DRAFT

In this article, you’ll learn how to:

• If debug mode is enables, use uncompressed (deflated) version of files. If debug mode is disabled, use minified files.
• Enable compression of scripts in wp-includes
• Optimize wp-config.php to enable compession and concatenation
• (Optional) Loading Page specific CSS

Compress Scripts

Add this to functions.php

add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'lyza_force_compress');
function lyza_force_compress()
{
    global $compress_scripts, $concatenate_scripts;
    $compress_scripts = 1;
    $concatenate_scripts = 1;
    define('ENFORCE_GZIP', true);

    /* enqueue your scripts here */
}

Example enqueued scripts

wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
wp_enqueue_script('thickbox');
wp_enqueue_script('scriptaculous');
wp_enqueue_script('editor');

Load Page-specific CSS

Only load a css file if viewing a certain page. This goes in the header.

<?php if ( is_page('special-page') ) { ?>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/style2.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<?php } else { ?>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<?php } ?>

WordPress Plugins

• Better WordPress (BWP) Minify
  • minifies files, moves them to header or footer
• MinQueue
  • minifies files and combines them

Sources

• JavaScript GZIP Compression in WordPress: What’s Possible and what Hurts