Advice on Cloudflare Settings

[Mike]

Just looking for advice on which setting to use with the KLEO theme for caching level. The options are No Query String, Ignore Query String and Standard.

I’ve noticed the theme has a slow response time when doing things like accepting friend requests and just saw another thread that mentioned query strings.

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[Laura]

Hello, standard should be fine. Remember Images are very important for site speed, make sure your images are optimized, check out google page speed

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[Mike]

Laura, thanks. I’m getting a bunch of flagged “render-blocking JavaScript and CSS” when I scan my site on PageSpeed.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnerdlouisville.org%2F

Is there a way to fix these using Cloudflare?

[Mike]

Also, would you advise against any of the settings in this tutorial for KLEO?

http://customizewp.com/eliminate-render-blocking-javascript-and-css-above-the-fold-content-in-wordpress-w3-total-cache/

[Mike]

Specifically, these query strings are showing as problematic. Is there a way to deal with some / any of these?

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddy-bbpress-support-topic/css/bpbbpst-bbpress-widget.css?ver=2.0
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-media/app/assets/css/main.css?ver=3.8.6
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-sitewide-activity-widget/swa.css?ver=4.2.2

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css?ver=4.2.1

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/css/events_manager.css?ver=5.55

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/css/gd-bbpress-attachments.css?ver=2.2_b1422_free

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/css/jetpack.css?ver=3.5.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/css/js_composer.css?ver=4.5.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/revslider/rs-plugin/css/settings.css?ver=4.6.5

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/plugins/wangguard/css/wangguard-bp.css?ver=1.6

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo-child/style.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/app.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/fontello.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/css/plugins.min.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/assets/js/plugins/magnific-popup/magnific.css?ver=3.0.3
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/bbpress/css/bbpress.css?ver=4.2.2
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/themes/kleo/buddypress/css/buddypress.css?ver=2.3.2.1

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-content/uploads/custom_styles/dynamic.css?ver=3.0.3

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css?ver=4.2.2

http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/mediaelementplayer.min.css?ver=2.16.2
http://www.nerdlouisville.org/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-mediaelement.css?ver=4.2.2

[Laura]

Hello, you can see the plugin that has issues in those links, you shouldnt worry about kleo ones.
For example maybe try to disable:

-Wangguard ( really slow downs the website )

And any other plugin that you really dont need, those listed in your links are:
-Revslider ( do not disable )
-Composer ( do not disable )
-Contact form 7 ( optional )
-Jetpack ( can disable )
-GD attachments (can disable )
-Events manager ( can disable )
-Buddypress sitewide activity widget ( can disable )
-rtMedia ( optional )
-bbpress support topic ( optional )

Also, the most important is to optimize your images, try Smush it plugin

For Cloudflare, default settings should be fine, the cache change 5 days for 4 hours and NEVER enable rocket loader.

For the tutorial, i do not recommend it because as a big theme that kleo is, buddypress, bbpress and rtmedia, those plugins are really big and you should never minify their css or js because may create issues.

For W3 Total cache i suggest:
-Object cache
-Browser cache
-Page cache
And quite all but never minify, use a cdn like maxcdn

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[Mike]

This is great info, Laura! Thanks.

Here’s what I currently have setup:

• Setup on Cloudflare (seems to help a lot)
• Activated EWWW Image Optimizer (not sure how much this is helping, as PageSpeed still flags some images as unoptimized – shame since I paid for the service)
• W3 Total Cache with settings as you described already (there’s a thread int he KLEO forums where someone posted their settings as a PDF and it was similar to your suggestions)

On your suggestion, I’ve disabled what I can to improve performance (some of those things are essential to the functionality of my site).

-Wangguard ( really slow downs the website )
-Revslider ( do not disable )
-Composer ( do not disable )
-Contact form 7 ( optional )
-Jetpack ( can disable )
-GD attachments (can disable )
-Events manager ( can disable )
-Buddypress sitewide activity widget ( can disable )
-rtMedia ( optional )
-bbpress support topic ( optional )

The only one I might be hesitant to do is Wangguard since I’m trying to prevent spam registration, which I was having issues with. I tried Spamshield, but that was causing a conflict with the Registration page (cookies error).

Do you have a recommendation for a spam registration prevention for KLEO that is more optimized than Wangguard?

[Mike]

Do you think upgrading to a VPS would affect the site performance?

[Mike]

Oh, also, why should I turn off Rocket Loader? My hosting advice was that Rocket Loader would help speed up the website.

[Laura]

Hello, rocket loader breaks your website, its made for simple sites that dont use much js and css.
It will not speed your website, it would make it even slower.
Delete wangguard and install ithemes security ( free or paid ) set it up (careful with some settings) and you wont see spam users again.

Your website speed also depends on your hosting, not in vps, that really only changes how much traffic you can afford.
Go to your hosting website and copy the url, then paste it in tools.pingdom.com lets see how much it takes to load.

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Laura Solanes - Graphic Designer and Web Designer

Please be patient as I try to answer each topic as fast as i can.

If you like the theme or the support you've received please consider leaving us a review on Themeforest!

Always happy to help you 🙂

[Laura]

Oh for the images do not worry, google want them REALLY optimized that you wont even see a human face. So trust the optimizer plugin as it will never optimize to that level where you cannot even see the image

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Laura Solanes - Graphic Designer and Web Designer

Please be patient as I try to answer each topic as fast as i can.

If you like the theme or the support you've received please consider leaving us a review on Themeforest!

Always happy to help you 🙂

[Mike]

Okay, I’ve deactivated Rocket Loader. Will install iTheme Security! Thanks so much!

[sermsak]

Hello Laura. rtMedia always make the issue – 504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.4.4 with my site if i activated. As you said above rtMedia (optional). if i delete it, What plugin to work instead ?

[Laura]

Hello, well you have https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-album/ and http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/ but rtmedia shouldnt give that error, have you updated your plugins and theme?

Hi there!!! Help others from the community and mark any reply as solution if it solved your question. Mark as a solution

Laura Solanes - Graphic Designer and Web Designer

Please be patient as I try to answer each topic as fast as i can.

If you like the theme or the support you've received please consider leaving us a review on Themeforest!

Always happy to help you 🙂

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