{"id":7158,"date":"2026-04-04T11:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:51:27","slug":"woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/7158\/woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"WooCommerce Disabled &#8211; Performance for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/7158\/woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress\/#WooCommerce_slows_down_the_website\" >WooCommerce slows down the website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/7158\/woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress\/#The_alternative_our_own_shop_developed_with_AI\" >The alternative: our own shop, developed with AI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/7158\/woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress\/#Google_PageSpeed_after_the_shutdown\" >Google PageSpeed after the shutdown<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/7158\/woocommerce-disabled-performance-for-wordpress\/#Conclusion_and_Google_Ranking\" >Conclusion and Google Ranking<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>WooCommerce slows down WordPress\u2026<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For several years, we used WooCommerce for our <a href=\"https:\/\/da-software.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">software site<\/a>. Basically overkill for a few software products and also a bit annoying, since you needed a whole bunch of plugins and customizations to ensure legal compliance in Germany or to have certain payment methods and license key generation.<\/p>\n<p>But since we were using WordPress, it integrated well at first glance. We weren\u2019t really happy with it, though. A major issue was performance. With WooCommerce enabled, the site was noticeably slower.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WooCommerce_slows_down_the_website\"><\/span>WooCommerce slows down the website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Page loads were noticeably slower; adding an item to the cart sometimes took a few seconds. It was even worse in the admin area. Things often got really sluggish there. Creating or editing products was a test of patience, and the other sections were slower too because so much extra processing had to be done.<\/p>\n<p>A few typical figures that matched our experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7152\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_1.webp 730w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_1-300x162.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On top of that, many things were either not configurable at all or <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/3021\/woocommerce-link-schnell-zahlen-button\/\">relatively complicated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_alternative_our_own_shop_developed_with_AI\"><\/span>The alternative: our own shop, developed with AI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For some time, the idea of developing our own shop system had been floating around in our heads. Tailored to our needs. Often, a simple <a href=\"https:\/\/da-software.net\/en\/software\/da-orderform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order form for the website<\/a> is sufficient. <\/p>\n<p>With AI, we now had the time to set up our own shop system, specifically tailored to our requirements. We could have done it without AI, but it wouldn\u2019t have been feasible in terms of time.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_PageSpeed_after_the_shutdown\"><\/span>Google PageSpeed after the shutdown<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We were curious when we disabled the plugins and WooCommerce last week. Let\u2019s just say we were very pleasantly surprised. On mobile, we used to barely get out of the red zone; now we\u2019re scoring over 90, sometimes even 100, when the server isn\u2019t too busy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7154\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_2.webp 1015w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_2-300x160.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_2-768x409.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_and_Google_Ranking\"><\/span>Conclusion and Google Ranking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Things are looking good on desktop as well. Since speed also affects Google rankings, we\u2019re curious to see if we\u2019ll see positive effects here too. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, we\u2019re thrilled with the improved performance, and we\u2019re also saving on licensing costs every year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_3.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"997\" height=\"536\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7156\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_3.webp 997w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_3-300x161.webp 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_3-768x413.webp 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/woocommerce_3-780x420.webp 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WooCommerce slows down WordPress\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[885],"tags":[898],"class_list":["post-7158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress-en","tag-wordpress-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}