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!
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