Huge increase in unused CSS after this update

  • Resolved bobsled

    (@bobsled)


    2 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve checked a few of my sites, and all of them have increased unused CSS after this latest update.

    If I deactivate the new Cookie Information plugin, the unused CSS goes back to normal.

    It seems that this plugin is full of bloat.

    With Core Web Vitals being such a big issue now, and all of my sites rating as good, this is not what I need.

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  • van-ons

    (@van-ons)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    @bobsled Hi Bob, I believe you are a long time user of the plugin? 🙂 Hang in there! The next update will address this issue. Most likely with you this week.

    Thread Starter bobsled

    (@bobsled)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Okay, I’ll wait and see if you can fix the issue.

    But in the meantime, I have rolled back to version 1.5.9 and everything is fine.

    But please, please, test your plugin before you rush to update. This is an issue that really should have been caught in your testing.

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by bobsled.
    van-ons

    (@van-ons)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    @bobsled

    Please update to version 2.0.2. The unused CSS has been reduced dramatically.

    Thread Starter bobsled

    (@bobsled)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for letting me know @van-ons

    I just did a very quick check and yes, there is a dramatic drop in unused CSS. It’s now down to about the same as version 1.5.9.

    I’ll do a bit more testing shortly, but it certainly looks like all is well now.

    Thread Starter bobsled

    (@bobsled)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve updated two live sites to 2.0.2, @van-ons

    Both show a small increase in unused CSS of about 38,000 bytes over version 1.5.9.

    So it’s not too bad, but it would be better if you could trim a little more of the CSS fat, if possible.

    Thread Starter bobsled

    (@bobsled)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    I tried updating my main site and it had the same CSS bloat problem. It increased my used and unused CSS by an enormous amount. I have rolled back again to 1.5.9 and the CSS bloat is gone.

    I’ll give you some time to sort it out. But I’ll have to find an alternative solution if this problem persists.

    Thread Starter bobsled

    (@bobsled)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    I’m sorry, but I have run out of patience with the new version of this plugin. I’ve now found a better alternative.

    It’s such a shame because I have used it for well over three years without any issues.

    But taking over a popular plugin and releasing a totally new version as an update is always a recipe for disaster. It’s usually untested and full of bugs.

    In this case, the new version added huge amounts of bloat. My Autoptimize cache jumped from 5MB to over 35MB. The unused CSS increased six-fold or more.

    And it’s not the responsibility of users to patiently debug a new plugin.

    I have wasted at least 10 days on this plugin. That’s more than enough.

    I just don’t understand why a developer would take over a perfectly good and very popular plugin and then ruin it.

    Yes, the new developer wants to promote a premium version and make some money.

    But this can just as easily be done by updating the perfectly good original plugin incrementally.

    van-ons

    (@van-ons)

    2 years, 5 months ago

    @bobsled

    This issue has been fixed in 2.0.3. Please update to the latest version 🙂

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