hexo-optimize

hexo-optimize

A hexo plugin that optimize the pages loading speed.

It will automatically filter your html file, find the <link rel="stylesheet"> tag and make optimizations on demand, for example:

• Inline the main.css into the html page, to speed up your site's First Contentful Paint. (Useful when HTTP/2 Server Push is not available on your web server)
• Load CSS asynchronously or deferred.

It will help you get a higher score in the Google PageSpeed Insights.

Installation

npm install hexo-optimize

Usage

Activate the plugin in hexo's _config.yml like this:

filter_optimize:
  enable: true
  # static resource versioning
  versioning: false
  css:
    # minify all css files
    minify: true
    excludes:
    # use preload to load css elements dynamically
    delivery:
      - '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free'
      - 'fonts.googleapis.com'
    # make specific css content inline into the html page
    inlines:
      # support full path only
      - css/main.css
  js:
    # minify all js files
    minify: true
    excludes:
    # remove the comments in each of the js files
    remove_comments: false
  html:
    # minify all html files
    minify: true
    excludes:
  # set the priority of this plugin,
  # lower means it will be executed first, default of Hexo is 10
  priority: 12

This plugin can be disabled by NODE_ENV in development to boost hexo generate:

export NODE_ENV=development

Comparison

Here is a result from GTmetrix to show you the changes between before and after. (Same web server located in Tokyo, Japan, vultr.com)

• Remove query strings from static resources - let all the proxies could cache resources well. (https://gtmetrix.com/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources.html)
• Make fewer HTTP requests - through combined the loaded js files into the one.
• Prefer asynchronous resources - change the css delivery method using a script block instead of link tag.
• And TODOs ...