Title: remove query strings bug
Last modified: March 16, 2022

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# remove query strings bug

 *  Resolved [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/)
 * (@audioscavenger)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/)
 * thank you for the plugin, it works wonders for many years. however:
    * it adds/
   wp-content/plugins/autoptimize/classes/external/js/lazysizes.min.js?ao_version
   =2.9.5.1 which has a query string, defeats the purpose of removing query strings
   doesn’t it? * it does not remove v=
 * will you include ?v= soon?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fremove-query-strings-bug%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/#post-15465659)
 * hmmm … to be honest; removing query strings is an older optimization technique
   which is not that useful (as the explanation text says; it does not _really_ 
   improve performance), so not sure if I will/ should work on that or that on the
   contrary I should simply remove it?
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/#post-15470008)
 * I decided against removing the option (for now), in which case it makes sense
   to [improve it as per your proposal](https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/commit/93dfe216124fa3dbdd369986457508119a58a8fa),
   would be great if you could [download the beta-zipfile from Github](https://github.com/futtta/autoptimize/archive/refs/heads/beta.zip)
   and install it instead of 2.9.5.1 to take it out for a testdrive? 🙂
 * frank
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/#post-15483449)
 * have you had a chance to test the beta already audioscavenger ? 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/#post-15497875)
 * No feedback so I assume this got resolved? Feel free to follow up if you still
   encounter issues!
 * have a nice day!
    frank

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-query-strings-bug/#post-15497875)
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