Jetpack DNS Lookups

Resolved usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

How can i get rid of these DNS lookups?

c0.wp.com: 1 component, 96.8K (33.0K GZip)
stats.wp.com: 1 component, 16.0K (16.0K GZip)

I read in another article how to turn off “stats” and i did that. But the DNS lookup is still there. And i don’t know what the first one is, please advise.

They are slowing down my website for all users on all platforms.

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Plugin Support Velda
(@supernovia)

5 years, 7 months ago

Hi, could you send a link to the file it’s loading from c0.wp.com ?

Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

I don’t know. It could be coming from any number of files that start with c0.wp.com.

The first script is a DNS prefetch.
<link rel=’dns-prefetch’ href=’//c0.wp.com’ />

Then there are a number of these.

<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’dashicons-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/c/5.5.1/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’admin-bar-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/c/5.5.1/wp-includes/css/admin-bar.min.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’wp-block-library-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/c/5.5.1/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’wp-block-library-theme-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/c/5.5.1/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/theme.min.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’wc-block-vendors-style-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/p/woocommerce/4.5.2/packages/woocommerce-blocks/build/vendors-style.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’wc-block-style-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/p/woocommerce/4.5.2/packages/woocommerce-blocks/build/style.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />

But if i had to guess, i’d say this one.
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’jetpack_css-css’ href=’https://c0.wp.com/p/jetpack/8.9.1/css/jetpack.css’ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />

Plugin Support Velda
(@supernovia)

5 years, 7 months ago

You may be using various aspects of Jetpack then.

Could you send a link to the site so we can try to see where the request is coming from?

Or, you’d be welcome to go ahead and disable all Jetpack modules, then re-enable only the ones you need.

Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

https://usatcorp.com

Luke Cavanagh
(@lukefiretoss)

5 years, 7 months ago

This help article covers how to disable all modules in Jetpack that are not needed.
https://jetpack.com/support/control-jetpack-features-on-one-page/

Plugin Support Velda
(@supernovia)

5 years, 7 months ago

Thanks @lukefiretoss .

And thank you @usat009 — right now I’m not fully able to connect to the site to see where those requests could be coming from. But it does seem like you’re still using our CDN for assets and images, which would explain those requests.

Can you:

– Disconnect and reconnect, ensuring its connected properly

then

– Disable the Site Accelerator

and then update us here if you’re still getting requests from those sources?
Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago
Everything was connected and disconnected during a test for a different issue with my theme provider (Themeco) – the issues persist.

I’m pretty sure the “c0.wp.com” URL is the CDN so we need that one.
But the “stats.wp.com” was supposed to have gone away with the deactivation of the site stats and it didn’t.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by usat009.
Plugin Support KokkieH
(@kokkieh)

5 years, 7 months ago

Hi there,

Where are you seeing that resource being requested? I don’t see it in the Network tab of my browser dev tools when loading your site.

That said, this particular resource only causes a total data transfer, so for sending the request and receiving the response, of around 20kb, so there is no possible way that could be slowing down your site for visitors.

https://d.pr/i/FIvqSC

If you’re experiencing slow load times on your site, it is not the stats tracking pixel that’s causing the problem.

Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

Every DNS lookup is a delay. You can find the query when using GTMetrix site analyzer as well as most other website speed analyzing tools.

Plugin Contributor James Huff
(@macmanx)

5 years, 7 months ago

It’s definitely not loading in your source.

Please try clearing your browser’s cache: https://www.refreshyourcache.com

Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

so are you saying that this is loading in GTMetrix’s cache? I clear mine regularly, as I clear the DNS cache in Cloudflare and the Server cache is WPEngine any time i make a serious change to any site pages.

Plugin Contributor James Huff
(@macmanx)

5 years, 7 months ago

Hm, I do see them at https://gtmetrix.com/reports/usatcorp.com/vjwhf048 but not in your source, that’s odd.

Do you see them in your site’s source?

Thread Starter usat009
(@usat009)

5 years, 7 months ago

No, I can’t find it in the source code, but all the site speed pages report it anyway. And I’ve cleared all forms of cache possible to clear.

Plugin Contributor James Huff
(@macmanx)

5 years, 7 months ago

I see them all back in your source now.

Did you switch the CDNs back on?

If not, something I believe is very wrong in your caching system at this point.