Shopware performance
Faster Shopware 6 shops: we measure with ShopSignal and Tideways, find the bottlenecks in database, cache, search, theme and server, and fix what makes the biggest difference first.
Online shops
200+
delivered since 2012
Projects delivered
1000+
since 2012
Shopware Partner
since 2014
own plugins in the Shopware Store
Shopware Partner since 2014 
Mollie Partner since 2021 
Trusted Shops Partner 
eRecht24 Partner 
Base Partner since 2026 
sync4 Partner since 2022 
Pickware Partner since 2019 
Measure. Prioritise. Accelerate.
A fast Shopware shop is not the result of a single trick. Server, cache, search, database and frontend interlock, and the slowest point sets the pace. We check every layer and implement the measures ourselves, from the Redis setup to the theme.
Cache, sessions, locks and counters run in memory instead of in files or the database.
Search and listings come from a dedicated index and noticeably relieve the database.
Loading time and stability on smartphone and desktop, measured by the Core Web Vitals.
Find slow queries, understand them with EXPLAIN and fix them with indexes or better code.
MySQL or MariaDB configured to match catalogue and load, tables cleaned up.
HTTP cache, reverse proxy and targeted invalidation, so pages come from the cache.
Right sizes, WebP and AVIF, lazy loading. Directly in Shopware with our plugins.
Slim down CSS, JavaScript, fonts and third-party scripts in a targeted way.
Measure extensions and subscribers in live operation and rework slow spots.
Measure, don’t guess
PageSpeed scores show that something is slow. Why it is slow only becomes visible inside the shop. For that we use two tools that complement each other: our own monitoring ShopSignal for day-to-day operation and Tideways for detailed analysis in the code.
Own product
We developed ShopSignal for Shopware. It monitors availability, server, message queue, errors and revenue and gets in touch before customers notice anything.
Profiling
Tideways is a monitoring and profiling tool for PHP applications such as Shopware. It records slow requests and shows in which function, query or extension the time is lost.
Search
With large catalogues and many variants the standard search quickly becomes a bottleneck. Minofinder, our AI search for Shopware, works with its own index. Search stays fast and still finds what your customers mean.
PageSpeed & Core Web Vitals
A green test score alone does not sell anything. We improve the real loading time, the response to input and the stability of the layout, where system, theme, plugins, media and server work together.
Suitable sizes, compression, WebP and AVIF, lazy loading and a main image that loads first.
Slim down CSS, JavaScript, fonts and page structure in a targeted way.
Check slow extensions, requests and custom logic under real operating conditions.
Tune caches, PHP, OPcache, web server and database to work together.
High performance without server overkill
Many shops and websites do not need the next expensive server straight away. The biggest reserves often lie in configuration, caching, database, theme and plugins.
Our goal: the best possible performance on an infrastructure that makes economic sense for you.
Hosting & high performanceHow we work
Lab and field data, ShopSignal values and Tideways traces for the most important page types.
Sort bottlenecks by impact, effort and risk.
Adjust cache, search, database, code and frontend, on staging first.
Keep monitoring the values after launch so the shop stays fast.
Why Web Labels
With us, nobody writes a report and passes it on. The people who measure the shop also change the configuration, the code and the server. So a recommendation does not end up in a drawer but in the next deployment.
Our team for your questions
With Shopware performance optimisation we make your Shopware 6 shop faster: on the server, in the cache, in search, in the database and in the frontend. The basis is measurements with ShopSignal and Tideways, from which we derive an order of priority by impact. The goal is fast category and product pages and a smooth checkout. The PageSpeed score is a diagnostic tool, not an end in itself.
A Shopware shop calculates on every request: prices per customer group, availability, variants, rules from the Rule Builder. Without a working cache, every one of these calculations ends up in the database. That is why we look first at the layers behind the frontend: whether Redis is set up, whether search and listings run via Elasticsearch or OpenSearch and which database queries take too long.
Large product images, theme customisations, apps and external widgets can block the browser as well. For shops and websites outside Shopware there is our general PageSpeed optimisation. If the cause lies with the hosting, our Shopware hosting can help.
All topics
Cache, sessions and locks from memory.
Fast search and listings from a dedicated index.
Find slow queries and speed them up specifically.
Tune MySQL and MariaDB to suit your shop.
HTTP cache, reverse proxy and clean invalidation.
Loading time and stability on smartphone and desktop.
Servers tuned for Shopware 6.
Spot outages and slumps before customers call.
Not automatically. First we check what reserves there are in cache, database, search and code. Only then can you sensibly decide whether additional hardware is needed.
Often yes, because cache and sessions then no longer sit on the hard disk or in the database. How much it helps depends on load and hosting. We measure this before and after.
At the latest with large catalogues, many variants or filters, search via the database becomes slow. A dedicated search index then takes over search and listings and relieves the database.
With profiling in live operation, for example via Tideways. There we can see which function, which subscriber or which query costs the time in a request.
The Media Booster compresses and scales images, generates WebP and AVIF versions depending on server support and can process existing media in bulk. The original files are kept.
Lab values depend on server load, network and third parties. That is why we compare several measurements and page types and, where available, field data from real visitors.
How to speed up Shopware 6.5 to 6.7: AVIF images, Redis, OpenSearch, php.ini with OPcache and JIT, PHP-FPM and database tuning with concrete values.
Shopware 6 slow? This article has been replaced by our new performance guide. There you will find the current measures for more speed.
We set up Redis for Shopware 6: for cache, sessions, locks and counters, cleanly separated and configured to stay stable under load.
We connect Elasticsearch or OpenSearch to Shopware 6 so that search, filters and listings come from a dedicated index and the database is relieved.
We find the queries that slow down your Shopware shop, understand them with EXPLAIN and profiling, and fix them with indexes, better DAL queries or adjusted plugin code.
We configure MySQL or MariaDB to suit your Shopware shop, clean up growing tables and make sure background processes do not slow the database down.
A few sentences are enough to start. We will get back to you with questions or a suggested date.
