If you are already a user of the PrestaShop for your e-commerce website, in order to improve the performance of your shop you have as many tools available. Through this, I am looking to introduce some of the common and simple ways to speed up your PrestaShop. In this article we will provide 9 tips to improve your website speed.
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Choose a cache module: The importance of implementing a cache module cannot be underestimated. On top of reducing page load times by several seconds, in some cases, they can drastically reduce your server load since delivering cached files consumes minimal resources. There are many Prestashop cache you can choose to install on your website as: JPresta Page Cache, xtendify Express Cache or Page Cache Pro – Speed & SEO optimization .
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Enable CCC (Compress, Combine, Cache) :Simply click on the “Preferences” tab in your admin panel then click on the option “Performance” you can see the “CCC” (Combine, Compress and Cache) options there.
Enable everything except the option “High-risk HTML compression” there.
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Double up your web servers: When it comes to choosing a web server, Nginx or Apache are your obvious options. Each has its benefits and drawbacks, so which one should you use? The answer is both! Using the two servers simultaneously makes up for their individual deficiencies
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Use the Latest Version of PHP : As the PrestaShop itself created in PHP, the latest version of PHP should be used as it can cause for greater impact in the speed and performance. Upgrade or install the latest version of PHP is highly recommended. And the latest available version is PHP 7 which contribute good performance to the Shop compared to PHP 5.
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Invest in a CDN: If you set up the CDN then the next step is to input the media service information into the PrestaShop. The CDN (Content Delivery Network) will cache your website’s static contents and serve globally all over the CDN have coverage. So the request of the clients who visit the website will be routed to the CDN’s nearest edge server as normally the request comes to the original server.
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Optimize Your Database: For your database, you might want to try Percona Server or MariaDB rather than the standard MySQL for improved scalability. Alternatively, you may want to use a separate server for your MySQL if your website has lots of traffic. The size of your sever ultimately matters less than how it’s set up.
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Uninstall Any Unused Modules
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Take Advantage of PrestaShop Add-ons: Speaking of modules, the PrestaShop store has a whole section of add-ons for improving your online store’s performance. Such tools allow you to implement lazy loading, image optimization and other strategies to optimize your user experience, Super Speed – Incredibly fast – GTmetrix optimization Module is one of them.
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