Menu is slow to load

  • I’ve noticed that my site has become slow to load.

    The menu is the most obvious part. The primary menu doesn’t appear for several seconds after the rest of the page loads.

    I checked out Google Webmaster tools and it said there was some blocking js in the header, but that’s where my knowledge runs out.

    Could this be a theme problem? Or a WordPress problem?

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Hi @rigbypa,

    Google’s tool doesn’t really measure speed, but uses algorithms to make suggestions.

    If we tested Google’s own blog (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.google%2F) against the tool, we can see that their own scores are even lower. That doesn’t mean that the code they are using is bad or that the speed of the website is not great.

    The test is to help improve the load speeds of sites by giving some suggestions. Those suggestions aren’t valid in all cases.

    It’s not possible to implement the Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content suggestion for your theme. Some CSS and JavaScript has to be rendered at the head of the page so your site can work correctly.

    The biggest impact you can have on your page’s speed is to optimise the images that you upload to it. You can find Google’s guidance for doing that here:

    https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/OptimizeImages

    Let me know if the above information helps out or if you have any other questions.

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