How to Tell If Your Magento Store Is Actually Slow
Four numbers that settle the argument about whether a Magento store is slow, where to get them, which pages to measure, and what each one tells you about where the problem is.
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Performance — Emyrix Blog
Every performance post we’ve published, newest first.
The Performance Work Mage-OS Ships and Magento Doesn't
Compiled plugins, PHP 8.4 lazy objects and bfcache all ship in the Mage-OS distribution. One of them was proposed to Magento years ago and never merged. What each does, and what to verify.
Magento 2 Performance Optimization Checklist
A prioritized, runnable Magento 2 performance checklist — baseline, backend, config, search, and frontend — with the commands to verify each item. Fix the ceiling first.
Magento 2 Checkout Performance: Fixing the Slowest Page You Own
Why Magento 2 checkout is slow — Knockout boot time, shipping rate calls, quote table bloat, and payment scripts — and what to do about each.
Magento 2 Product Page Optimization: Speed Where It Converts
How to make Magento 2 PDPs fast — gallery LCP, configurable product JSON, swatches, private content, and the third-party scripts eating your INP score.
Why Your Magento 2 Category Pages Are Slow (And How to Fix Them)
Magento 2 PLP optimization — layered navigation queries, product collection bloat, image grids, and the cache misses that make category pages your slowest templates.
Magento 2 Performance Optimization: What Actually Moves the Needle
A site-wide Magento 2 performance guide for 2026 — TTFB, full-page cache, Redis, OpenSearch, PHP 8.4, and the outdated advice that's still slowing stores down.
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