How joomla can increase your website performance

Joomla is hardly a CMS that requires introduction. One of the top Content management systems, Joomla enables small businesses create websites at very affordable rates. Joomla boasts great features such as Open Source, flexibility, etc. But, how exactly does Joomla better the performance of your website? This article looks at the performance aspect of Joomla websites and how it increases website speed.

Firstly, performance depends on a number of parameters like type and size of content, number of plugins and extensions used, code issues etc. So, how do you wade through this minefield on a Joomla site

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1. Remove what you don't require

Often times, it happens that you have lots of plugins and extensions that you never use clogging up your website. This includes third party extensions too. Deleting these unwanted functionalities is the first step towards speeding up your website. 

2. Play with CSS and Javascript

You need to take into account the size of CSS and Javascript needed for the design of the website. You would do well to use some readymade tools to reduce the size as it could be a cumbersome process to do it manually.

3. Create copy of the visited pages

When the user requests a page, it is fetched from the database and displayed to him in the form of HTML. This would take some time as the requested page has to be searched for, fetched and displayed. Consequently, your site speed would go down. Creating page copies will help you get around this problem.

4. Apart from the above, you can keep in mind a few other tips to increase site performance listed below:

- Go for minimum sized files as far as possible

- Use animation only where necessary

- Use a coding style that optimizes performance across your site

- Clean up your database at regular intervals