Error on one page of blog autoptimize

evening Howard: you can try to remove js/jquery/jquery.js from autoptimize’s JS optimization exclusions. if your site still works you can leave it that way, if something is broken you’ll have to restore the setting live with jquery.js not being autoptimized. for the emoji-one there’s a wordpress-plugin “disable emojis” which I can recommend ??

hope this helps,
frank

Hi Frank
As for: noticed a deny rule in .htaccess file which you can see at : public_html/wp-content/cache/autoptimize

What does this mean as pertaining to autoptimize? Can changes to the page or particular content resolve it. Does this have something to do with my current theme as the author asked me to try it with a wp 2017 basic theme to see if it persists. My previous theme had no such problem in this respect.
Howard

if you’re referring to this code:

<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    <Files *.php>
        Require all denied
    </Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    <Files *.php>
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
    </Files>
</IfModule>

This is added for extra security by AO; it stops .php-files being accessed in wp-content/cache/autoptimize as there should not be any .php-files there. This is not content- or theme-related and there is nothing to resolve there, all systems are “go”.