To display your website, a user’s browser will send HTTP requests to your server. However, if you have multiple unoptimized files, the server must process many requests. Since these can significantly increase your page loading times, you’ll want your website to make fewer HTTP requests.
Fortunately, it’s possible to reduce them, which is what this post is all about.
Below, we’ll explain why you should minimize HTTP requests. Then, we’ll show you how to do this and speed up your website. Let’s get started!
An introduction to HTTP requests
Whenever a user visits your website, their browser has to download resources from your server. To communicate with it, the browser sends requests with HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
