But how can you find the blocked CSS and Javascript that Google believes is on your site? There is actually a much easier way to discover the blocked resources without following Google’s longer instructions in the message sent to webmasters.
The message Google sent says you can check each page using Fetch as Google to see what resources are being blocked:
Google has a section within Google Search Console called “Blocked Resources”.
In this example, we clicked on the homepage URL:
Even though you have only clicked a single URL, it will also show how many other pages each of these blocked resources are blocked on other pages as well.
Many WordPress pages are showing these errors, and some setups/plugins are blocking resources without webmasters being aware of it. So even if you think it is a false positive, double check in the “Blocked Resources” section.
As you unblock CSS and Javascript, you can submit the URL to be recrawled or simply just wait for Googlebot to do it on its own.
You can also get more information about these warnings in our article New “Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files” in Google Search Console.
Jennifer Slegg
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