Bloatware, slowing down your website big time!

  • nicoter

    (@nicoter)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, just wow.

    In order to have a pricing table on your website these awesome developers make your WordPress load 11 (!!) CSS and Javascript files, including some from their server.

    Go and figure what 11 additional server requests do for your pageload times. Not even taking into account the additional download size which is an issue especially for the slower mobile browsers and internet connections.

    The good reviews for this plugin just show how *** (can’t find an appropriate word without violating the posting terms) the average WordPress user here is.

    My recommendation: DON’T INSTALL THIS PLUGIN BY NO MEAN!

    Finally, here’s the files for the interested readers:

    http://cdn.supsystic.com/_assets/tables/css/animate.css?ver=1.3.4
https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css?ver=1.3.4
http://cdn.supsystic.com/lib/tooltipster/tooltipster.css?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/modules/tables/css/frontend.tables.css?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/js/common.js?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/js/core.js?ver=1.3.4
http://cdn.supsystic.com/lib/tooltipster/jquery.tooltipster.min.js?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/js/responsiveText.js?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/modules/tables/js/frontend.tables.editor.blocks_fabric.base.js?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/modules/tables/js/frontend.tables.editor.blocks.base.js?ver=1.3.4
http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-by-supsystic/modules/tables/js/frontend.tables.editor.elements.base.js?ver=1.3.4
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  • pulsewebdesigns

    (@pulsewebdesigns)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Have you done any tests to determine what loading the CSS and JS files actually does for your page load times? Have you verified whether the CSS and JS files have been minified to reduce load times? Have you considered that maybe some people will gladly trade minor page load time differences for functionality/simplicity?

    It’s one thing to post findings that are supported with data to improve a product or educate the community as a whole. Otherwise, all you’ve done is create a flame post which adds no value to anyone.

    Thread Starter nicoter

    (@nicoter)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Have you considered that maybe some people will gladly trade minor page load time differences for functionality/simplicity?

    Obviously there’s not only some but rather a lot of people who like to increase their page load time. Just like most people prefer to follow the herd rather than making informed decisions.

    Such a post would have saved me 30min of my life and thus would have had tremendous value.

    PS: You’re plugin to display tables – only tables – includes more than twice as many CSS and JS files than a clean WordPress install. Looks like a new best practice to me 🙂

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