Title: Make the CSS file minify-compatible?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Make the CSS file minify-compatible?

 *  Resolved [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/)
 * Hello,
 * I am using this plugin for a while now and I am also using W3 Total Cache to 
   cache my site. Everything works fine except the fact that I cannot minify the
   CSS-file of this plugin.
 * The URL is like this (replaced the domain with XXXX):
 * [http://www.XXXXXXXXXX.de/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/includes/styles-thumbnails.css.php?width=120&height=120&ver=4.1.2](http://www.XXXXXXXXXX.de/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/includes/styles-thumbnails.css.php?width=120&height=120&ver=4.1.2)
 * I cannot use this adress to use it with W3 Total Cache, just because of the fact
   that it is a PHP-file instead of an usual CSS-file and all those parameters like
   width, height and the version.
 * Could you update the plugin so that a real CSS gets loaded which URL I can use
   to minify with a caching tool? It makes much more sense due to the fact that 
   a website is as faster as less requests it takes to get CSS and JS files.
 * Regards
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [YARPP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffparker/)
 * (@jeffparker)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527571)
 * We have chosen to make the CSS file dynamically generated to work better with
   our client’s image choices, for one. You could always grab the final parsed file
   and use that as your CSS file, if you want to work with a more static file.
 *  Thread Starter [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527593)
 * But for that I would have to edit the files of your plugin after every update
   again and again, right? Because when I am using a parsed CSS file, I no longer
   need loading the PHP-CSS-file of your plugin.
 * In my eyes this PHP-thing makes no sense and just means more work for everyone.
   Why not handle it like all the other plugins out there with a normal css-file
   which you can also directly use for caching-plugins and minify-purposes?
 *  Plugin Author [YARPP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffparker/)
 * (@jeffparker)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527602)
 * It’s worth a second look. Thanks for your feedback!
 *  Thread Starter [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527603)
 * Thanks, looking forward to updates 😉
 *  Thread Starter [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527665)
 * Hello… just curious when the update will be released? Unfortunately I still have
   to use a not-minified version of the css file. It is the only plugin which uses
   a PHP-file for css o.O
 * Like to have a native css-file which can be minified so that less requests are
   required for the website.
 * When will it come?
 *  [MasterSunTzu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastersuntzu/)
 * (@mastersuntzu)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-the-css-file-minify-compatible/#post-4527666)
 * I am having the exact same issue. This is the only plugin that is showing up 
   on Google PageSpeed Insights as slowing my website down. According to Google 
   this plugin contains a “blocking CSS resource which may be causing a delay in
   rendering your page”.
 * I also would like to have “a native css-file which can be minified so that less
   requests are required for the website.”
 * Looking forward to your next plugin update…hope to see this change in the release
   notes 🙂

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