Eliminate Render-Blocking JavaScript and CSS in Above-The-Fold Content

Comment on Google PageSpeed Insights Results by SEO Dave.

You can’t remove all Google PageSpeed Insights issues, some are off page (AdSense ads, like buttons…) others are part of running a website. For example to completely remove the render blocking issues you have to go completely inline CSS and JS which is not a good idea, best we can get to is one render blocking CSS file.

You can remove some of the issues though and most are already dealt with via Stallion Responsive. We can reduce the number of “Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content” warnings to 1 each (one CSS and one JS) by using a minify plugin: you’ll want one that combines multiple CSS files and multiple JS files into one and minifies them.

I use the W3 Total Cache plugin because it can also set some server settings that are better for performance via your sites .htaccess file automatically: these could be added manually, but since I’m using the minify part (and the page caching parts) of W3 Total Cache why reinvent the wheel.

Below are the settings I use with W3 Total Cache, create a file called w3-import.php and add this to it (if this doesn’t come through correctly I’ll put a txt file up later for download) this is for w3 total Cache version 0.9.4, no idea what happens if you use this with older versions.

<?php
return array(
	'version' => '0.9.4',
	'cluster.messagebus.debug' => false,
	'cluster.messagebus.enabled' => false,
	'cluster.messagebus.sns.region' => '',
	'cluster.messagebus.sns.api_key' => '',
	'cluster.messagebus.sns.api_secret' => '',
	'cluster.messagebus.sns.topic_arn' => '',
	'dbcache.debug' => false,
	'dbcache.enabled' => false,
	'dbcache.engine' => 'file',
	'dbcache.file.gc' => 3600,
	'dbcache.file.locking' => false,
	'dbcache.lifetime' => 180,
	'dbcache.memcached.persistant' => true,
	'dbcache.memcached.servers' => array(
		0 => '127.0.0.1:11211',
	),
	'dbcache.reject.cookie' => array(
	),
	'dbcache.reject.logged' => true,
	'dbcache.reject.sql' => array(
		0 => 'gdsr_',
		1 => 'wp_rg_',
	),
	'dbcache.reject.uri' => array(
	),
	'dbcache.reject.words' => array(
		0 => '^\s*insert\b',
		1 => '^\s*delete\b',
		2 => '^\s*update\b',
		3 => '^\s*replace\b',
		4 => '^\s*create\b',
		5 => '^\s*alter\b',
		6 => '^\s*show\b',
		7 => '^\s*set\b',
		8 => '\bautoload\s+=\s+'yes'',
		9 => '\bsql_calc_found_rows\b',
		10 => '\bfound_rows\(\)',
		11 => '\bw3tc_request_data\b',
	),
	'objectcache.enabled' => false,
	'objectcache.debug' => false,
	'objectcache.engine' => 'file',
	'objectcache.file.gc' => 3600,
	'objectcache.file.locking' => false,
	'objectcache.memcached.servers' => array(
		0 => '127.0.0.1:11211',
	),
	'objectcache.memcached.persistant' => true,
	'objectcache.groups.global' => array(
		0 => 'users',
		1 => 'userlogins',
		2 => 'usermeta',
		3 => 'user_meta',
		4 => 'site-transient',
		5 => 'site-options',
		6 => 'site-lookup',
		7 => 'blog-lookup',
		8 => 'blog-details',
		9 => 'rss',
		10 => 'global-posts',
	),
	'objectcache.groups.nonpersistent' => array(
		0 => 'comment',
		1 => 'counts',
		2 => 'plugins',
	),
	'objectcache.lifetime' => 180,
	'objectcache.purge.all' => false,
	'fragmentcache.enabled' => false,
	'fragmentcache.debug' => false,
	'fragmentcache.engine' => 'file',
	'fragmentcache.file.gc' => 3600,
	'fragmentcache.file.locking' => false,
	'fragmentcache.memcached.servers' => array(
		0 => '127.0.0.1:11211',
	),
	'fragmentcache.memcached.persistant' => true,
	'fragmentcache.lifetime' => 180,
	'fragmentcache.groups' => array(
	),
	'pgcache.enabled' => true,
	'pgcache.comment_cookie_ttl' => 1800,
	'pgcache.debug' => false,
	'pgcache.engine' => 'file_generic',
	'pgcache.file.gc' => 3600,
	'pgcache.file.nfs' => false,
	'pgcache.file.locking' => false,
	'pgcache.lifetime' => 3600,
	'pgcache.memcached.servers' => array(
		0 => '127.0.0.1:11211',
	),
	'pgcache.memcached.persistant' => true,
	'pgcache.check.domain' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.query' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.home' => true,
	'pgcache.cache.feed' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.nginx_handle_xml' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.ssl' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.404' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.flush' => false,
	'pgcache.cache.headers' => array(
		0 => 'Last-Modified',
		1 => 'Content-Type',
		2 => 'X-Pingback',
		3 => 'P3P',
	),
	'pgcache.compatibility' => true,
	'pgcache.remove_charset' => false,
	'pgcache.accept.uri' => array(
		0 => 'sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)?',
		1 => '[a-z0-9_\-]+-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml(\.gz)?',
	),
	'pgcache.accept.files' => array(
		0 => 'wp-comments-popup.php',
		1 => 'wp-links-opml.php',
		2 => 'wp-locations.php',
	),
	'pgcache.accept.qs' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'pgcache.reject.front_page' => false,
	'pgcache.reject.logged' => true,
	'pgcache.reject.logged_roles' => false,
	'pgcache.reject.roles' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'pgcache.reject.uri' => array(
		0 => 'wp-.*\.php',
		1 => 'index\.php',
	),
	'pgcache.reject.ua' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'pgcache.reject.cookie' => array(
		0 => 'wptouch_switch_toggle',
	),
	'pgcache.reject.request_head' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.front_page' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.home' => true,
	'pgcache.purge.post' => true,
	'pgcache.purge.comments' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.author' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.terms' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.archive.daily' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.archive.monthly' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.archive.yearly' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.feed.blog' => true,
	'pgcache.purge.feed.comments' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.feed.author' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.feed.terms' => false,
	'pgcache.purge.feed.types' => array(
		0 => 'rss2',
	),
	'pgcache.purge.postpages_limit' => 10,
	'pgcache.purge.pages' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'pgcache.purge.sitemap_regex' => '([a-z0-9_\-]*?)sitemap([a-z0-9_\-]*)?\.xml',
	'pgcache.prime.enabled' => false,
	'pgcache.prime.interval' => 900,
	'pgcache.prime.limit' => 10,
	'pgcache.prime.sitemap' => '',
	'pgcache.prime.post.enabled' => false,
	'minify.enabled' => true,
	'minify.auto' => true,
	'minify.debug' => false,
	'minify.engine' => 'file',
	'minify.file.gc' => 86400,
	'minify.file.nfs' => false,
	'minify.file.locking' => false,
	'minify.memcached.servers' => array(
		0 => '127.0.0.1:11211',
	),
	'minify.memcached.persistant' => true,
	'minify.rewrite' => true,
	'minify.options' => array(
	),
	'minify.symlinks' => array(
	),
	'minify.lifetime' => 86400,
	'minify.upload' => true,
	'minify.html.enable' => true,
	'minify.html.engine' => 'html',
	'minify.html.reject.feed' => false,
	'minify.html.inline.css' => true,
	'minify.html.inline.js' => true,
	'minify.html.strip.crlf' => true,
	'minify.html.comments.ignore' => array(
		0 => 'google_ad_',
		1 => 'RSPEAK_',
	),
	'minify.css.enable' => true,
	'minify.css.engine' => 'css',
	'minify.css.combine' => false,
	'minify.css.strip.comments' => false,
	'minify.css.strip.crlf' => true,
	'minify.css.imports' => '',
	'minify.css.groups' => array(
	),
	'minify.js.enable' => true,
	'minify.js.engine' => 'js',
	'minify.js.combine.header' => false,
	'minify.js.header.embed_type' => 'nb-async',
	'minify.js.combine.body' => false,
	'minify.js.body.embed_type' => 'blocking',
	'minify.js.combine.footer' => false,
	'minify.js.footer.embed_type' => 'blocking',
	'minify.js.strip.comments' => false,
	'minify.js.strip.crlf' => false,
	'minify.js.groups' => array(
	),
	'minify.yuijs.path.java' => 'java',
	'minify.yuijs.path.jar' => 'yuicompressor.jar',
	'minify.yuijs.options.line-break' => 5000,
	'minify.yuijs.options.nomunge' => false,
	'minify.yuijs.options.preserve-semi' => false,
	'minify.yuijs.options.disable-optimizations' => false,
	'minify.yuicss.path.java' => 'java',
	'minify.yuicss.path.jar' => 'yuicompressor.jar',
	'minify.yuicss.options.line-break' => 5000,
	'minify.ccjs.path.java' => 'java',
	'minify.ccjs.path.jar' => 'compiler.jar',
	'minify.ccjs.options.compilation_level' => 'SIMPLE_OPTIMIZATIONS',
	'minify.ccjs.options.formatting' => '',
	'minify.csstidy.options.remove_bslash' => true,
	'minify.csstidy.options.compress_colors' => true,
	'minify.csstidy.options.compress_font-weight' => true,
	'minify.csstidy.options.lowercase_s' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.optimise_shorthands' => 1,
	'minify.csstidy.options.remove_last_;' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.case_properties' => 1,
	'minify.csstidy.options.sort_properties' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.sort_selectors' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.merge_selectors' => 2,
	'minify.csstidy.options.discard_invalid_properties' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.css_level' => 'CSS2.1',
	'minify.csstidy.options.preserve_css' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.timestamp' => false,
	'minify.csstidy.options.template' => 'default',
	'minify.htmltidy.options.clean' => false,
	'minify.htmltidy.options.hide-comments' => true,
	'minify.htmltidy.options.wrap' => 0,
	'minify.reject.logged' => false,
	'minify.reject.ua' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'minify.reject.uri' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'minify.reject.files.js' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'minify.reject.files.css' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'minify.cache.files' => array(
		0 => 'https://ajax.googleapis.com',
	),
	'cdn.enabled' => false,
	'cdn.debug' => false,
	'cdn.engine' => 'maxcdn',
	'cdn.uploads.enable' => true,
	'cdn.includes.enable' => true,
	'cdn.includes.files' => '*.css;*.js;*.gif;*.png;*.jpg;*.xml',
	'cdn.theme.enable' => true,
	'cdn.theme.files' => '*.css;*.js;*.gif;*.png;*.jpg;*.ico;*.ttf;*.otf,*.woff',
	'cdn.minify.enable' => true,
	'cdn.custom.enable' => true,
	'cdn.custom.files' => array(
		0 => 'favicon.ico',
		1 => '{wp_content_dir}/gallery/*',
		2 => '{wp_content_dir}/uploads/avatars/*',
		3 => '{plugins_dir}/wordpress-seo/css/xml-sitemap.xsl',
		4 => '{plugins_dir}/wp-minify/min*',
		5 => '{plugins_dir}/*.js',
		6 => '{plugins_dir}/*.css',
		7 => '{plugins_dir}/*.gif',
		8 => '{plugins_dir}/*.jpg',
		9 => '{plugins_dir}/*.png',
	),
	'cdn.import.external' => false,
	'cdn.import.files' => '',
	'cdn.queue.interval' => 900,
	'cdn.queue.limit' => 25,
	'cdn.force.rewrite' => false,
	'cdn.autoupload.enabled' => false,
	'cdn.autoupload.interval' => 3600,
	'cdn.canonical_header' => false,
	'cdn.ftp.host' => '',
	'cdn.ftp.user' => '',
	'cdn.ftp.pass' => '',
	'cdn.ftp.path' => '',
	'cdn.ftp.pasv' => false,
	'cdn.ftp.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.ftp.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.s3.key' => '',
	'cdn.s3.secret' => '',
	'cdn.s3.bucket' => '',
	'cdn.s3.cname' => array(
	),
	'cdn.s3.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.cf.key' => '',
	'cdn.cf.secret' => '',
	'cdn.cf.bucket' => '',
	'cdn.cf.id' => '',
	'cdn.cf.cname' => array(
	),
	'cdn.cf.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.cf2.key' => '',
	'cdn.cf2.secret' => '',
	'cdn.cf2.id' => '',
	'cdn.cf2.cname' => array(
	),
	'cdn.cf2.ssl' => '',
	'cdn.rscf.user' => '',
	'cdn.rscf.key' => '',
	'cdn.rscf.location' => 'us',
	'cdn.rscf.container' => '',
	'cdn.rscf.cname' => array(
	),
	'cdn.rscf.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.azure.user' => '',
	'cdn.azure.key' => '',
	'cdn.azure.container' => '',
	'cdn.azure.cname' => array(
	),
	'cdn.azure.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.mirror.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.mirror.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.netdna.alias' => '',
	'cdn.netdna.consumerkey' => '',
	'cdn.netdna.consumersecret' => '',
	'cdn.netdna.authorization_key' => '',
	'cdn.netdna.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.netdna.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.netdna.zone_id' => 0,
	'cdn.maxcdn.authorization_key' => '',
	'cdn.maxcdn.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.maxcdn.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.maxcdn.zone_id' => 0,
	'cdn.cotendo.username' => '',
	'cdn.cotendo.password' => '',
	'cdn.cotendo.zones' => array(
	),
	'cdn.cotendo.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.cotendo.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.akamai.username' => '',
	'cdn.akamai.password' => '',
	'cdn.akamai.email_notification' => array(
	),
	'cdn.akamai.action' => 'invalidate',
	'cdn.akamai.zone' => 'production',
	'cdn.akamai.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.akamai.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.edgecast.account' => '',
	'cdn.edgecast.token' => '',
	'cdn.edgecast.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.edgecast.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.att.account' => '',
	'cdn.att.token' => '',
	'cdn.att.domain' => array(
	),
	'cdn.att.ssl' => 'auto',
	'cdn.reject.admins' => false,
	'cdn.reject.logged_roles' => false,
	'cdn.reject.roles' => array(
	),
	'cdn.reject.ua' => array(
	),
	'cdn.reject.uri' => array(
	),
	'cdn.reject.files' => array(
		0 => '{uploads_dir}/wpcf7_captcha/*',
		1 => '{uploads_dir}/imagerotator.swf',
		2 => '{plugins_dir}/wp-fb-autoconnect/facebook-platform/channel.html',
	),
	'cdn.reject.ssl' => false,
	'cdncache.enabled' => false,
	'varnish.enabled' => false,
	'varnish.debug' => false,
	'varnish.servers' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'browsercache.enabled' => true,
	'browsercache.no404wp' => false,
	'browsercache.no404wp.exceptions' => array(
		0 => 'robots\.txt',
		1 => 'sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)?',
		2 => '[a-z0-9_\-]+-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml(\.gz)?',
	),
	'browsercache.cssjs.last_modified' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.compression' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.expires' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.lifetime' => 31536000,
	'browsercache.cssjs.nocookies' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.cache.control' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.cache.policy' => 'cache_public_maxage',
	'browsercache.cssjs.etag' => true,
	'browsercache.cssjs.w3tc' => false,
	'browsercache.cssjs.replace' => false,
	'browsercache.html.compression' => true,
	'browsercache.html.last_modified' => true,
	'browsercache.html.expires' => true,
	'browsercache.html.lifetime' => 3600,
	'browsercache.html.cache.control' => true,
	'browsercache.html.cache.policy' => 'cache_public_maxage',
	'browsercache.html.etag' => true,
	'browsercache.html.w3tc' => false,
	'browsercache.html.replace' => false,
	'browsercache.other.last_modified' => true,
	'browsercache.other.compression' => true,
	'browsercache.other.expires' => true,
	'browsercache.other.lifetime' => 31536000,
	'browsercache.other.nocookies' => true,
	'browsercache.other.cache.control' => true,
	'browsercache.other.cache.policy' => 'cache_public_maxage',
	'browsercache.other.etag' => true,
	'browsercache.other.w3tc' => false,
	'browsercache.other.replace' => false,
	'browsercache.timestamp' => '1409828974',
	'browsercache.replace.exceptions' => array(
		0 => '',
	),
	'mobile.enabled' => false,
	'mobile.rgroups' => array(
		'high' => array(
			'theme' => '',
			'enabled' => false,
			'redirect' => '',
			'agents' => array(
				0 => 'acer\ s100',
				1 => 'android',
				2 => 'archos5',
				3 => 'bada',
				4 => 'bb10',
				5 => 'blackberry9500',
				6 => 'blackberry9530',
				7 => 'blackberry9550',
				8 => 'blackberry\ 9800',
				9 => 'cupcake',
				10 => 'docomo\ ht\-03a',
				11 => 'dream',
				12 => 'froyo',
				13 => 'googlebot-mobile',
				14 => 'htc\ hero',
				15 => 'htc\ magic',
				16 => 'htc_dream',
				17 => 'htc_magic',
				18 => 'iemobile/7.0',
				19 => 'incognito',
				20 => 'ipad',
				21 => 'iphone',
				22 => 'ipod',
				23 => 'kindle',
				24 => 'lg\-gw620',
				25 => 'liquid\ build',
				26 => 'maemo',
				27 => 'mot\-mb200',
				28 => 'mot\-mb300',
				29 => 'nexus\ one',
				30 => 'nexus\ 7',
				31 => 'opera\ mini',
				32 => 's8000',
				33 => 'samsung\-s8000',
				34 => 'series60.*webkit',
				35 => 'series60/5\.0',
				36 => 'sonyericssone10',
				37 => 'sonyericssonu20',
				38 => 'sonyericssonx10',
				39 => 't\-mobile\ mytouch\ 3g',
				40 => 't\-mobile\ opal',
				41 => 'tattoo',
				42 => 'touch',
				43 => 'webmate',
				44 => 'webos',
			),
		),
		'low' => array(
			'theme' => '',
			'enabled' => false,
			'redirect' => '',
			'agents' => array(
				0 => '2\.0\ mmp',
				1 => '240x320',
				2 => 'alcatel',
				3 => 'amoi',
				4 => 'asus',
				5 => 'au\-mic',
				6 => 'audiovox',
				7 => 'avantgo',
				8 => 'bb10',
				9 => 'benq',
				10 => 'bird',
				11 => 'blackberry',
				12 => 'blazer',
				13 => 'cdm',
				14 => 'cellphone',
				15 => 'danger',
				16 => 'ddipocket',
				17 => 'docomo',
				18 => 'dopod',
				19 => 'elaine/3\.0',
				20 => 'ericsson',
				21 => 'eudoraweb',
				22 => 'fly',
				23 => 'haier',
				24 => 'hiptop',
				25 => 'hp\.ipaq',
				26 => 'htc',
				27 => 'huawei',
				28 => 'i\-mobile',
				29 => 'iemobile',
				30 => 'iemobile/7',
				31 => 'iemobile/9',
				32 => 'j\-phone',
				33 => 'kddi',
				34 => 'konka',
				35 => 'kwc',
				36 => 'kyocera/wx310k',
				37 => 'lenovo',
				38 => 'lg',
				39 => 'lg/u990',
				40 => 'lge\ vx',
				41 => 'midp',
				42 => 'midp\-2\.0',
				43 => 'mmef20',
				44 => 'mmp',
				45 => 'mobilephone',
				46 => 'mot\-v',
				47 => 'motorola',
				48 => 'msie\ 10\.0',
				49 => 'netfront',
				50 => 'newgen',
				51 => 'newt',
				52 => 'nintendo\ ds',
				53 => 'nintendo\ wii',
				54 => 'nitro',
				55 => 'nokia',
				56 => 'novarra',
				57 => 'o2',
				58 => 'openweb',
				59 => 'opera\ mobi',
				60 => 'opera\.mobi',
				61 => 'p160u',
				62 => 'palm',
				63 => 'panasonic',
				64 => 'pantech',
				65 => 'pdxgw',
				66 => 'pg',
				67 => 'philips',
				68 => 'phone',
				69 => 'playbook',
				70 => 'playstation\ portable',
				71 => 'portalmmm',
				72 => '\bppc\b',
				73 => 'proxinet',
				74 => 'psp',
				75 => 'qtek',
				76 => 'sagem',
				77 => 'samsung',
				78 => 'sanyo',
				79 => 'sch',
				80 => 'sch\-i800',
				81 => 'sec',
				82 => 'sendo',
				83 => 'sgh',
				84 => 'sharp',
				85 => 'sharp\-tq\-gx10',
				86 => 'small',
				87 => 'smartphone',
				88 => 'softbank',
				89 => 'sonyericsson',
				90 => 'sph',
				91 => 'symbian',
				92 => 'symbian\ os',
				93 => 'symbianos',
				94 => 'toshiba',
				95 => 'treo',
				96 => 'ts21i\-10',
				97 => 'up\.browser',
				98 => 'up\.link',
				99 => 'uts',
				100 => 'vertu',
				101 => 'vodafone',
				102 => 'wap',
				103 => 'willcome',
				104 => 'windows\ ce',
				105 => 'windows\.ce',
				106 => 'winwap',
				107 => 'xda',
				108 => 'xoom',
				109 => 'zte',
			),
		),
	),
	'referrer.enabled' => false,
	'referrer.rgroups' => array(
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				1 => 'yahoo\.com',
				2 => 'bing\.com',
				3 => 'ask\.com',
				4 => 'msn\.com',
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	'widget.latest_news.items' => 5,
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	'notes.wp_content_changed_perms' => true,
	'notes.wp_content_perms' => true,
	'notes.theme_changed' => false,
	'notes.wp_upgraded' => false,
	'notes.plugins_updated' => false,
	'notes.cdn_upload' => false,
	'notes.cdn_reupload' => false,
	'notes.need_empty_pgcache' => false,
	'notes.need_empty_minify' => false,
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	'notes.pgcache_rules_wpsc' => true,
	'notes.support_us' => false,
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	'extensions.active' => array(
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There’s nothing special W3 Total Cache setup, should work for most Stallion Responsive users and probably most WordPress users.

To import the w3-import.php file settings after activating W3 Total Cache go to

“Performance” >> “General Settings”

And use the “Import configuration:” settings to import your w3-import.php file.

The options in the file are pretty much what I use on this website, I’ve activated the plugins Google Page Speed Report which requires a Google API, but doesn’t give any useful information, the results at Google Page Speed Insights Tool http://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstallion-theme.co.uk%2F are more detailed, so not using the plugins Google Page Speed Report on any other site.

The options file will

Caches your websites webpages
Minify and combine CSS and JS files
Adds pretty much all server side .htaccess rules to improve performance you could ever need
Sets the WordPress specific setting “Enable compatibility mode”

Doesn’t use the database cache settings or the object cache settings, when I’ve tested these it’s had mixed results.

This works with Stallion Responsive with no additional plugins active.

Some plugins add their own CSS and JS files, depending on what’s in those files may mean changing some options under the Minify options page. Impossible to say until you try it, some plugins works well with these settings, others not so well. More plugins you have that add CSS and JS files more likely it will break.

What the above will achieve is all but two Stallion Responsive Google PageSpeed Render blocking Issues will be gone.

You will now have one render blocking CSS file and one render blocking JS file**

** You might not have the render blocking JS file from Stallion, depends on what Stallion options you use. If you don’t use the Stallion Featured Slider then Stallion Responsive adds no render blocking JS files (removed the need for JS files in Stallion Responsive 8.1 other than for the optional slider feature). As you can see on my Google PageSpeed Insights results I only have one render blocking CSS file.

The W3 total Cache plugin options above will also fix other Google PageSpeed Insights issues if your server hasn’t already fixed them. Depends on the server, some hosts will have some of this stuff built in, others won’t.

The “Use asynchronous versions of the following scripts” which are related to using the default legacy AdSense code (not asynchronous) can be fixed by creating 3 Responsive AdSense Beta Ad Units (those are asynchronous) under your AdSense account and add them to the Stallion Responsive AdSense options page. See the AdSense Responsive Ad Unit Beta tutorial for detailed instructions.

Note: Any Google PageSpeed Issues that refer to resources not on your domain are out of our control. For example if you add FaceBook Like buttons and Google Analytics code it will result in issues. Beyond not using those features, nothing we can do about them. If I ever find ways around these off site issues I’ll add them to Stallion, like the Google AdSense Beta Responsive Code fix.

David