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Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascript

Ordering StyleSheet and JavaScript (external and inline) for performance optimization.

css optimization performance speed style
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Download Momentum

180 days
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Related Opportunities

5 markets
Commercial opportunity Optimization: Performance monitoring and client reporting performance monitoring and client reporting · final 74.6 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Css: Developer change safety and site customization developer change safety and site customization · final 70.5 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Speed: Performance monitoring and client reporting performance monitoring and client reporting · final 66.4 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Performance: Performance monitoring and client reporting performance monitoring and client reporting · final 83.5 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Style: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 73.3 · proof validated

Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error Dear Satya Prakash, When i tried to activate the plugin, i got the below error.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.97
Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin

Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin Hi, When I have Google Universal Analytics code in my head, together with this plugin installed, the Analytics code stops tracking.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Nice plugin, but no changes after activation

Nice plugin, but no changes after activation: users show bugs, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Nice plugin, but no changes after activation Hello, I installed an activated this plugin to control the many scripts add from plugins.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Here's an easier way to use the plugin

Here's an easier way to use the plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Anyway, the plugin has you add code to the header to get it to work, however this isn’t really necessary as long as your theme is following wordpress coding standards and using wp_head (every theme on wordpress.org).
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.88
PATCH: plugin writes after tag

PATCH: plugin writes after tag: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
PATCH: plugin writes after tag It was writing the <script> tags after the </html>, so I modified it: <?php /* Plugin Name: Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascript Plugin URI: http://www.satya-weblog.com/?p=2392 Description: Performance optimization tips: Make CSS at the top and scripts at the bottom in HTML head section.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Change layout of the page

Change layout of the page: users show compatibility, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Change layout of the page After activating and pasted the code properly in the header.php file the left sidebar disappeared and the right sidebar has been moved at the top of the content page and after a while became invisible, main menu has been sent and compressed at the upper right of the page.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
where to add code

where to add code: users show compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
I open header.php and add the additional code there, correct?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
No change in pagespeed results

No change in pagespeed results: users show performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
No change in pagespeed results I followed the instructions I believe to the letter with no positive results.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work

Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work: users show performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work Hi I installed the plugin but both my Huge IT slider and zoom plugins stop working.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.56
works good with wordpress 4.01

works good with wordpress 4.01: users show compatibility, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
Proof Blocked card complete performance monitoring and client reporting Evidence linked to opportunity
works good with wordpress 4.01 Thanks for nice plugin !

Competitor Context

16 shown
Simple Custom CSS Plugin weak incumbent · intel 81.5 · weakness 72.0
weak incumbent
stale update history 25 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight CSS code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Raw HTML weak incumbent · intel 78.5 · weakness 69.1
weak incumbent
stale update history 22 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight html code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Forget About Shortcode Buttons weak incumbent · intel 77.9 · weakness 68.5
weak incumbent
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect shortcode layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Scripts n Styles weak incumbent · intel 77.8 · weakness 68.5
weak incumbent
stale update history 22 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2
Code Snippets weak incumbent · intel 77.5 · weakness 62.5
weak incumbent
3 unresolved support thread(s) 16 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, multisite operators, and maintenance teams · Wedge: surface multisite update risk, network drift, reporting gaps, and client-site exceptions
source 1 source 2
Custom Body Class weak incumbent · intel 74.7 · weakness 64.7
weak incumbent
1 unresolved support thread(s) stale update history compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight CSS code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Microthemer Lite – Visual Editor to Customize CSS praise owner · intel 70.7 · weakness 53.7
praise owner
20 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect customize layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
TJ Custom CSS praise owner · intel 70.7 · weakness 57.0
praise owner
stale update history 5 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect customizer layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

15 shown from 15 collected
praise wowwww !!! (5 stars) review · 2016-06-07T18:28:35+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

wowwww !!!: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: wow Amazing work 100% with php7 and latest wordpress Thankssss wow Amazing work 100% with php7 and latest wordpress Thankssss
compatibility developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Here's an easier way to use the plugin support · 2016-04-13T15:48:08+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Here's an easier way to use the plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Anyway, the plugin has you add code to the header to get it to work, however this isn’t really necessary as long as your theme is following wordpress coding standards and using wp_head (every theme on wordpress.org).
bugs compatibility performance missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise Perfecter! (5 stars) review · 2016-03-28T21:13:04+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Perfecter!: users praise value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfecter!
value quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise Perfect! (5 stars) review · 2016-02-26T18:59:18+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Perfect!: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Perfect!
setup quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise Worked like a charm with Word Press 4.2.2 (5 stars) review · 2015-06-16T09:28:28+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Worked like a charm with Word Press 4.2.2: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Worked like a charm with Word Press 4.2.2 just add the code provided in the settings into header.php just add the code provided in the settings into header.php
compatibility missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work support · 2015-05-19T14:36:39+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work: users show performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Huge IT Slider and Zoom plugins no longer work Hi I installed the plugin but both my Huge IT slider and zoom plugins stop working.
performance setup form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin support · 2015-05-07T13:39:14+00:00 · high severity · CSS

Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Google Analytics Code Does Not Work With This Plugin Hi, When I have Google Universal Analytics code in my head, together with this plugin installed, the Analytics code stops tracking.
bugs performance support setup developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint PATCH: plugin writes after tag support · 2015-04-18T21:12:17+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

PATCH: plugin writes after tag: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: PATCH: plugin writes after tag It was writing the <script> tags after the </html>, so I modified it: <?php /* Plugin Name: Performance Optimization: Order Styles and Javascript Plugin URI: http://www.satya-weblog.com/?p=2392 Description: Performance optimization tips: Make CSS at the top and scripts at the bottom in HTML head section.
bugs compatibility performance missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise works good with wordpress 4.01 (5 stars) review · 2015-01-23T08:36:16+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

works good with wordpress 4.01: users show compatibility, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: works good with wordpress 4.01 Thanks for nice plugin !
compatibility performance setup reliable developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint No change in pagespeed results support · 2014-07-10T19:32:08+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

No change in pagespeed results: users show performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: No change in pagespeed results I followed the instructions I believe to the letter with no positive results.
performance support form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error support · 2014-06-06T16:40:57+00:00 · high severity · CSS

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error Dear Satya Prakash, When i tried to activate the plugin, i got the below error.
bugs compatibility performance support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Change layout of the page support · 2014-05-31T13:58:48+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Change layout of the page: users show compatibility, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Change layout of the page After activating and pasted the code properly in the header.php file the left sidebar disappeared and the right sidebar has been moved at the top of the content page and after a while became invisible, main menu has been sent and compressed at the upper right of the page.
compatibility performance support form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint Nice plugin, but no changes after activation support · 2014-05-06T08:11:55+00:00 · high severity · CSS

Nice plugin, but no changes after activation: users show bugs, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Nice plugin, but no changes after activation Hello, I installed an activated this plugin to control the many scripts add from plugins.
bugs performance setup form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
complaint where to add code support · 2014-01-17T18:55:21+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

where to add code: users show compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I open header.php and add the additional code there, correct?
compatibility performance form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin
praise Works with latest 3.5.1 version of wordpress (5 stars) review · 2013-05-26T13:48:10+00:00 · medium severity · CSS

Works with latest 3.5.1 version of wordpress: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works with latest 3.5.1 version of wordpress This plugin is super.
bugs performance reliable developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: detect optimization slowdowns, cache conflicts, asset regressions, and client-report impact
source plugin