Case study: Best Auto Parts Online

Best Auto Parts Online: mobile PageSpeed from 32 to 84

In August 2021 the home page scored 32 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 72 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of D (60%) and a fully loaded time of 8.1 s.

In short

Best Auto Parts Online is an auto parts store. In August 2021 Codiffy optimized the speed of bestautopartsonline.com: Google PageSpeed went from 32 to 84 on mobile and from 72 to 100 on desktop and GTmetrix from D (60%) to A (98%).

  • ClientBest Auto Parts Online
  • IndustryAuto parts
  • PlatformWordPress
  • Tested withGoogle PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix and Pingdom
  • ServicesPerformance optimization
  • WhenAugust 2021

The short version

Challenge
In August 2021 the home page scored 32 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 72 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of D (60%) and a fully loaded time of 8.1 s.
Approach
We installed and configured NitroPack. No plugins needed to be switched off.
Result
Afterwards it scored 84 on mobile and 100 on desktop, with GTmetrix A (98%) and a fully loaded time of 1.3 s.

32 → 84PageSpeed mobile score. Google PageSpeed Insights, mobile, home page, before and after the work, August 2021

About Best Auto Parts Online

Best Auto Parts Online is an auto parts store. We optimized the speed of bestautopartsonline.com in August 2021.

The problem

In August 2021 the home page scored 32 on Google PageSpeed mobile and 72 on desktop, with a GTmetrix grade of D (60%) and a fully loaded time of 8.1 s.

What we did

We installed and configured NitroPack. No plugins needed to be switched off.

The result

Afterwards it scored 84 on mobile and 100 on desktop, with GTmetrix A (98%) and a fully loaded time of 1.3 s.

Test Before After
Google PageSpeed, mobile 32 84
Google PageSpeed, desktop 72 100
GTmetrix grade (performance) D (60%) A (98%)
GTmetrix fully loaded time 8.1 s 1.3 s
Pingdom load time 5.12 s 460 ms

Before and after

BeforeGoogle PageSpeed Insights mobile test of bestautopartsonline.com before the speed work, August 2021
AfterGoogle PageSpeed Insights mobile test of bestautopartsonline.com after the speed work, August 2021
Google PageSpeed Insights mobile, before and after.
BeforeGTmetrix test of bestautopartsonline.com before the speed work, August 2021
AfterGTmetrix test of bestautopartsonline.com after the speed work, August 2021
GTmetrix, before and after.

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Questions about this project.

How much faster did bestautopartsonline.com get?

Google PageSpeed went from 32 to 84 on mobile and from 72 to 100 on desktop, and GTmetrix from D (60%) to A (98%), with the fully loaded time down from 8.1 s to 1.3 s.

What did Codiffy do to speed up bestautopartsonline.com?

We installed and configured NitroPack. No plugins needed to be switched off.

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