{"id":11518,"date":"2019-06-20T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webhosting.uk.com\/blog\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:46:37","slug":"9-tips-for-speeding-up-your-joomla-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webhosting.uk.com\/blog\/9-tips-for-speeding-up-your-joomla-website\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Tips For Speeding Up Your Joomla Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The loading speed of your website is an important search engine ranking factor and crucial for stopping impatient users abandoning your site. For this reason, owners of Joomla sites need to ensure that they do everything possible to improve performance and loading times. Here, we\u2019ll look at nine ways you can enhance the performance of your site to help you rank higher, keep visitors on the site and improve conversion rates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. \u00a0Update to the latest version of Joomla
    <\/strong>New versions of Joomla often come with performance enhancements built in (as well as improvements in security) so updating to the latest version as soon as possible after release is one of the easiest ways to make your loading times faster.
    At the same time, make sure you update any extensions you use, as these, too, can offer better speed.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Set up Joomla caching
    <\/strong>Caching is a much-used technique for speeding up loading times. It is where the website\u2019s static data (i.e. data that doesn\u2019t change) is pre-stored so that it can be served and loaded quicker on the user\u2019s browser.
    There are two ways you can enable caching in Joomla. Firstly, Joomla already has powerful, in-built caching capabilities which you can enable in the Global Configuration settings. Go to Global Configuration > System and then enable either the Conservative or Progressive Caching options. The Conservative caching caches content for individual users while the Progressive caching delivers the same cached data to all users.
    Additionally, you can use the Joomla system cache plugin. To find it, go to Extensions > Plugins and search for the System – Page Cache plugin. Once found, you can install and enable. Doing this enables browser caching which lets the visitor\u2019s device use data already stored in its browser\u2019s cache to load the site. This is helpful for people who are revisiting your site.<\/li>\r\n
  3. Gzip compression
    <\/strong>The more data you send to a user\u2019s browser, the longer it takes to load. Compressing the data you send is a way of reducing its size and thus speeds up delivery. One of the most useful methods of doing this is Gzip compression. Essentially, this compresses your scripts and stylesheets into a smaller data package. To do this in Joomla, go to System > Global Configuration > Server and then simply enable Gzip Page compression.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Make use of a Content Delivery Network (CDN)}
    <\/strong>Content Delivery Networks are third-party solutions that boost the speed of Joomla websites by storing their static data on servers located at various geographical locations. The benefit, in speed terms, is that when a user visits your website, the data is served from their nearest server and as it has to travel a shorter distance, it arrives quicker.<\/li>\r\n
  5. Optimise your images
    <\/strong>While images are an essential element of any website, they are large files that can slow your loading times down. eCommerce sites that have lots of product images can often find this a problem. To make your images as lightweight as possible and without reducing their quality, you should optimise them.
    Ideally, website images need to be in .png format and be 72dpi. They should also be set to the correct image size for your theme before uploading them to your site. You can do this using image editing software like Corel Paintshop Pro or Adobe Photoshop; however, a quicker solution may be to use an extension. There are quite a few Joomla extensions that will do this for you.<\/li>\r\n
  6. Optimise your scripts
    <\/strong>Optimising your CSS and JavaScript files improves both frontend performance and loading speed. This is because your server isn\u2019t sending as many files and so the number of HTTP requests the user\u2019s browser has to make is reduced. The more requests needed to load your website, the slower it will load. The ability to optimise CSS and JavaScript isn\u2019t a built-in feature of Joomla, so you will need to use an extension to enable this.<\/li>\r\n
  7. Clean up your Joomla site
    <\/strong>The more extensions you install, the more CSS and JavaScript you will need to load the site. One way to speed up your loading times, therefore, is to disable any extensions that you don\u2019t use or which aren\u2019t vital for the running of your site. If you have any which are disabled, these should be uninstalled.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Optimise database tables
    <\/strong>Another action that can improve speed is to optimise your database tables. You can do this using phpMyAdmin in cPanel. To do this, login to cPanel, go to phpMyAdmin and click on your website\u2019s database. In the page that opens, select your tables and, in the dropdown box, choose \u2018Optimize table.\u2019 At the same time, if you find that there are tables present for extensions you have previously uninstalled, you can delete them here.<\/li>\r\n
  9. Use dedicated Joomla hosting
    <\/strong>If you have a shared hosting package the server will be configured for general web hosting purposes, which, while not harming your Joomla site, isn\u2019t geared up to provide optimal Joomla performance.
    Choosing a dedicated Joomla hosting package ensures that the server is set up to deliver much faster Joomla performance. When this is combined with cloud-based hosting, not only is high-performance guaranteed but so is reliability, ensuring that your Joomla site remains online.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Joomla is a powerful and versatile platform that can be used to build highly functional websites. However, like other CMS, it can have performance issues that make it sluggish. Hopefully, the tips provided here will show you how to boost your site\u2019s speed in order to improve ranking, keep customers onsite and increase conversion rates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    If you are looking for dedicated, cloud-based Joomla hosting, check out our Joomla hosting page<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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