose the option to aggregate all
   css into one file. But a day later I am getting multiple css requests from autoptimize
   on my homepage.
 * Screenshot: [https://imgur.com/a/GMktWsP](https://imgur.com/a/GMktWsP)
    My autoptimize
   settings: [https://imgur.com/a/AcmdlXl](https://imgur.com/a/AcmdlXl)
 * Any help would be appreciated.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [thedesignfreak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedesignfreak/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fautoptimize-making-multiple-requests-for-css%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-making-multiple-requests-for-css/#post-14153583)
 * all those `css/autoptimize_single_*.css` ones are Oxygen builder files in `wp-
   content/uploads` which is part of the exclusions by default thedesignfreak as
   files in that directory is often only used on one page and hence can impact Autoptimize
   cache size. If you want you can remove `wp-content/uploads` from the CSS optimization
   exclusion list, but I would not as (a) it will not improve performance as you’re
   doing “inline & defer” + critical CSS and (b) as if indeed this causes cache 
   misses which [has other disadvantages](https://blog.futtta.be/2016/09/15/autoptimize-cache-size-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/).
 * hope this clarifies,
    frank

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