Title: Excluding a specific script from minification
Last modified: August 4, 2026

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# Excluding a specific script from minification

 *  [frankchampionsound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankchampionsound/)
 * (@frankchampionsound)
 * [3 days, 13 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-a-specific-script-from-minification/)
 * One of our third-party embeds breaks when JS minification is on. Is there a way
   to exclude just that single script file while keeping minification enabled for
   everything else?

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [3 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-a-specific-script-from-minification/#post-18983434)
 * Is this a locally hosted script file that breaks when being minified, or is this
   a 3rd party hosted script file that breaks when it’s deferred [@frankchampionsound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frankchampionsound/)?
   Have you tried adding xyz/abs/culprit.js to the JS optimization exclusion list?

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 * Last reply from: [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * Last activity: [3 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-a-specific-script-from-minification/#post-18983434)
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