Title: Site crashed, loading only html
Last modified: September 24, 2020
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# Site crashed, loading only html
* Resolved [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/)
* (@bobjones)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/)
* My site recently crashed and when restored to functioning status via backups,
showed only html and no css.
* I disabled and restored plugins one by one until I realized the culprit was Autoptimize.
* Everything had worked fine since I first installed the plugin about two months
ago, using recommended settings, to improve site speed.
* Any suggestions on which settings would be most likely to cause site loading
issues?
* Thanks!
- This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/).
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* Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
* (@optimizingmatters)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13452058)
* first and foremost clear any caches you might have and if the problem continues
disable CSS optimization (and if that doesn’t help JS or HTML or Image optimization).
* but more interesting would be what the underlying reason for AO breaking after
restoring is; do the files not load with a “404 not found” or do they generate”“
50x internal server error” or … ?
* Thread Starter [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/)
* (@bobjones)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13452224)
* Users had been receiving 504 errors or seeing only slow-loading html.
* However, I was able to get the site to function, barely, with just a few Autoptimize
options enabled, before remembering (with a prompt from GTMetrix) I’d recently
added an .htaccess rewrite rule to route all instances of my home page to https.
* Once I removed that rule and reactivated Autoptimize as previously configured,
everything returned to normal.
* Now I have to lean on my webhost to route the urls properly on the server.
* I appreciate the assistance!
* Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
* (@optimizingmatters)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13452363)
* Good you were able to find the culprit! 🙂
* Thread Starter [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/)
* (@bobjones)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13458196)
* Webhost routed the urls to https and I’ve cleaned the database and reactivated
Autoptimize.
* GTMetrix gives me an “F” for “Enable compression” and offers this suggestion:
* _Compressing [https://www.yoursite.org/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/css/autoptimize\_617e4825e5be77c292f61037a2a10e3c.css](https://www.yoursite.org/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/css/autoptimize_617e4825e5be77c292f61037a2a10e3c.css)
could save 583.4KiB (78% reduction)._
* Can you recommend any settings to fix this?
* Thanks!
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/).
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/).
* Thread Starter [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/)
* (@bobjones)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13458244)
* Never mind!
* Didn’t realize I have to save each Autoptimize settings page as I go.
* Going with these recommended settings has improved my GTMetrix score to an “A”.
* [https://onlinemediamasters.com/autoptimize-settings/](https://onlinemediamasters.com/autoptimize-settings/)
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [bobjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobjones/).
* Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
* (@optimizingmatters)
* [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-crashed-loading-only-html/#post-13458288)
* that’s nice tuturial, hadn’t seen that yet, thanks! 🙂
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