Preload specific requests

so that font-file, is it loaded over the CDN or from your own site?

and did you put the CDN URL or the non-CDN URL in the preload field?

The font file is loaded over the CDN. I tried adding the CDN URL and the non-CDN URL in the “Preload specific requests” field. For both, Google PageSpeed Insights pointed to the non-CDN URL as a field that could be preloaded. And in both cases it was the CSS from the CDN URL that was being loaded.

This WordPress site is using a child theme, and is loading the fonts from the parent theme. Should that make any difference?

And did you add the entire URL, including querystring (?xyz=123) if any?

Yes, I entered the entire URL. There was no querystring.

Can you share your site’s URL so I can have a look at HTML source?

Sure, it’s https://stubbsalderton.com/

OK, I see https://12oitz47a3bo3l66vw1v6293-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/themes/salient/font/372D2F_3_0.woff2 being preloaded. Now is that what you put there, or did you put the non-CDN URL there?

I put the non-CDN URL there – https://stubbsalderton.com/wp-content/themes/salient/font/372D2F_3_0.woff2

The non-CDN URL is what Google PageSpeed Insights is recommending that I preload.

in that case the problem is that the CDN logic (from WP Engine) simply is too eager, it should not replace that field. Maybe ask WP Engine support how you can prevent this from happening?

Will do, @optimizingmatters. Thanks for looking into this. Closing thread.