How to speed up a PrestaShop site: the importance of enabling caching

After our customer service performed all the analyzes required for reports of this type, we discovered that the PrestaShop cache had not been activated, the basis, let's say, the minimum necessary to make the site responsive according to the standards we are used to today.

In another article, we will delve into the advanced optimizations that can make your PrestaShop site respond even below "second".

How fast does my PrestaShop site need to be? As you know, by now, the 3 second rule reigns supreme on the web. A website, a self-respecting e-commerce must not load in more than 3 seconds, otherwise: increase in bounce frequency, decrease in visits, fewer orders = less takings.

FIND OUT HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE CONTENTS OF A SITE IN PRESTASHOP

How to activate the PrestaShop cache The cache is nothing more than a simple system that stores the most accessed files in a fast memory area, with the result of speeding up the execution of the program (PrestaShop) in this case.

Go to the left menu on: ADVANCED PARAMETERS à PERFORMANCE

Go to the "SMARTY CACHE" section and set Recompile template files if they have been updated

Multi-fron optimizations: NO

Cache type: File System

Clear Cache: Clear cache whenever someone has made changes

In this section we note the presence of the CCC option to speed up the loading of javascript, css and image files. Here are the details of how to correctly set these parameters:

In conclusion Activating the PrestaShop cache is the first step for fast e-commerce. I share the graph that demonstrates the loading times before and after activating the cache on an e-commerce site active on Prestashop hosting

Host.it is the official Hosting Partner of PrestaShop Italia and to date we successfully host over 10,000 e-commerce sites.

Do you want to find out what we can do for your business? This email address is protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Are you thinking of creating an e-commerce site but don't know where to start? Try our Prestashop Courses! Free for 1 month with the purchase of a Hosting profile