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How to Audit Shopify Scripts and Apps for Faster Load Times (Step by Step)

Shero Commerce · sherocommerce.com Free Intermediate

A hands-on, step-by-step audit process using PageSpeed Insights and browser dev tools to see exactly which app is loading what and how much it costs you - not just theory. This is the resource to have open while you're actually doing the audit.

  • PageSpeed Insights plus dev tools tells you which app-injected scripts are the heaviest.
  • Global script injection on pages that don't need it is the most common, fixable waste.
  • A worked, repeatable process you can run every quarter, not a one-time fix.
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The question it answers

  1. My site feels slow and cluttered - how many Shopify apps is too many, and how do I audit them?

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