How To Fix Defer Parsing of Javascript in WordPress (5 Ways)

As somebody who is trying to understand how to defer parsing of Javascript, we believe you have a problem. You own or have visited a website of somebody you know (maybe a client?) and it takes forever to load. And when you ran it through website speed testing tools, you got a recommendation which you’re not sure how to implement.

In this article, we’re going to share several ways of how to fix this warning and ultimately, make the website load faster, without throwing this error!

If you’re short on time, here are some quick actions you can do:

Instructions for How To Defer Parsing of JavaScript

  1. Download the Async plugin here.
  2. Click on Plugins > Add New > Upload plugin and select the file you have just downloaded.
  3. Click on Activate of the installed plugin.
  4. Go to Plugins and click on Settings for the Async plugin you have just installed.
  5. Clicking on Enable Async Javascript, or Apply Async as two of the most common ways to apply the fix.
  6. Test your website, to see that everything is still working well.

 

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