what are the most common issues you see slowing down stores? Any reccs to fix them?
Topic summary
A participant asks about the most common issues that cause online store performance slowdowns and requests recommendations to fix them.
- Focus: Identify typical causes of slow store speed/performance.
- Ask: Practical, actionable fixes to improve performance.
Context: Tagged Technical-Seo, implying interest in site speed impacts within SEO.
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Hi @TSM_CO
This is David from SearchPie here.
The most common issue I see is unoptimized images. Store owners often upload massive, high-resolution photos directly from their cameras, which kills load times. The fix is rather simple, you can use our app SearchPie: SEO, Speed & Schema to automatically compress images them!
The second biggest culprit is “App Bloat” and leftover code. Every app adds weight, and uninstalled apps often leave “zombie code” behind in your theme files. Be ruthless about deleting apps you don’t use daily.
To clean up the leftovers, check your theme.liquid file for snippets related to old apps.
Hope this helps!