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How to Find Blocked CSS & Javascript in Google Search Console

July 28, 2015 at 12:24 pm PST By Jennifer Slegg

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google blocked resourcesHave you received one of the new “Googlebot cannot access CSS & JS files” warnings but don’t know how to find out what has been blocked?  Some will be for third party resources which Google has previously said webmasters do not need to worry about. While there are likely some false-positives, some of those are actually issues where resources are being blocked, but the webmaster just isn’t aware of it.

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:

blocked resources 4But here is an easier way to check for all the blocked resources Google has found, as of their last crawl of your pages, as well as seeing historically the issues you have had, so you can identify whether it is a long-standing or new issue.

Google has a section within Google Search Console called “Blocked Resources”.

blocked resourcesWhen you go into this section, under “Google Index” it will which all the pages on the site that have blocked resources.  Click on any of the URL, and it will give you detailed about what was blocked on each page.

In this example, we clicked on the homepage URL:

blocked resources 2

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.

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  1. Mark Hallam says

    July 29, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    So I have found that this script is being blocked: /wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=4.2.2
    So how do I unblock it? Please help!

    • Jennifer Slegg says

      July 29, 2015 at 4:28 pm

      Here is how to unblock it 🙂 http://www.thesempost.com/how-to-unblock-all-css-javascript-for-googlebot-using-robots-txt/

  2. Greg says

    November 9, 2015 at 10:36 am

    Do you how long it will take for the message to go away? I have had that error message since the summer, but I changed my robots.txt file to allow Googlebot to access my site. I also checked the blocked resources section, but nothing is blocked. I have also performed the Fetch as Google with a full fetch and render as well

    I have not noticed any drop in rankings, but I would love for that message to just go away since I have done a few things to fix it hahah

    -Greg

    • Jennifer Slegg says

      November 10, 2015 at 3:31 am

      Hmmm, that seems odd if you are doing Fetch and it shows all clear. Not sure why, unless you just recently made the change.

Trackbacks

  1. New "Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files" in Google Search Console says:
    July 28, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    […] If you need to know which resources are blocked, here is how to find them. […]

  2. More From Google on Blocked CSS & JavaScript Warnings says:
    July 29, 2015 at 5:02 am

    […] Mueller also comments that the messages weren’t as clear as they could be, and they are looking at reports on Google+ and Twitter on how they can improve it.  Even just including examples of the blocked resources would have gone a long way, as many were struggling to find what was blocked within their Google Search Console accounts.  If you are having trouble, here is how to find which CSS and Javascript files are being blocked. […]

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