Close, But No Cigar
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Firstly, as far as web hosts go, I would put Siteground head and shoulders above the rest. There are quirks occasionally, and they do have some pretty strict limits on the server resources, but support is excellent, and I’ve had 20+ sites with 100% uptime for nearly 3 years. This plugin, though, doesn’t cut it.
As a cache plugin, SG Optimizer actually does alright. It’s better than some alternatives, and worse than others.
The biggest issue, and the reason it only gets 3 stars form me, is that it has no built in minification for CSS or JS. Worse, if you try running a third party minify plugin, almost everything will break, especially if you use WooCommerce. Given that Pagespeed will immediately object to a lack of minification, this is a glaring omission.
They desperately need to sort out the compatibility issues, or add minification right into the plugin. After all, if they’re using server caching, then they know better than anybody what the server needs to cache and minify to the maximum extent.
Until they do that, forget about SG Optimizer and look elsewhere.
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