Magento is the champion eCommerce CMS or platform among others available in today’s market, such as WooCommerce, Shopify, Volusion, etc. According to a research report by BuiltWith, there are 16% of the top 100,000 Magento based eCommerce stores and this percentage increases to 22% while covering Magento Enterprise.

Magento leads other eCommerce platforms in terms of its amazing features, scalability, security, reliability and flexibility. Despite its champion status, Magento is a heavy CMS that makes it slower compared to other platforms if not configured correctly. So you need to ensure that your Magento Store performance is not degrading and your store is not losing any sales, SEO rankings, abandonment rate, and the customers’ user experience. Here we come up with some useful tips on how to speed up your Magento performance.

1. Update to the Latest Magento Version

Make sure your Magento store is running at the latest updated version of Magento. Basically, a newly updated Magento version comes with lots of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Here are three main steps to upgrade a Magento installation:

#1 Step:

First off, install a very latest version of Magento file tree in Magento shop.

#2 Step:

It’s time to run the installer which is accessible through the file tree available on the top of your outdated database.

#3 Step:

Now move over custom Magento extensions and themes from the old Magento version to the latest version.

Upgrading Magento version requires little more efforts compared to other eCommerce platforms. Here you can follow another in-depth tutorial to learn how to fully upgrade Magento.

2. Remove 3rd Party Extensions and Have Fewer Extensions

If your Magento store is utilizing 3rd party extensions that were not developed by Envision Ecommerce and you want to disable them, you can contact our certified Magento developers. About 50% of all Magento store performance problems are generated by poorly developed Magento extensions. On the other hand, the more extensions you’re using in your Magento store, the more HTTP requests there are, plus some extra CSS and Javascript files will be required to load. Thus, it is best to install as few Magento extensions as possible. Plus, go for only those Magento extensions that are developed wisely. And, you’re free to use Envision Ecommerce’s Magento extensions as they are developed by keeping your Magento store performance in mind.

Moreover, you should disable all those Magento modules that your Magento store is not using presently. Follow the following steps to do so:

#1 Step:

Open your Magento admin panel and navigate to “Store” -> “Configuration” -> “Advanced” -> “Advanced”.

#2 Step:

Under “Disable Modules Output” section, select “Disable” and tap the “Save Config” option.

3. Implement a Perfect Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Implementing a perfect Content Delivery Network (CDN) is another easiest way of Magento speed optimization. It works by reducing your Magento store load times and helps you to serve your assets (like javascript, CSS and product images) from many different locations across the globe so that they can reach quickly to your shoppers.

4. Flat Catalog

IIt is the default functionality of Magento that it uses an EAV model to save and retrieve customer details and product data. Undoubtedly, this default model is responsible to make the Magento system more flexible, however, it badly impacts its performance because of longer database queries. This is where “Enabling Flat Catalog” option shines. By enabling this option, it will merge all product data and category attributes into a single table. Hence, it will quickly respond to MySQL queries and enhance your Magento performance. If your Magento based eCommerce store contains 1000+ products, this method can be very beneficial for you.

#1 Step:

Open your Magento admin panel and navigate to “Stores” -> “Configuration” -> “Catalog.”

#2 Step:

Choose “Yes” from the drop-downs of “Use Flat Catalog Category” and “Use Flat Catalog Product” under “Storefront.”

#3 Step:

Now tap the “Save Config” option.

#4 Step:

The last step is to clear the cache. The most recommended method to do so is to clear everything under /var/cache directory. Moreover, you can also do the same by first navigating to “System” -> then “Cache Management” and selecting the “Flush Cache Storage” option which is very similar to clearing all the cache.

5. Magento Database Optimization

It is very important to understand the need of Magento database optimization to speed up your Magento performance. Your Magento store can’t perform well with a huge database. By default, a Magento store keeps too much data (generally up to 180 days) that it has never used. As a result, your Magento store database will grow quite large. So let’s do Magento Database optimization by cleaning your logs. Moreover, you can keep your logs days shorter (such as two weeks) so as to save more space.

#1 Step:

Open Magento admin panel and navigate to “Stores” -> then “Configuration” -> “Advanced” -> “System” -> “Log.”

#2 Step:

Now, navigate to “Save Log, Days” option and edit its value to 14 days, or whatever days value you like to change.

#3 Step:

Now tap the “Save Config” option.

You can take Magneto Experts’ help in this regard. We at Envision Ecommerce have a team of very skilled Magento Certified Developers. To avail our Magento Speed Optimization services from our certified Magento experts, you can contact us at [email protected] or visit: https://www.envisionecommerce.com.