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redsand
(@redsand)
Hi flyfisher842,
I’ll be happy to help.
This particular question has been answered a number of times already both here in the forums, and in the plugin documentation, so forgive me if I re-use the bulk of one of my earlier replies. 🙂
WP-SpamShield protects a lot more than comments & contact form pages (please see documentation for full list of features). Also, remember that jscripts.php is not just simple JavaScript…There are two layers of protection, so in addition to the JavaScript, it has an algorithmic layer. Things won’t function correctly if you stop it from loading as it’s designed to.
However, you don’t need to worry about site speed with WP-SpamShield. The plugin is extremely well-optimized already, and no further optimizations need to be made to it. I do realize that not all plugin authors keep site speed optimization in mind…but we definitely do.
Keep in mind that just because a script comes up on a list of scripts from an automated analysis tool labeled as “render-blocking”, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is actually slowing down your site. There is absolutely no hit to your site’s load time from jscripts.php.
Installing WP-SpamShield actually helps speed up a site on the whole.
We cover all the specifics in depth in two FAQs – please give these a read:
This will answer your questions in detail. 🙂
Let us know if we can help with anything else.
– Scott
