So ...

Upon activation, you'll notice a new "BWP Minify" menu item in your Wordpress admin area. Clicking on it will take you to plugin configuration page:


There are MANY - general and advanced - options on the configuration page ... The default settings will work for most websites, but if you are an advanced user you can review and change these options on a case by case basis.

However, if you are a beginner or a regular user, you should leave them as they are. What is really important: you'll have to check the first two options to automatically minify all the CSS and Javascript files on your site:


And don't forget to click the "Save Changes" button ...

And that's it ... You have successfully minified the source code of your website. Simply right-click anywhere on your site, select "View Page Source" from the available browser menu, and you'll be able to see that the minified and cached CSS/Javascript files are loaded from the plugin’s own folder instead of your Wordpress themes/plugins.

And that's it my friends!

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juanster2017 Premium
Thanks for the step by step training it is very helpful
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Thanks for the time and the feedback Juan!
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BorisRoman Premium Plus
Thanks a lot, Zsolt!
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Thank YOU!
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Jenny28 Premium
Wow, thank you for this! When it comes to site speed, I am always trying to improve. This will help me out for sure, thanks for the training.
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smartketeer Premium
Thank YOU!
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ShihTzuSteve Premium
Thanks for sharing this great tip and for showing us how to implement it.
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Once again, thanks for the time Steve!
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CandP Premium
Thanks, Zed. We are really working on our page speed at the moment. Right now we are optimizing images but when we have finished this we were going to look closely at a minify program. This plugin looks nice and simple but it's still messing with code and that makes us nervous. Should we do a complete backup of our entire website before activating the plugin?
Colette and Philip
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smartketeer Premium
ALWAYS! That's a general rule. Why? Because literally speaking, any new plugin, changed option, etc is "messing with your code" ...
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CandP Premium
So the changes are made to the entire website as you activate and there is no going back, right?
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smartketeer Premium
No.

What I was trying to say: any new plugin/widget/setting/etc will alter your Wordpress database and/or your theme template files to add/modify a given function/feature.

And when you deactivate/uninstall the plugin, those changes will be removed automatically.

However, many things can go wrong (plugin conflicts, untested plugins, theme compatibility issues, etc) so is always better to create a full site backup before installing new things ...
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CandP Premium
Thanks for clarifying that. We will definitely do the backup. Thanks again, Zed.
Colette and Philip
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smartketeer Premium
Thank YOU!
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