Title: Deferring external scripts Last modified: May 19, 2021 --- # Deferring external scripts * Resolved [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) * (@pulc001) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/) * Hello everyone, * I have just installed wp-optimize. I would like to eliminate a render blocking resource for my analytics script. The external js script being called is: * [https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x](https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x) * I have tried the below configurations but does not seem to be working when re running page insight tests: * [https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x](https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x) / gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x * My question what notation should I use in the “defer selected JavaScript files” option to enable this external script to defer load? * thank you. - This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/). - This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/). Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/) * (@bornforphp) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14460651) * [@pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) You’ll have to add the full url the inside WP-Optimize > Minify > Javascript > Defer Javascript > Defer selected JavaScript files * Thread Starter [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) * (@pulc001) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14460887) * Hello Harshad, * thank you for your reply. * It is already configured that way in the plugin. * Still this is being picked up as blocking resource by page insights. * URL is [IT Service Provider](https://elev8.mt/) * JS merging and minification settings are all ticked off from the settings as well. * I am also using monster insights plugin from analytics. could this be the issue? - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/). * [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/) * (@bornforphp) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14465334) * [@pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) Can you please make sure you are using the latest version of WP-Optmize plugin? * Thread Starter [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) * (@pulc001) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14465506) * [@harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harshad/), yes I am running 3.1.9 * [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/) * (@bornforphp) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14469663) * [@pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) Can you please try to remove the query string from the Google Tag manager url and check if it works? i.e. remove ?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x part * Thread Starter [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) * (@pulc001) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14471942) * [@harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harshad/) I have tried that and many other combinations including wildcards (*) as per the list below: * /js/frontend-gtag.min.js /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/ assets/js /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/* [https://elev8.mt/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/assets/js/frontend-gtag.min.js](https://elev8.mt/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/assets/js/frontend-gtag.min.js) [https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x](https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x) [https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js](https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js)/ gtag/js?id=UA-xxxxxxxxx-x * somehow page insights is still reporting a render block for my analytics script. What makes the issue more strange is that even if I choose the defer all javascripts option page insight still repots a render block. - This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/). * [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/) * (@bornforphp) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14473984) * [@pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) I’ll check this with our development team and update you soon on this. * Thank you for your time and patience. - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/). * Thread Starter [pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) * (@pulc001) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14479332) * no worries [@harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harshad/), on the contrary thank you. if you need any more information on the matter for the developers do let me know. * Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) * (@vupdraft) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14513700) * [@pulc001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pulc001/) WP-Optimize cannot defer completely external scripts at this time Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Deferring external scripts’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-optimize/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1552899) * [WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/reviews/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deferring-external-scripts/#post-14513700) * Status: resolved