I want to increase my shopify store speed

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Goal: speed up a Shopify store on mobile (urbantribe.in). Consensus focuses on reducing weight, scripts, and images, and auditing with diagnostic tools.

Key recommendations:

  • Theme and features: Use a lightweight, responsive theme; disable unneeded features; consider a theme upgrade.
  • Images: Resize and compress; reduce image count; prefer WebP; replace GIFs; implement proper lazy loading for offscreen images. One reviewer noted lazy loading isn’t fully enabled (use data-src vs src).
  • Code and apps: Minify CSS/JS; remove unused assets; limit third‑party scripts and apps (target ~20 max); use Critical CSS; preload and limit web fonts; reduce redirects and fix broken links; avoid excessive pop‑ups and slideshows (use a single hero image).
  • Tools and tactics: Shopify Analyzer, Google PageSpeed Insights, Google Test My Site, Shopify Theme Inspector; consider AMP for mobile; Shopify’s redirects tool. Some third‑party JS may be unavoidable.
  • Infrastructure: CDN/caching mentioned; server-side tuning suggested generally.

Notable context: A Shopify staffer cited that during BFCM 2020, 67% of sales were on mobile, underscoring mobile speed’s impact.

Current status: No final resolution. Screenshots were shared highlighting PSI issues (offscreen images, third‑party JS). Latest post asks unanswered questions on image re‑optimization frequency, SEO impact of lazy loading, and hosting/plan recommendations for maximum performance.

Summarized with AI on January 2. AI used: gpt-5.
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@Mayur28

How To Optimize Shopify Site Speed:

By following these steps, you can significantly speed up a Shopify site:

  • Choose a Lightweight Shopify Theme from Shopify Theme Store
  • Reduce Large Images size
  • Compress Images
  • Minifiy Js, and css files.
  • Remove the Unnecessary Apps from your Store.
  • Find the unnecessary Script into your Store And remove it.
    Let me know if you need any more help.
    Thank you,