Joomla website running slow and not keeping up with traffic demand? Here are 5 quick tips and tricks to help sky rocket your speed and improve optimisation.

1. WebPagetest

WebPagetest is a service to analyse website performance from various locations and on different browsers. Get to know what the issues are before acting, for example your website might have issues with image compression or caching static content – look into fixing the major issues first by using WebPagetest.

WebPagetest is essential to analysing current speed problems so action can be taken.

2. JotCache

JotCache is a Joomla plugin which utilises advanced caching methods to speed up load times. Features consist of cache management, exclusion of selected pages, selective browser cache for URLs, uses auto-clean for garbage collection, and bots/crawlers and cookie exclusion.

JotCache is a simple plugin to manage your website’s cache.

3. jbetolo

jbeteolo is a plugin that helps front-end optimisation, such as combining, compressing, minimising, and caching JavaScript and CSS files.

jbeteolo speeds up your website’s front-end by managing files.

4. Akeeba Backup

Akeeba Backup is a plugin that creates a site backup in a single archive, making sure content is secure and restorable in case of data loss. The backup and restore process is AJAX powered to avoid server timeouts, or backups can be made of only databases.

Akeeba Backup is a must to secure your website’s content.

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 Joomla.

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