{"id":5104,"date":"2020-06-08T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2022-07-29T05:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:13:03","slug":"how-to-boost-the-speed-of-your-woocommerce-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/how-to-boost-the-speed-of-your-woocommerce-store\/","title":{"rendered":"How to boost the speed of your WooCommerce store"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While a WooCommerce store venture appears to be quite simple, it\u2019s paramount for business owners to consider investing in <\/span>professional web development services<\/span><\/a> to ensure that their website\u2019s load times are up to speed. A slower webpage will increase the bounce rate, as visitors often become impatient waiting for content to effectively load. So, part of ensuring that your online store is ready for business is the care and consideration that goes into the user experience, and by boosting the speed of your WooCommerce store, you\u2019re effectively increasing the average session time, which is directly related to higher web conversions! Find out how below. <\/span><\/p>\n

Increase WordPress memory limit<\/b><\/h3>\n

Increasing your memory limit of your WordPress is one of the most effective <\/span>WooCommerce speed optimization<\/span><\/a> techniques. There are two ways to carry out this configuration \u2014 you can contact a <\/span>professional web development company<\/span><\/a> to handle the changes for you or you can adjust the issue yourself. For those who enjoy tackling technical issues head-on, here\u2019s your how-to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the store becomes live, you will want to go to the wp-config.php, which is located in the WordPress root folder. At the end of the file, add the following line:<\/span><\/p>\n

define(\u2018WP_MEMORY_LIMIT\u2019, \u2018256M\u2019);<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, you will want to edit the PHP.ini file, so if you have access to it, edit the maximum allowed memory limit. If you don\u2019t have access to the file, paste the following code: <\/span><\/p>\n

php_value memory_limit 256M<\/span><\/p>\n

Optimization your images<\/b><\/h3>\n

After you\u2019ve increased your memory, the next step in terms of <\/span>WooCommerce speed optimization<\/span><\/a> would include refining the images on your website. In a technological age of visual detail, images have become the core element of your website\u2019s layout. However, using unoptimized images severely impacts your website\u2019s load times and overall performance of your online store. <\/span><\/p>\n

Large image files slow down the UX of your shop, in addition to leggy pages, which downrank your SERP among popular search engines. The best way to deal with the problem is to reduce the size of your images through the <\/span>Automatic Image Optimization Plugin<\/span><\/a>, which will compress the size of the images without compromising their quality.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Utilize a cache plugin<\/b><\/h3>\n

Sometimes the simplest solution to your <\/span>WooCommerce speed optimization<\/span><\/a> problem is solved through an easy installation of a versatile, but <\/span>basic, cache plugin<\/span><\/a>. Storing a copy of your website\u2019s resources will allow your visitors to experience faster page load times because the CSS, JS, and other files will be previously loaded and ready to use. This will result in static pages rendered almost instantaneously and dynamic pages taking less time to display their content. <\/span><\/p>\n

What other ways have proven to be successful for those who have experience with WooCommerce speed optimization? Drop a comment below to share.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While a WooCommerce store venture appears to be quite simple, it\u2019s paramount for business owners to consider investing in professional web development services to ensure that their website\u2019s load times are up to speed. A slower webpage will increase the bounce rate, as visitors often become impatient waiting for content to effectively load. So, part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":5105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[1111,1112,683,1064,949,235,1110,65],"class_list":["post-5104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usability","category-visual-design","tag-beginner-coding","tag-cache-plugin","tag-e-commerce-store","tag-image-optimization","tag-speed-optimization","tag-user-experience","tag-woocommerce-speed-optimization","tag-wordpress"],"modified_by":"Numinix Developer","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WooCommerce-speed-optimization.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}