Eliminate render blocking javascript and css recommendation?

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Our site's last Red flag issue is the "eliminate render blocking javascript and css" message. I don't know how to do that, and while I'm not sure if I could spend hours/days cutting and pasting and guessing until I made progress, I'd rather not. Does anyone know of a plugin that will just do this? Or, if not, how much would it cost to get a web developer to do this?

Also, if there is not plugin (and it didn't look like there was when I looked) how long do you think this would take someone who knows what they are doing to complete.

The site is: www.kempruge.com

Thanks for any tips and/or suggestions,

Ruben

[LynnPatchett]

Hi,

Are you getting this flag from google page speed insights? Render blocking scripts are basically scripts that are called in the beginning of the page (the head usually) but are not really used either for that page or for the content of that page that is immediately visible, so downloading them first delays the rendering of the page. Depending on the structure of your site/code, plugins used etc fixing this could be as simple as moving  a couple of lines of code in the template or..... quite complicated indeed.

What are your page load times in google analytics looking like? I had a look at your page and it seemed to load pretty fast so I would check load times in GA and see if the problem is really as urgent as you think. The page speed insight tool will flag everything it sees, but sometimes it can give you kind of false positives and other times just be recommending things mechanically that are not a huge issue in the grand scale of things!

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Thanks Lynn! Yes, they are from Google Page Speed Insights. Attached is our pagespeed times from GA. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if they're okay or not. I just don't know enough, other than, faster is usually better.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,

Ruben

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[LynnPatchett]

Hi Ruben,

That analytics data is over a month or so right? Just to make sure we are not talking about an unusually fast or slow day!

3 seconds is not too bad. It can depend a lot on the type of site you have or the industry. Check this for a recent rundown of stats by country/industry. Also check out this article for a good rundown of tactics to use in reducing load times.

I would look at doing some of the more easy fixes included in the above article (if you havent already) before you move to trying to adjust the script rendering issues, especially if you do not have an inhouse person that is comfortable doing it. If you have already done all of that, then really it is a matter of how much effort it will require to find someone to diagnose and make the needed changes to the site code versus how much load/rendering time that will shave off. Personally, I think it might not be worth it, but others may disagree

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Yes, it's over a month, and for the most part of the month our page speed score was 66 ave for the 3 seconds. Now, with the adjustments I've made and switching to a new hosting company, we're at an 81 as of this morning. So, I guess if 3 seconds at a 66 isn't terrible, we'll probably be in an acceptable range following the improvements.

Either way, thanks so much for the industry stats and the article. It's easy to find "how to make your website faster" info, but MUCH more difficult to find an article that I can trust. Thanks for the tip!

Ruben