Let’s start with the basics by optimizing WooCommerce plugin settings.
First, change your login page URL. By default, every WordPress site’s login URL is domain.com/wp-admin/. While this is easy to remember, it poses a major problem: everyone knows about it too, including bots and hackers.
Changing your login URL to something unique will protect you against brute force attacks from nefarious actors. It’ll also help you combat rate-limiting HTTP errors like 429 Too Many Requests.
Free plugins such as WPS Hide Login and Rename wp-login.php make this task super easy.
If your ecommerce site hosts a blog too, you can limit the number of posts on your blog feed. WordPress sets this limit to 10 posts by default, but you can set a lower limit.
While this may seem trivial, performance savings add up if you run a high-traffic blog (here’s how to drive traffic to your website). You can find this option under WordPress Dashboard → Settings → Reading.
Next, disable pingbacks on your website. They usually generate worthless spam. The fewer queries your site generates, the better.
If you have a lot of user comments on your posts or pages, then WordPress also gives you an option to break them into smaller chunks. The same setting holds true for breaking down reviews on your product pages.
Keep this number between 10 and 20 to optimize your product page load time.
You can disable product reviews under WooCommerce → Settings if you don’t like having them on your store. This will help speed up your site as it eliminates loading a few scripts and widgets.
Finally, remove any unnecessary/outdated themes and plugins from your site. The fewer themes and plugins you’ve installed, the easier it is to maintain them and troubleshoot performance issues.
