Title: Speed test – javascript and CSS issues
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Speed test – javascript and CSS issues

 *  Resolved [hadders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hadders/)
 * (@hadders)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/speed-test-javascript-and-css-issues/)
 * I have run the Google speed test and it says that I need to “Eliminate render-
   blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content”. I have JS and CSS set
   to minify.
 * Other settings are:
    Page cache Yes Database No Objects Yes Browser Yes CDN Yes
   Verify Rewrite Rules Yes
 * How do I achieve this please?
 * I’m not a code-type so if you can explain in simple terms that wold be much appreciated.
 * Thanks
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 *  [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/speed-test-javascript-and-css-issues/#post-7100201)
 * Change the minify settings from Default (blocking) to Non-blocking.
 *  Thread Starter [hadders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hadders/)
 * (@hadders)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/speed-test-javascript-and-css-issues/#post-7100277)
 * Hi Shannon W.
 * Thanks for replying.
 * I did that but it slowed it down about 15%.
 *  [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/speed-test-javascript-and-css-issues/#post-7100280)
 * That’s what it is – basically what google is saying is that “blocking” means 
   that the rest of the page wont load until that resource is loaded.
    By making
   it asynchronous, it can effectively be loaded in the background.
 * This option is fraught with challenges – There are scripts that need to be loaded
   before some page elements – unless you’re a JS guru, I would stick with blocking
   and accept that this will always be an issue.
 *  Thread Starter [hadders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hadders/)
 * (@hadders)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/speed-test-javascript-and-css-issues/#post-7100284)
 * That sounds like a lot of sense. Thanks

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