{"id":2284,"date":"2018-06-10T18:38:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2022-12-16T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:44:07","slug":"minimize-redirects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/minimize-redirects\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimize Redirects From GTmetrix 100% Working | Pause CloudFlare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Your website speed<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">very <strong>important for SEO<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0if you have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website running<\/span> a <strong>shared<\/strong> hosting managed by <strong>Cloudflare<\/strong> like here on <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\">marcodiversi.com<\/a> you might get the &#8216;<strong>minimize redirects<\/strong>&#8216; warning from <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTmetrix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lot of months<\/span> trying to <strong>figure<\/strong> out how to<strong> fix it<\/strong>, I was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">able<\/span> to find the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cause<\/span> of all of these redirects on my <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">domains<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I still have an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">open ticket<\/span> with <strong>Cloudflare<\/strong> trying to fix this! But it seems that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span><\/strong> is not well <strong>configured<\/strong> by default <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on a shared host environment<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With <strong>Cloudflare<\/strong> enabled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">over 67 unnecessary<\/span> <strong>HTTPS<\/strong> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sent<\/span> each time my website <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">loads.<\/span> These requests are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coming from<\/span> <strong>other<\/strong> websites I don&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">own<\/span> but that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reside on my shared<\/span><\/strong> host.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hese requests<\/span> are from stuff I <strong>don&#8217;t even<\/strong> use like <strong>Adsense<\/strong> etc&#8230; If you want a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> quick fix<\/span> to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>minimize redirects<\/strong><\/span> error from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GTmetrix<\/span> just follow this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easy<\/span> <strong>guide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2284&#038;text=%20THE%20TRICK%20IS%20ALL%20ABOUT%20PAUSING%20CLOUDFLARE&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> THE TRICK IS ALL ABOUT PAUSING CLOUDFLARE <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2284&#038;text=%20THE%20TRICK%20IS%20ALL%20ABOUT%20PAUSING%20CLOUDFLARE&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/minimize-redirects\/#Minimize_Redirects_Cloudflare_Case_Of_Study\" >Minimize Redirects Cloudflare Case Of Study<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/minimize-redirects\/#How_To_Pause_Cloudflare\" >How To Pause Cloudflare<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/minimize-redirects\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Minimize_Redirects_Cloudflare_Case_Of_Study\"><\/span>Minimize Redirects Cloudflare Case Of Study<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spending months<\/span> trying to <strong>optimize<\/strong> my <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">server<\/span> and all the <strong>HTTPS requests,<\/strong>\u00a0I have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">discovered<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the cause of the minimize redirects<\/span> error on <strong>GTmetrix<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span> you are on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shared hosting<\/span> <\/strong>is <strong>Cloudflare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gets confused<\/span> and <strong>picks<\/strong>\u00a0up also\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">request<\/span> from\u00a0<strong>poorly<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">configured<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">websites<\/span> that lay on your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>shared<\/strong><\/span> <strong>hosting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lucky<\/span> you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> might have<\/span> a less <strong>unnecessary<\/strong> request but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I am not<\/span> on this website! I have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">over 67 requests<\/span><\/strong> and even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more<\/span> on other <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sites<\/span> I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">own<\/span><\/strong> that don&#8217;t belong to my site.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are looking<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0for an instant fix<\/span><\/strong> for this error <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all you have to do<\/span> is to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em> pause Cloudflare.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>You will immediately see results.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This website is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress<\/span>\u00a0site on a <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"tmd cloud hosting\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/zx\/tmd-cloud-hosting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">TMDhosting Cloud<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shared hosting<\/span> managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cloudflare<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is the <strong>screenshot<\/strong> for <em>marcodiversi.com\/blog<\/em>\u00a0with <b><u>CLOUDFLARE ON<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4067\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-on-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1662&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"minimize redirects with cloudflare on\" width=\"640\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-on-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-on-1.jpg?resize=116%2C300&amp;ssl=1 116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-on-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-on-1.jpg?resize=394%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we can see<\/span> the site speed is <strong>pretty good for a shared hosting<\/strong>! I have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">optimized<\/span> my <strong>site<\/strong> with the <strong>configuration<\/strong> you can <strong>copy on your site<\/strong> as well from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the button below<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> READ MY TUTORIAL ON HOW TO SPEED UP WORDPRESS<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Then<\/span> in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">screenshot below<\/span> you can see\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how drastically the errors<\/span> from <strong>GTmetrix<\/strong> are disappearing with <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CLOUDFLARE PAUSED.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>minimize redirects<\/strong><\/span> errors<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> completely vanishes<\/span> and I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get <strong>100% of a good score<\/strong> on it<\/span>. Even the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> leverage <strong>browsing<\/strong> cache<\/span> <strong>improved<\/strong> significantly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2289 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-paused.jpg?resize=640%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"minimize redirects with cloudflare on\" width=\"640\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-paused.jpg?w=801&amp;ssl=1 801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-paused.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/minimize-redirects-with-cloudflare-paused.jpg?resize=768%2C982&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not going to tell you<\/span> to <strong>remove<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span>\u00a0from your site, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this will solve this problem<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it will\u00a0be your jo<\/span>b to <strong>configure<\/strong> your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">server<\/span> the way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that it needs<\/span> to be <strong>configured<\/strong> accordingly to your needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I suggest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you keep Cloudflare enabled!<\/span>\u00a0I<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">n most of the cases<\/span> even <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with more requests\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">origin server<\/span> your website s<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">peed will be still higher<\/span> with an <strong>enabled<\/strong> Cloudflare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Pause_Cloudflare\"><\/span>How To Pause Cloudflare<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And now you might be wondering<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> how to pause Cloudflare<\/span> on your <strong>site<\/strong>. This feature is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hidden<\/span> under the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">advanced tab<\/span><\/strong> on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">overview tab<\/span> of your <strong>Cloudflare<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2285 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-pause-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"how to pause cloudflare on a website\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-pause-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=1024%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-pause-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-pause-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-pause-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?w=1214&amp;ssl=1 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will still get <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your HTTPS certificate<\/span><\/strong> and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span> origin<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> server fully managed<\/span> via the<strong>\u00a0Cloudflare nameservers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will not have<\/span> all the other <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cloudflare<\/span><\/strong> features like, <strong>gzip compression<\/strong>, <strong>brotli<\/strong>,<strong> auto minify<\/strong>, <strong>Cloudflare rules! <\/strong>The traffic <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will go from your server<\/span> to your <strong>website<\/strong> without using any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastly.com\/blog\/why-you-should-use-content-delivery-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CDN<\/span><\/a> feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would do<\/span> is to <strong>pause it<\/strong> and run <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GTmetrix a <strong>few times<\/strong><\/span>. Often the <strong>GTmetrix<\/strong> results are <strong>different especially<\/strong> on a shared hosting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am pretty sure that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you will eliminat<\/span>e the<strong> minimize redirects error<\/strong>, but I am <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not sure that<\/span> your <strong>site<\/strong> will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actually<\/span> go faster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This depends on many <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">factors.<\/span><\/strong> Here are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the steps<\/span> you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">need to follow<\/span> to <strong>have<\/strong> your website <strong>free<\/strong> of errors:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>follow my guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to speed up WordPress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>run<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gtmetrix<\/a><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> test<\/a> with <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Cloudflare enabled.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>pause<\/strong> Cloudflare.<\/li>\n<li>run <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5 gtmetrix<\/span> tests with<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> Cloudflare paused.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Compare<\/strong> the results, the most important is the site <strong>speed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If you get <strong>better result<\/strong>s with Cloudflare <strong>paused, and you get no minimize redirects error!<\/strong>\u00a0Contact Cloudflare and ask how to remove the redirects with Cloudflare On.<\/li>\n<li>If you get better speed\u00a0results\u00a0with <strong>Cloudflare\u00a0ON<\/strong>, and still the redirect error, it&#8217;s not Cloudflare fault.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the picture below you can see<strong> how to resume Cloudflare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2287\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/resume-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=640%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"resume cloudflare on a website\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/resume-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=1024%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/resume-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/resume-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/resume-cloudflare-on-a-website.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conclusion the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>minimize redirects error<\/strong> <\/span><strong>from GTmetrix<\/strong> and even the <strong>leverage browser caching error<\/strong> on GTmetrix can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">be<\/span> <strong>eliminated<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pausing Cloudflare<\/strong><\/span> on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shared<\/span> host.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not a final solution sinc<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">e you will need<\/span> to find out <strong>why<\/strong> these errors are happening on your server. Once you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have measured<\/span> your <strong>site<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speed<\/span> <strong>before<\/strong> and <strong>after<\/strong> Cloudflare\u00a0is <strong>paused<\/strong>, you will <strong>need<\/strong> to contact Cloudflare and ask <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to remov<\/span>e the <strong>redirect<\/strong> on your origin server.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might take a little bi<\/span>t of <strong>time<\/strong> to be fixed from them! So if your <strong>website speed improves<\/strong> with <strong>Cloudflare <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">paused<\/span><\/strong> just keep it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">paused<\/span> until you have a <strong>better<\/strong> solution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> the only guide<\/span> on the <strong>internet<\/strong> that is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instantly solving the <strong>minimized redirects<\/strong><\/span><strong> problem<\/strong> from <strong>GTmetrix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You will<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> be astonished<\/span> to see <strong>how much time<\/strong> you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spent searching on <strong>Google<\/strong><\/span> how<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> to fix this<\/span> while, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reality<\/span>, it was not<strong> even your fault<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2284&#038;text=%20If%20this%20guide%20helped%20you%20please%20share%20it%20with%20your%20friends%20or%20comment%20below%20if%20you%20have%20any%20questions.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> If this guide helped you please share it with your friends or comment below if you have any questions.  <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2284&#038;text=%20If%20this%20guide%20helped%20you%20please%20share%20it%20with%20your%20friends%20or%20comment%20below%20if%20you%20have%20any%20questions.%20&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Marco-Diversi-Eagle-Be-A-Free-Man.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marco Diversi Eagle Be A Free Man\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>What You Will Learn On This Blog!\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Stay tuned and <\/span><span class=\"s1\">subscribe<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0to my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">blog<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> so you will get <\/span><span class=\"s1\">notifications<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">new <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>posts<\/b>. I will slowly break down these topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SEO(Search Engine Optimization).<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Affiliate Marketing.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Free and Paid traffic hacks.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Coding and WordPress<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Make money with a computer and an internet connection even while you sleep.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">Follow me on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">social media<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, you&#8217;ve got all the links on the right bottom side of this blog, also <\/span><span class=\"s1\">comment<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>contact me<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> if you need help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Do you want to be a free man or a woman? 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