johnrellis

Thanks for that link. I think I had seen a reference to that before but obviously didn’t understand its significance.

Thank you much.

Thanks.

@satollo, the FAQ and the documentation should specify where the define() needs to be inserted in the wp-config.php. I read the FAQ, added the line to the end of the file, and then observed it didn’t work. Had to come here to read through all these threads. Thanks.

Here’s how I ameliorated the download size:

I installed the free FrontForge font editor. Using FontForge, I edited

wp-content/plugins/shiftnav-responsive-mobile-menu/assets/css/fontawesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2

and deleted every glyph except the hamburger icon (F0C9), reducing the .woff2 to just 876 bytes.

Doing a few similar optimizations together increased my Pagespeed Insights score by 15 points.

Thanks for the info.

Now I understand, thanks much.

Cache Thumbnails Locally made a very large improvement in the Pagespeed Insights mobile metrics, thanks!

But I’m curious — when thumbnails aren’t cached, why are the Youtube Javascript files being downloaded on mobile before the user clicks play?

Thanks. Clearing the cache and cookies didn’t solve it, I’ll look into another Mac.