Title: Bloat
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Bloat

 *  [prefontaineman1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prefontaineman1/)
 * (@prefontaineman1)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bloat/)
 * I was trying to figure out why my site was taking so long to load and it’s because
   of this plugin. When analyzing the network traffic on my site I noticed that 
   there is a dynamic css file (fontawesome) getting loaded on every page regardless
   of whether or not a Nextgen gallery actually appears on the page. Because the
   file is dynamically generated it can’t be cached so every page view costs at 
   least 2 extra seconds…just for one completely unnecessary file. I haven’t found
   a way to deactivate the fontawesome “feature” so I must now look elsewhere for
   a tidier, smaller photo gallery plugin.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bloat/#post-7841086)
 * [@eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric/) – Thanks for bringing this
   to our attention. We are actually aware of the issue with FontAwesome and will
   be addressing this in a near future release.
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.
 *  [edanzer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edanzer/)
 * (@edanzer)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bloat/#post-7841093)
 * [@prefontaineman1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prefontaineman1/) – Just
   following up on some old reviews.
 * As you know this review was written following a major overhaul of the plugin 
   in version 2.0. At this point, most of the issues related to that overhaul of
   the plugin have been long addressed.
 * Among other things and directly related to your review, our latest releases remove
   any NextGEN related scripts from any pages that don’t have NextGEN Galleries.
 * Not sure if you’ve had a chance to try NextGEN Gallery lately, but given the 
   current performance of the plugin, a one-star rating seems a bit harsh, and we’re
   wondering if you might consider revising your rating?
 * Let us know if you have question. Thanks. (Erick)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bloat/#post-7841093)