Hello, I need to talk to very knowledgeable people about a problem I see in many stores made on Shopify.. including mine but also others, when I go to a product page on Chrome, on the network, I see over 300 requests loading.. I read on the net that normally it takes a maximum of 100. Please help me or even tell me how I could reduce them or what to do?
Yeah, 300 is definitely on the high side, but honestly, it’s pretty common for Shopify stores once you start adding apps. The ‘100 max’ rule you read about is an old web dev standard that doesn’t really apply to modern ecom platforms.
To bring it down:
- Audit your apps. Every app adds JS/CSS requests. Delete anything you aren’t actively using.
- Check your tracking pixels (Meta, TikTok, Google). They fire a ton of requests.
- Look at your theme. If it’s older, it might not be deferring scripts properly.
Fwiw, don’t just obsess over the request count. Look at the actual load time and total payload size in the Network tab.
Hi Sir, thank you very much for taking the time to help me. I’d like to mention that I’m using the latest refresh version, and I only use about 3 or 4 apps at most. However, I’m not sure how to check for requests I no longer need or how to remove them. I would really appreciate your guidance on this.