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Hi
I’ve been using Download manager free for quite some time and think it’s a great plugin. But lately I’ve been making som major performance adjustments to my site and I noticed that download manager is the major bandit when it comes to performance.
If I do a gtmetrix test on my site, literally most of the issues are related to Download manager.
I was wondering if there is any way to fix this? Or if there is a fix coming?
These are the major topics Downloadmanager has trouble with and i’ve added the gtmetrix calculated % reduced performance (no other plugins or issues are included in these %, this is DM only)
Leverage browser caching -15%
Specify image dimensions -30% (was even higher when using the dm widgets)
Avoid CSS @import -15%
Add Expires headers -25%
Use cookie-free domains -20%
Configure entity tags (ETags) -30%
I have fixed these issues with many .htaccess improvements and I’ve tried a few different caching solutions etc but Download Manager seems to always override the settings and is always the major reason I get poor performance.
I would like to keep using Download Manager because I like the solution but I really need these issues fixed.
Anything that helps is appreciated!
Hi
I’m doing the same work on our website. Please add the following to the wish list:
- Minify download-manager/assets/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css
- Minify download-manager/assets/css/front.css
- Minify download-manager/assets/js/chosen.jquery.min.js – Despite it’s name, it’s not minified
Those get into our front-page somehow.
If you want you can disable bootstrap css from download manager settings page.
It says “Because, sometimes your theme may have those scripts/styles enqueued already”. Mine doesn’t use it. Wouldn’t it then make Download manager not to function properly?
Anyway, minifying the assets during the release process should be standard practice. It’s important because Google thinks so and it’s responsible for 90% of all search traffic.
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