# Disable unused features so my site loads faster?

**URL:** <https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643>\
**Category:** Shapely\
**Created:** [April 14, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643 "2017-04-14T03:01:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/stampederadon)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/1 "2017-04-14T03:01:41Z")

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It appears from various speed tests that my page load time could be improved if the following features did not have to load:  
[fonts.gstatic.com](http://fonts.gstatic.com)  
fontawesome  
[fonts.googleapis.com](http://fonts.googleapis.com)  
owl carosel

Is there a way to disable all of the above, and just use a font stack already in the browsers?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/mikesupport17)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/2 "2017-04-14T13:20:18Z")

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Hello there,

I hope you are doing well today.

You can try using the following CSS code to have the pages use another font that is built into the browser. You can use the following CSS code by going to Appearance \> Customize \> Additional CSS and pasting it there.

```auto

/*Font change*/
body, p, h1 ,h2, h3, h4, h5 {
   font-family: Arial;
}

```

Best Regards,  
Support

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**Author:** ![stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/stampederadon)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/3 "2017-04-15T02:07:03Z")

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Thank you for this advice. I appreciate the time to have taken to help me with this problem.

Your advice does indeed result in my site using the Arial font. However:

1. It does not stop font-awesome, [fonts.googleapis.com](http://fonts.googleapis.com), and [fonts.gstatic.com](http://fonts.gstatic.com) from loading up and slowing down my page load speed

2. It does not address the owl carousel from loading as well.

My goal is to speed up page load times by disabling the above. Can you advise how I might go about doing this?

Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/mikesupport17)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/4 "2017-04-15T02:43:01Z")

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Hey there,  
Hope you’re doing well today

The best way to do these are to dequeue the scripts, however, it’s probably a bit difficult to come up with the code for all those scripts, so I’ve found a plugin that should be able to do that for you with a few clicks:

> **[Asset Queue Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/asset-queue-manager/)**
>
> A tool for experienced frontend performance engineers to take control over the scripts and styles enqueued on their site.

Have a look at this plugin and see if it provides the functionality you need.

Best Regards,  
Support

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**Author:** ![stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/stampederadon)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/5 "2017-04-19T02:43:25Z")

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This was a great idea. I tried it several times, and the owl carousel and fonts show up as dequeued in the Asset Queue Manager. However, after reloading they also simultaneously appear in the enqueued section. I have also confirmed that they still get loaded.

Can you provide some simple instructions for code that can turn off the loading of the items I mention earlier in the thread? Perhaps something that I can paste in a functions.php or style.css file in my child theme?

Thanks for your time!

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**Author:** ![stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@stampederadon](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/stampederadon)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/6 "2017-04-19T03:05:26Z")

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Wait, no need to answer. I found a different plugin that accomplishes the same thing successfully.

It is called “WP Asset Cleanup” plugin, and it works great.

Thanks for your time to get me going on this path. It makes a huge difference to my page load time!

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**Author:** ![mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mikesupport17](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/mikesupport17)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/disable-unused-features-so-my-site-loads-faster/15643/7 "2017-04-19T13:34:35Z")

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Hello there,

I am glad that you found a suitable solution.  
Please feel free to contact us again in the future regarding any other issues.

Best Regards,  
Support