Optimizing the scripts/etc for performance

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WP-MarkDown plug-in. Allows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.

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Optimizing the scripts/etc for performance #7

Closed Melindrea closed 11 years ago

Melindrea commented 11 years ago

I love using the Markdown plugin, but checking the performance on my blog, there are a few places where it could be made a bit more efficient, in particular:

Compressing wmd-buttons.png
Concatenating and/or minifying at least some of the scripts
If possible, move some of the scripts that are loading in the head down to the foot of the document instead

Keep up the good work!

stephenharris commented 11 years ago

Apologies it taken a while to resolve this. I'll look into compressing the buttons too - but as for the third point - from experience there are themes out there which don't call wp_footer() - which will mean the necessary scripts do not load. I don't usually cater for broke themes - but in this case I'll leave it loading in the head for the time being.

Melindrea commented 11 years ago

Alright, that sounds good. Since my themes tend to optimize a bit more for the plugins I know I'm using, I can also work around them being called in the head.