W3 Total Cache Plugin With Wordpress

[MASSEY]

Hi, i'm working on a new site, and when adding images i realised maybe its a little on the slow side so i have a few questions. And remembered this place exists.

I recently used the google page speed insight https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ to test the new site im working on , and got a score of 17 for desktop. I'm not sure how reliable a tool this is ? It seems like stipulations that google likes to see so i guess it is.

I installed w3 total cache

I installed it, then i checked page speed tool and my rating was 90 for desktop, the only thing wrong it was saying was server speed. So i was happy.

Then, a red alert came on the admin of w3 total cache saying the cdn not authorised blah blah and i checked the page speed tool again and the rating had gone back down.

I opened a max cdn account and got the key and still have the issue,

The google tool is giving me a rating of 90 but, its messed up the structure of the page.

What's causing that?

I was playing with it at around two am and was getting tired and frustrated, trying to open the max cdn account was like pulling teeth.

Any ideas of what i can try ?

Cheers

Nick.

 

[jacobc]

At a guess you have the minify options enabled, I would disable them and see if that fixes it.

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

From FTP you should rename your .htaccess to .htacess.old

let's see what happen.

 

[MASSEY]

Hmmm, i did try disabling that before, but i'll try now and post back, maybe it was working but my screen wasn't updating. The (minify)

 

[MASSEY]

From FTP you should rename your .htaccess to .htacess.old

let's see what happen.

Hmmm okay i'll try this first .

 

[MASSEY]

I've renamed the file .old, but still have the issue? Or at least i still see the page messed up http://candnpropertyrefurbishment.co.uk/

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

Can you add me on your skype?

So i can look on your dashboard.

 

[MASSEY]

Ok, i turned off the html minify, the js minify and css minify, emptied the cache like it said after the changes, i still see it messed up?

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

yes, i just looked on your website source . after configured CDN your website head style url changed with CDN http:// myzonedotoqolw59gxy9dk.netdna-cdndotcom I suggest active plugin again and disable CDN service.

 

[MASSEY]

yes, i just looked on your website source . after configured CDN your website head style url changed with CDN http:// myzonedotoqolw59gxy9dk.netdna-cdndotcom I suggest active plugin again and disable CDN service.

I don't have skype, and ok, i'll try this.

 

[MASSEY]

Can you add me on your skype?

So i can look on your dashboard.

Disabling the CDN made the site work. I just tested the page speed and it says

So, that makes me confused why the plugin stopped working yesterday and gave me an error that sort of suggested installing the cdn key would fix it.

So, hopefully this stays working

Thank you for helping.

Should i turn minify options back on? Will this fix the render blocking?

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

Yes, You can back on minify.

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

And clear all caches.

 

[MASSEY]

Ok, now i am confused.

I turned minify back on, and now page speed says

So, when the minify settings were off, the tool wasn't suggesting i needed to minify, but when i turn the settings on, it's suddenly saying needs to be minified? and still saying the render blocking is a problem. ?

 

[MASSEY]

So, i am thinking turning minify settings off is better? And trying to fix the above fold render blocking a separate way?

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

Your first report was with the broken website. Thats why so good.

You should check my site I used W3 total cache. wpgetup . com. I hope from youtube you will get proper settings of W3 Total cache.

Thanks!!

 

[MASSEY]

Yes, i turned minify off and still have the issue. This plugin .

I'm gonna search youtube and see if i can find settings.

The plugin being installed has increased the score, but not enough.

 

[fisicx]

Or don't bother. minify and cache are mostly a waste of time.

Cache in particular achieves nothing useful. If you have a well built site you don't need to cache anything. And all minify does is make more work for you

 

[MASSEY]

Yeah i just installed a different plugin, it minified, but googles score didn't go up.

I'm thinking the most helpful thing that can be done is compress images.

Waste of time w3 cache crap

 

[Khairul ALam Rafi]

if possible can you send me your login details?

So i can check your settings. Because same plugin i used for my website which made using Divi.

And score good

 

[MASSEY]

Well , i would be interested to see if it speeds up the loading time of the site, i'll send you a pm.

 

[fisicx]

I'm thinking the most helpful thing that can be done is compress images.

Yes.

Don't bother with minify or cache

 

[fisicx]

...my website which made using Divi.

And score good

Divi scores good? Since when? It's an appalling theme. And your site score 59/100

 

[MASSEY]

Divi scores good? Since when? It's an appalling theme.

I'm still getting to grips with it, for me it seems useful. I know it's probably going against a lot of w3 validation?

I've used google webmaster tools etc to see whether there's problems with all of the content being accessed, and it seems that the modules etc all get read.