Slow load of pages without maps
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google maps builder includes all the overhead (CSS, scripts, prefetch links, etc) for a map even when none is present on a page. This slows the loading of such pages.
In the referenced site, there is only one page with a map. Yet every page loads the overhead. This changes load time of the home page (which doesn’t have a map) from under 1 sec to about 5.5 sec – the last thing being a call to maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js/AuthenticationService.Authenticate.
Experimentally, I disabled the plugin – yet the overhead still loads.
You can see this with any browser – just view page source and/or use the developer’s network view.
Bottom line: the map overhead should only be included in pages that include a [google_maps] token.
Also note – the page with a map from this plugin isn’t currently public. The public map (also not on the home page) is generated by different plugin. However, the slowdown was noted when google-maps-builder was added to the site.
The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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