Magento website running slow? Here are 5 quick tips and tricks to help boost your speed and improve optimisation, giving your users a fantastic experience.

1. Fooman Speedster

Fooman Speedster is a plugin that compresses, combines, and caches files to speedup page load times.

Multiple JavaScript and CSS files are combined into a single Javascript file and a single CSS file – Also, it uses a theme optimiser for a smarter caching strategy and doesn’t need to zip files for compression.

A great plugin to organise server side files for a faster client side experience.

2. PageCache

Speed up your Magento store with PageCache – It accelerates response times, lowers server load times, and potentially optimises site speeds by x100.

PageCache works with VarnishCache to help control your backend by purging requests for single or content types. It prevents caching of store pages containing customer info like shopping carts and logins.

The PageCache module is a must for stores wanting to boost their site’s speed and giving their customers a much more enjoyable experience.

3. JS/CSS Compression & Minify – User Interface Optimization

Tidy up JavaScript and CSS files with this module by using up to date libraries and methods. Available libraries consist of CSSTidy, JSMin, Google Minify, and YUI. It’s compatible with Magento’s merging CSS and JavaScipt feature, works with any layouts using action methods, doesn’t modify original files, and forces refreshment of browser cache if content of CSS or JavaScript is updated.

The perfect module to handle JavaScript and CSS files for compression.

4. Instant Search Autocomplete

Speed up your user’s experience by using Instant Search Autocomplete, suggesting search times like products or services on your site. It’s 100% cloud based, CDN-backed, scalable, and utilities a search-as-you-type approach, making it faster to give customers what they want on the fly as they browse.

Instant Search Autocomplete helps speed up your search box and help users find what they’re looking for faster.

5. CDNify

A Content Delivery Network, or CDN for short, is the best method to speed up a website. It does the following –

• Grabs content and disperses it across servers that are located geographically. When a request is made for files, the closest server to the client is used, sending content super quick.
• In depth analytics lets you see which resources are being used the most and where in the world your site generates the most traffic.
• Secure delivery via SSL means piece of mind when sending files.
• Backup data incase the hosting server goes down so your content is safe.
• Add bandwidth on the fly by paying for what you need, when you need it.

A fantastic service for startups, bloggers, developers, and marketers wanting to boost their site’s content and overall improve user experience.

Got an account at CDNify? Follow this guide on how to integrate CDNify with Magento.

Not an existing customer? Get started by heading over to the signup form.