Remove the following redirect chain if possible

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    unklee · Member ·

    I have posted before on page load times and slow page loads on a live site compared to a similar test site.

    I still haven’t been able to work out a satisfactory answer, but I am learning all the time. So here’s my latest information and a request for help please.

    In summary, I have a live site and a set up a test site to test out changes. On most speed test sites, the two home pages, which are vary similar, give very different scores. For example:

    Google page speed insights: Live site: 25-40. Test site: 60-85.
    Pingdom: Live site: 65-75. Test site: 80-85.
    GTMetrix: Live site: F, E, 8-12 secs. Test site: B, B, 2 secs.

    I have received various suggestions on the reasons for these differences, and how to fix things, but none seem to solve the problem.

    But now I think I have discovered the problem – though not the solution.

    The GTMetrix test identifies about 100 “redirect chains” that slow the loading of the live site, but don’t seem to occur on the test site. When I click on the redirect URLs’ they all seem to be 1x1px GIFs, which doesn’t make any sense to me at all. GTMetrix advises “Remove the following redirect chain if possible”.

    I certainly don’t want 100 unnecessary redirects!

    When I searched for this problem, every case I found (including some on this forum) related to a WordPress.org site, and the main suggestion was that this was caused by a plugin, possibly a social sharing plugin. But this site is definitely on WordPress.com and I don’t have any plugins. I do have social sharing. I did try de-activating them, and it made some difference, but not much.

    So can anyone please answer these questions for me:

    1. Has anyone else come across this error message on WordPress.com?

    2. Do you have any advice on this problem please?

    3. Is there any way I can flush the WordPress.com cache (if there is one) as this is the advice given to wordpress.org users?

    Thank again for any help anyone can offer.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    unklee · Member ·

    Here is the first of a hundred messages about redirect chains:

    Remove the following redirect chain if possible:

https://idsync.rlcdn.com/420486.gif?partner_uid=7FAA1ABC-F35E-42BE-951D-028B81CAB4C0
https://idsync.rlcdn.com/1000.gif?memo=CIbVGRIwCiwIARCMowEaJDdGQUExQUJDLUYzNUUtNDJCRS05NTFELTAyOEI4MUNBQjRDMBAAGg0ImJuY9gUSBQjoBxAAQgBKAA
https://pippio.com/api/sync?pid=5324&it=1&iv=12ecf0b1292b77e4233c03bfe95945af28314ade77441328a6b6d5edff21e6dc791426b5417dce21&_=2
https://cm.g.doubleclick.net/pixel?google_nid=pippio_dmp&google_cm&google_no_sc&m=CMwpElsKVwgBEJInGlAxMmVjZjBiMTI5MmI3N2U0MjMzYzAzYmZlOTU5NDVhZjI4MzE0YWRlNzc0NDEzMjhhNmI2ZDVlZGZmMjFlNmRjNzkxNDI2YjU0MTdkY2UyMRAAGgwImJuY9gUSBAgCEABCAEoA
https://pippio.com/api/sync/ddp?pid=2&m=CMwpElsKVwgBEJInGlAxMmVjZjBiMTI5MmI3N2U0MjMzYzAzYmZlOTU5NDVhZjI4MzE0YWRlNzc0NDEzMjhhNmI2ZDVlZGZmMjFlNmRjNzkxNDI2YjU0MTdkY2UyMRAAGgwImJuY9gUSBAgCEABCAEoA&google_gid=CAESEBRS4jfXqHA9B0Dmc7mQY-Y&google_cver=1
https://tags.rd.linksynergy.com/rcs?ns=lr&uid3=
https://idsync.rlcdn.com/458249.gif?partner_uid=92236b36-da4d-4da0-ade2-77b80e77bb72
  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Hi @unklee,

    I will not close this thread if another user has any suggestions for you, however, since you have reached out via email, our support team will reply to you there.

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    unklee · Member ·

    Hi fresatomica,

    I thought it might be good to keep public on this because I found a lot of people on Google asking this question. All were on self hosted sites, but I reckon there may be others on wordpress.com with the same problem, and this might help them.

    Thanks.

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hey there,

    We won’t delete anything. The thread will definitely stay public and viewable, it just will automatically close to replies after two weeks of inactivity.

    Thanks!

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    unklee · Member ·

    For the record (in case anyone searches for this topic), this matter has been resolved.

    The approximately 100 redirect chains, each with anywhere from 2 to 11 redirects to external URLs, were mainly set up by advertising which is part of WordPress free plans. I didn’t know about tracking pixels and redirects before now, so I have learnt something.

    The solution is to upgrade to a plan or service that doesn’t have ads.

    Thanks to WordPress happiness engineers who explained this to me.

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