Title: Render Blocking JavaScript/CSS
Last modified: May 6, 2019

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# Render Blocking JavaScript/CSS

 *  Resolved [lvee8778](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lvee8778/)
 * (@lvee8778)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a question to do with fixing Render Blocking JS/CSS using W3 Total Cache.
   
   I am also using CloudFlare and have not selected Minification in W3 Total Cache
   due to the chance of overlapping? Though, when I run my page through Pagespeed
   insights I am told that I need to Eliminate render-blocking resources. Will I
   be able to do this using Manual Minification Settings in W3TC without causing
   a conflict with CloudFlare? I am not sure how they both interact with one another
   so thank you for your assistance. 🙂
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11342710)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve tested your website on GTmetrix and here are the results => [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.sexysydneyescorts.com.au/1rMfd7D1](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.sexysydneyescorts.com.au/1rMfd7D1)
   
   I’ve also checked Page speed Insights results and it is suggesting to eliminate
   render blocking CSS. It is not advisable to use both W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare
   minify as it can lead to conflict. You can switch to W3 Total Cache minify, Manual
   option, and add JS and CSS files manually using Combine only with async for JS
   and [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) handling: Process 
   for CSS This can be a very tricky process so you should do this with attention.
   Also if I may suggest, you should consider optimizing your images with some plugin
   like Smush it, Ewwww image optimizer or Tiny PNG.
 *  Thread Starter [lvee8778](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lvee8778/)
 * (@lvee8778)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11343267)
 * If I choose to use W3TC minify manual option, will I need to disable the minify
   on CloudFlare? What do you suggest I do?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11343300)
 * Hello,
    Yes, you should disable Cloudflare minify if you want to use W3 Total
   Cache minify. It is highly recommended that you use only one minify solution.
   As you can see in the GTmetrix test, your score is great. Google Page speed sometimes
   suggest things that are lowering the score but have no actual impact on the user
   experience. As I said in the previous post, I suggest that you use some image
   optimization plugin as that would increase the speed of your website further.
 *  Thread Starter [lvee8778](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lvee8778/)
 * (@lvee8778)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11343431)
 * Thank you.
    Would you suggest it is worth it to switch to W3TC over CloudFlare
   to eliminate Render blocking?
 * Also, I used the Smush plugin to optimise my images though when I used pagespeed
   analysis, the result was unchanged?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11343551)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve tested your website again on Gtmetrix and your speed has improved [https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.sexysydneyescorts.com.au/BRbgNRa8](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.sexysydneyescorts.com.au/BRbgNRa8)
   
   I’ve visited your website and went through it and it’s pretty fast. I would recommend
   you to change nothing except maybe some tweaks in smush It plugin regarding your
   images.
 *  Thread Starter [lvee8778](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lvee8778/)
 * (@lvee8778)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/render-blocking-javascript-css/#post-11343571)
 * Ok thank you very much Marko. Very helpful

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