gtmetrix Minimize redirects – grade F (0)

  • Fat Tony

    (@wildpluckings)


    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    I am troubleshooting a problem with my sites performance scores on GTmetrix.

    https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.fullcombo.net/xqq8Yq2x

    The first recommendation is “minimize redirects” and expanding this shows a number of redirect chains that I am unsure of. I have attempted:

    • Disabling cloudflare CDN (free option)
    • Disabling google adsense code
    • Disabling all wordpress plugins
    • full scan of website for malware (wordfence, hosting provider tech support also performed a server-side scan – no malware or malicious items were found)

    Unfortunately, the issue persists.

    • I am running the latest version of wordpress with all plugins up to date.
    • I am running the AVADA theme.
    • My hosting provide is sitegrounds, having very recently moved from one.com as my host I have been working hard to achieve good pagespeed analytics.

    Have you seen this error before and do you know how to fix the problem?

    Many thanks

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  • Hello,

    I’d like to help you troubleshoot this. Kindly do the following (again) and report back so I can run some tests for you.

    • Disabe cloudflare CDN
    • Disable Google adsense code
    • Disable all plugins
    • Switch to the default WordPress theme, Twenty Twenty
    • Flush all caches, including SiteGround’s caches

    Standing by to help.

    Thread Starter Fat Tony

    (@wildpluckings)

    Hi George many thanks. I can do this. It is a live site, so I thought i would take advantage of siteground’s “staging” feature to run these tests. Do you think that would be suitable? It is just creating a copy of my site and i can report back soon.

    Once it is online I will; disable CDN, disable all plugins, revert to twenty twenty and remove instances of adsense code (it shouldn’t work on the copied site, if i understand correctly?)

    I can do this. It is a live site, so I thought i would take advantage of siteground’s “staging” feature to run these tests. Do you think that would be suitable?

    That should work, as long as the staging site is publicly accessible and SiteGround doesn’t have anything in there to block online scanners.

    Thread Starter Fat Tony

    (@wildpluckings)

    Well I think this says a lot;

    https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.staging2.fullcombo.net/V5thIXWE

    Staging site URL – https://www.staging2.fullcombo.net/

    It’s scored significantly higher and 100 against minimize redirects. I also note that the only things disabled here are CDN and adsense. Therefore, I think that I can eliminate plugins and theme defects from the troubleshooting.

    Cloudflare or Adsense are causing this poor minimize redirect score. What do you think?

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    Thread Starter Fat Tony

    (@wildpluckings)

    Hi George, did you get an opportunity to look at this?

    @anyone; I’m troubleshooting a “minimize redirects” problem with GTMetrix scores! Grateful for any tips from experienced developers.

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