Title: Minify problems Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Minify problems * Resolved [jlcule](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qlbras/) * (@qlbras) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/) * Hi. * I am experiencing problems with W3 Total Cache. If I activate the plugin enabling the “Minify” option in Auto, my website stops being responsive (but loads faster). If I don’t enable the Minify option, or I enable it in Manual, my web stills responsive but the load time increases and the page seize doubles. * I am confused because I don’t know why is happening this. My WordPress website is using a child theme (Nevia is the parent theme). The child theme has only 1 file, a stylesheet with basic styles because I am not a programmer. * What am I doing wrong? * My website is [inlingua Madrid](http://inlinguamadrid.es) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Kimberly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amiga500/) * (@amiga500) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766087) * It always comes back to the ordering of the css and js files. I checked your site and noticed that u dont have minify on (understandable due to your issue) and i can see the exact ordering of your css and js files should be. * What is happening is when in Auto mode w3tc is combining them into a single file but the ordering is being placed incorrectly. Since u mention the responsive is not working it sounds like (possibly) the css files are not in the right order. * When you set to Manual try the “Help” wizard to populate all your js and css files and then begin rearranging them to match what is currently showing on your working site. Any files that are missing from the list w3tc shows should be added by you. Once you do that it will work. * If you have firebug you can use the “Net” tab to get a list of the css and js files and their order. if you dont have it then try using: [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/) * Thread Starter [jlcule](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qlbras/) * (@qlbras) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766167) * Hi Kimberly. * Following your instructions, I located the CSS and JS files showed in the Firebug extension and ordered them in the “Help” wizard. Now I have this minor problems: * 1- W3 Total caches ignores me when I try to order some “items” like they appear in Firebug Extension. I move this items, apply and Save, and they are moved automatically to another place (this place is under the position they have in Firebug Extension). * 2- If I enable CSS manual minify (with the item order I cat get, because W3 reorders some items) I get problems with CSS. Check this image: [http://imgur.com/LmdUpij](http://imgur.com/LmdUpij) * 3- If I enable JS manual minify, some JS elementes doesn’t appear: [http://imgur.com/AAwhZKy](http://imgur.com/AAwhZKy) * Thanks for your patience! * Thread Starter [jlcule](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qlbras/) * (@qlbras) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766168) * Adding the items one by one, I’ve populated all the CSS files in the exact order they appear in Firebug extension. When I activate Minify, the web looks like the screenshot (problem with CSS and it is not responsive for mobile). * Thread Starter [jlcule](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qlbras/) * (@qlbras) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766169) * Finally ordered the js files, same results as screenshots 🙁 * _[Moderator Note: [No bumping](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping), thank you.]_ * Thread Starter [jlcule](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qlbras/) * (@qlbras) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766178) * Hi Kimberly. * Problem solved! There was a wrong media query in style.css, and it prevented W3 Total Cache to work correctly. Now is running in Auto Mode and everything is perfect. * Thanks for the support! * [Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersnet/) * (@petersnet) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766187) * Can you please help me with the right setting for this plugin.Thanks. * [Kimberly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amiga500/) * (@amiga500) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766188) * [@peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter/), every site is different. Typically, you can use the default of Page Cache (Auto mode) and Minify on and it should work. But be warned that because everyone’s site is different (due to Theme quirks and/or plugins) you may need to do some tweaking to get it working correctly. * [Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersnet/) * (@petersnet) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-problems-2/#post-6766189) * [@kimberly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimberly/), thanks so much for fast response. I do that and my site still stay the same. nothing change. Not sure what I’m doing wrong here. 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