{"id":3475,"date":"2014-12-24T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/12\/24\/optimization\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T14:46:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:46:16","slug":"optimization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joomla is a powerful CMS (Content Management System) that makes it easy to create and maintain a custom website. But, if it is not optimized well, it can cause high resource usage. In this guide we will show you the common steps to take when <strong>Optimizing<\/strong> a <strong>Joomla<\/strong> website.<a name=\"caching\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#caching\">Enable Joomla Caching<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#extensions\">Be Careful of Intensive Extensions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#robots\">Block Robot Traffic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#block\">Stop Unwanted Visitors<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#spam\">Fight Comment Spam<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#update\">Keep Joomla Updated<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#support\">Request Further Assistance<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enable Joomla caching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/global-module-caching\/\">Understanding Global Module Caching in Joomla<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/install-jotcache\/\">Install the JotCache Extension in Joomla 3<\/a>.<a name=\"extensions\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be Careful of Intensive Extensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joomla Extensions can affect your site in many different ways, since anyone can make them. If you are having problems with a specific extension, you can try to find an alternative plugin with less problems. As a test, you can disable the problem plugin to see if it brings your resource usage down enough, or if it&#8217;s really necessary to your site&#8217;s function you could upgrade to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS<\/a>. Here are some Extensions we&#8217;ve seen customers have issues with before as they seem to utilize a large amount of resource usage compared to other extensions. This list will be updated as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.joomla.org\/extensions\/extension\/authoring-a-content\/content-construction\/k2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K2<\/a><a name=\"robots\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block Robot Traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By using a <strong>robots.txt<\/strong> file, you can block or deny robots from crawling your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/how-to-stop-search-engines-from-crawling-your-website\/\">How to stop Search Engines from crawling your Website<\/a>.<a name=\"block\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stop Unwanted Visitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <strong>block<\/strong> specific <strong>IP addresses<\/strong>, or <strong>User-Agents<\/strong> from getting to your site by using <em>.htaccess<\/em> rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/block-unwanted-users-from-your-site-using-htaccess\/\">Block unwanted users from your site using .htaccess<\/a>.<a name=\"spam\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fight Comment Spam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure you are using some type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/captcha-setup\/\">CAPTCHA<\/a> in Joomla to fight against comment spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/recaptcha-setup\/\">How to enable ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/default-captcha\/\">How to change the Default Captcha in Joomla 3<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/excessive-spam-filtering-forwarding-boxtrapper-usage\/\">Learn more about Excessive amount of spam comments, or guestbook entries<\/a><a name=\"update\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep Joomla Updated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Updating Joomla regularly installs the latest security patches and fixes, and ensures you are running the most optimum version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/should-i-upgrade\/\">How to upgrade joomla 1.5 to 2.5<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/update-awstats\/\">Keeping Joomla 2.5 up to date<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/should-i-upgrade\/\">Should I upgrade Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.0?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/should-i-upgrade-to-joomla-3-1\/\">Should I upgrade to Joomla 3.1?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/upgrade-within-softaculous\/\">Upgrade Joomla with Softaculous<\/a><a name=\"support\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request Further Assistance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your Joomla website does not run faster and use less resources, a deeper investigation probably needs to be done on your access logs to see what&#8217;s really being requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/enable-raw-access-logs-in-cpanel\/\">Enabling raw access logs<\/a> for your account in cPanel can help gather evidence. This assists Tech Support when they are investigating the cause of high resource usage from your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have at least a full day of logs, feel free to contact Live Tech Support via <strong>Ticket<\/strong> for further help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/amp\/submitting-and-checking-on-status-of-tickets\/\">Submitting a Ticket Request<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, now you know the common steps to take when <strong>Optimizing<\/strong> a <strong>Joomla<\/strong> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joomla is a powerful CMS (Content Management System) that makes it easy to create and maintain a custom website. But, if it is not optimized well, it can cause high resource usage. In this guide we will show you the common steps to take when Optimizing a Joomla website. Enable Joomla Caching Be Careful of<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4403,94],"tags":[4404],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joomla","category-joomla-3","tag-joomla-v3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5fbfcaed32a2672fb83ab312f5b7237b\"},\"headline\":\"How to Optimize your Joomla Site\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Joomla v3\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Joomla\",\"Joomla 3\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\",\"name\":\"How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Optimize your Joomla Site\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"InMotion Hosting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5fbfcaed32a2672fb83ab312f5b7237b\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Contributor\",\"description\":\"InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inmotion-hosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/john-paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting","description":"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting","og_description":"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/","og_site_name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","article_published_time":"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00","author":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting","twitter_site":"@InMotionHosting","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/"},"author":{"name":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5fbfcaed32a2672fb83ab312f5b7237b"},"headline":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site","datePublished":"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/"},"wordCount":454,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"keywords":["Joomla v3"],"articleSection":["Joomla","Joomla 3"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/","name":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site | InMotion Hosting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-12-24T15:22:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-24T18:46:16+00:00","description":"This guide explains the best steps to take when you want to optimize a Joomla website.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/optimization\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Optimize your Joomla Site"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","description":"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization","name":"InMotion Hosting","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"InMotion Hosting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5fbfcaed32a2672fb83ab312f5b7237b","name":"InMotion Hosting Contributor","description":"InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inmotion-hosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/InMotionHosting"],"url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/john-paul\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"primary_category":{"id":4403,"name":"Joomla","slug":"joomla","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89084,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions\/89084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}