Store on my wordpress site

[Shopclicks]

The point is that a fresh OpenCart is much faster than a fresh WooCommerce install, and WooCommerce is only usable after a lot of configuration.

It's irrelevant. I'm looking at product category pages with products loaded and the results of PSI tests.

Simple question: How do your OpenCart sites perform on Page Speed Insights?

 

[antropy]

Simple question: How do your OpenCart sites perform on Page Speed Insights?

See my previous post.

Paul.

 

[Shopclicks]

Granted this is from Google Page Speed Insights not Core Web Vitals, but ...

Fresh WooCommerce install (https://www.vapes.lol/)
Mobile Performance 59
Desktop Performance 84
First Contentful Paint 6.4 s

Fresh OpenCart (some minor theme changes) (https://www.vapeliquiduk.com/)
Mobile Performance 73
Desktop Performance 85
First Contentful Paint 2.9 s

So you show the Shop (product category page) for the Woocommerce install and the homepage of the OpenCart install. Oranges and Apples.
Now try one of your product category pages as suggested.

The product category pages are the pages that most eCommerce store owners who want to rank for product searches are interested in. Because that's what Google wants to display.

 

[Ozzy]

Guys, the thread has become just the two of you going back and forth. Hug and just agree to differ?

 

[Shopclicks]

Guys, the thread has become just the two of you going back and forth. Hug and just agree to differ?

Well I can't do the hugging thing But I think enough has been said for people to make up their own minds.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

I was just thinking 'guys, close the flap in your Y fronts.....'!

My separate post on webserver speed indicates that WP hosting may need more tweaking that standard, which affects load speed.

I am not a programmer or techie, but my small brain would think that something that is designed to do a job i.e. e-commerce site, would be automatically faster than a site designed for blogging with a plugin. My limited experience of PHP sees a lot more code in WP than in something like Prestashop (which I used when it launched and thought it was slick and fast then!).

HOWEVER, WP/Woo is allegedly used by +5 million sites (Prestashop +300k), hence the bigger fan base.

What you need to bear in mind when choosing a platform and the overall site implementation is that an e-commerce site needs to be more than just an online shop - you need content, data collection etc.

If you just want a shop, get an e-commerce platform. If you have a website and want to sell, WP/Woo is a good option