External JS script is slow

For some reason we don’t get emails about questions and reviews written in the plugin directory.
In general, the javascript loaded is an async script, very small and very fast and should not have any impact on your website.
You can read more here: https://help.provesrc.com/en/articles/3485781-does-provesource-impact-my-website-performance-and-page-speed

This is not resolved. Perhaps make it optional to load your external third-party scripts because it’s not best practice and very slow to load.

Hi Elliot,
The script is mandatory and is not possible to exclude as ProveSource is an external SaaS that tracks social proof data not only from within WordPress.

As mentioned in the previous comment and in the related article – async scripts do not block your page load and do not slow your website down.

Google also has put out recommandations you can read here:
– https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/critical-rendering-path/page-speed-rules-and-recommendations
– https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/BlockingJS

synchronous resources unblock the document parser and allow the browser to avoid blocking
… it also means it is not essential for the first render