Raj

#8062

Hi

I have an issue with Google webfonts that prevents me getting good page speed score. Since Google font is an external resource, local apache settings do not have a hand to solve the issue. However, had I been able to remove/disable Google fonts, I would have moved ahead one or two notches on page speed, close to 100. I don’t use Google fonts; instead I use Verdana. I am reproducing the suggestions below by Firebug/Page Speed for your reference. I welcome your suggestions to overcome this hiccup either by disabling/removing Google fonts or serving fonts from our server if possible, preferably the first one.

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Leverage browser caching

The following cacheable resources have a short freshness lifetime. Specify an expiration at least one week in the future for the following resources:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1/webfont.js (1 hour)

[Score: 83/100]

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Specify a cache validator

The following resources are missing a cache validator. Resources that do not specify a cache validator cannot be refreshed efficiently. Specify a Last-Modified or ETag header to enable cache validation for the following resources:

http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Pontano+Sans&subset=latin,latin-ext

[Score: 96/100]

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Minify JavaScript

Minifying the following JavaScript resources could reduce their size by 397B (3% reduction).

Minifying http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/webfont/1/webfont.js could save 397B (3% reduction) after compression. See optimized version or Save as.

[Score: 98/100]

Raj

#40215

So, this is a ghost forum! I didn’t know that. Anyway, I removed the code that calls the webfont, and I have a page speed score of 100/100 now.

Let me hope anybody in need in a similar situation gets this message.

Prasanna SP

#40216

Add this to child theme functions.php to remove Google webfonts.

function graphene_remove_google_webfonts(){

remove_action( 'wp_head', 'graphene_webfont_script', 5 );

remove_action( 'admin_head-appearance_page_custom-header', 'graphene_webfont_script' );

}

add_action( 'init', 'graphene_remove_google_webfonts' );

Raj

#40217

However, the child theme breaks the site! Here is the warning message:

function graphene_remove_google_webfonts(){ remove_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘graphene_webfont_script’, 5 ); remove_action( ‘admin_head-appearance_page_custom-header’, ‘graphene_webfont_script’ ); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘graphene_remove_google_webfonts’ );

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already sent (output started at /home/example/public_html/blog/wp-content/themes/graphene-child/functions.php:12) in /home/example/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/si-contact-form/si-contact-form.php on line 1950

Raj

#40219

Prasanna,

I’m wondering if WP-Minify is optimizing the code even before functions.php of the child theme is pulled in.

Prasanna SP

#40220

Did you put that code after opening php tag, i.e <?php

<?php

function graphene_remove_google_webfonts(){

remove_action( 'wp_head', 'graphene_webfont_script', 5 );

remove_action( 'admin_head-appearance_page_custom-header', 'graphene_webfont_script' );

}

add_action( 'init', 'graphene_remove_google_webfonts' );

Raj

#40221

Oh, how numb I was!

I missed that. Now it is working fine, and my page speed score with the child theme is also 100/100.

However, Prasanna, I have another problem too. The following code gets minified with WP-Minify, and autosearch is not working on a 404 page:

<script type="text/javascript">



jQuery(document).ready(function($){



window.location.replace( "<?php echo $redirect_location; ?>" );



});



</script>

Can you please help me regarding this?