# Defer parsing of Javascript

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-parsing-of-javascript/168246
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-parsing-of-javascript/168246 "2020-10-26T05:28:22Z")
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### Author: ![leo.proctor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/leo.proctor/32/216158_2.png) [@leo.proctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leo.proctor)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-parsing-of-javascript/168246/1 "2020-10-26T05:28:22Z")

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Hi. The meta.discourse site has a good scoring on PageSpeed Insight and other similar tools. However, it gives warning about slow initial javascript rendering and suggests to defer Javascript parsing to reduce blocking of page rendering. I was wondering if this is something that can be done?

Same recommendation from Gtmetrix  
[https://gtmetrix.com/reports/meta.discourse.org/Yvo78IWD](https://gtmetrix.com/reports/meta.discourse.org/Yvo78IWD)

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### Author: ![rorycb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rorycb/32/423647_2.png) [@rorycb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rorycb)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-parsing-of-javascript/168246/2 "2020-10-26T10:42:11Z")

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This topic may be of interest to you: [Google May 4th Core Update impact on Discourse forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-may-4th-core-update-impact-on-discourse-forums/161369) (specifically this response [Google May 4th Core Update impact on Discourse forums - #76 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-may-4th-core-update-impact-on-discourse-forums/161369/76))

TL;DR it’s being looked at, but it’ll take time there is no quick fix.