Magento / Adobe Commerce Speed Optimization Service

The client provides us with access data to the entire project. They provide us with access to the GIT repository and the database. Our developers set up the entire project in their test environment, as this is the only way to determine the project’s status and proceed with further steps.

The first step is then to make an overall assessment of the online store’s condition. We check the version of the Magento online store, while also making an inventory of all 3rd party plugins.

In its basic setup without any extensions, Magento is a fast and stable platform. We often find that the key reason for the slow performance are the installed third-party plugins by other developers or perhaps poor implementation of own modifications.

After installing the entire project to the local environments of our experienced developers, a code functionality check is performed or a search for the so-called “bottle necks” for all key processes such as the homepage, product page, category page, filtering, and the entire cart/checkout process.

After reviewing all the key processes, we gain an overview of critical functions and/or modules of the code. Based on the report, we agree on the scope of work and carry out the resolution of the identified issues, restoring your online store to its original healthy state and/or restoring its fast operation.

Poorly written code can also cause your database to be overloaded with excessive database calls or poorly executed queries that slow down database performance.

All MySQL calls running in the background are verified for all the key processes in the online store such as the homepage, product page, category page, filtering, and the entire cart/checkout process.

The goal is to identify slow or suboptimal MySQL queries. We often find that database calls performed by a piece of “custom code” lack properly set indexes, poorly executed “joins” with other tables, etc.

Our development team does its best to find a solution for all the suboptimal calls to correct and/or optimize them.

Server performance and its configuration are crucial for the fast performance of an online store.

In general, Magento/Adobe Commerce is a demanding platform that requires a lot of resources but also proper configuration of the actual server.

Larger online stores with high traffic however require the setup of an infrastructure that includes multiple interconnected and/or communicating servers (“cluster”).

With our many years of experience that also include infrastructure, we can advise as well as implement a better server environment for you.

The Magento / Adobe Commerce platform comes with a built-in “Full Page Caching”, which allows for the storage of the entire content or HTML structure of an individual subpage. This significantly increases the delivery speed of individual subpages.

While this is a very powerful tool of the web platform, in many cases the management of this functionality is quite poor and inefficient.

Namely, a multitude of processes, running in the background of the online store, or certain kinds of editorial work lead to the fact that this caching is also being deleted on the fly, which is very bad.

The goal is for as many subpages as possible to remain in the “Full Page Cache” for as long as possible.

By reviewing the operation of the online store and the specific dedicated logs, we can check what causes and leads to unnecessary cache clearing and also resolve it.

We can also advise you as well as set up the “Full Page Cache Warmer”, which is a spider that will automatically warm up and fill your Full Page Cache on a daily basis.

Well-optimized images are key to fast performance of your online store. Large and unoptimized images can do more harm than good.

There are several ways to resolving image issues.

Changing image compression to the modern WebP format.

Implementation of “lazy loading” for all images not currently being viewed.

Additional caching and geographic image delivery by implementing of Cloud solutions.