I am dealing with excessively slow page load times. I’ve tried a number of things to remedy the issue including working with the P3 plug in and getting my plug in speeds down to less than 2 seconds. It is impacting my users who are telling me in social media that they are having difficulty accessing my content. My YSlow results largely point back to the theme (as pasted below). I am quite frustrated, and I feel I may need to change themes.
Grade D on Make fewer HTTP requests
-This page has 11 external Javascript scripts. Try combining them into one.
-This page has 3 external stylesheets. Try combining them into one.
-Decreasing the number of components on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page, resulting in faster page loads. Some ways to reduce the number of components include: combine files, combine multiple scripts into one script, combine multiple CSS files into one style sheet, and use CSS Sprites and image maps.
Grade C on Put JavaScript at bottom
-There are 5 JavaScript scripts found in the head of the document
Grade D on Reduce DNS lookups
-The components are split over more than 4 domains
http://www.herown.net: 10 components, 1557.4K (324.1K GZip)
fonts.googleapis.com: 1 component, 2.4K (0.6K GZip)
fonts.gstatic.com: 10 components, 196.8K
ajax.googleapis.com: 1 component, 95.7K (33.2K GZip)
maps.gstatic.com: 2 components, 219.6K (78.9K GZip)
s0.wp.com: 1 component, 9.3K (2.9K GZip)
maps.google.com: 1 component, 5.0K (1.0K GZip)
stats.wp.com: 1 component, 2.3K (0.7K GZip)
i2.wp.com: 1 component, 93.5K
0.gravatar.com: 1 component, 5.8K
pixel.wp.com: 1 component, 0.05K
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