Can I inline wpp.js ?

Hi @zu2,

That’s not possible without redoing a lot of stuff.

A simpler solution is to tell the browser to defer the loading of the script so it doesn’t block the rendering of the page. You can:

• Add the attribute defer to the script and the browser won’t execute it until the HTML has been fully parsed.
• Add the attribute async instead and the browser will continue parsing the HTML until the script has been fully downloaded by it. The browser will stop parsing the HTML for a moment to read & execute the script and then continue with the parsing afterwards.

For a bit more detailed explanation, check here.

I use the latter (async) on my site and Google PageSpeed Insight has stopped reporting wpp.js as a render-blocking resource ever since.

To add either of the attributes to the script tag, add the following function to your theme’s functions.php file:

function wp764426_add_async_defer_attribute_to_scripts( $tag, $handle ) {

    if ( 'wpp-js' === $handle ) {
        return str_replace( ' src', ' async src', $tag );
    }

    return $tag;
}
add_filter( 'script_loader_tag', 'wp764426_add_async_defer_attribute_to_scripts', 10, 2 );

P.S.: If you’re using a caching plugin, remember to flush its cache after doing this so changes are reflected on your site.