Upgrade: Magento 2.4.4 → 2.4.8
Industry: Beauty & Cosmetics (High AOV)
Traffic: 150k+ Monthly Visitors
Outcome: Faster checkout, higher conversions, stable payments
Before Upgrade (Problems)
❌ Checkout extremely slow — 6–8 seconds delay
❌ Product images loading very slowly (poor LCP)
❌ PayPal & Stripe failing intermittently
❌ 3 extensions incompatible with PHP 8.2
❌ Reindexing taking 20–30 minutes
❌ Admin panel timing out during peak load
❌ Elastic search returning poor matches (low accuracy)
After Upgrade (Results)
✅ Checkout fully optimised — loads in <2 seconds
✅ LCP improved from 4.1s → 1.9s
✅ PayPal & Stripe 100% stable
✅ All extensions upgraded & fully compatible
✅ Reindexing time improved: 27min → 4min
✅ Admin panel became 3x faster
✅ Search accuracy dramatically improved (Elasticsearch tuning)
Key Performance Improvements
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout Load Time | 6.5s | 1.9s |
| Payment Success Rate | 88% | 99% |
| LCP (Core Web Vitals) | 4.1s | 1.9s |
| Admin Response Time | 1.8s | 0.6s |
| Reindexing Time | 27 minutes | 4 minutes |
| SEO Visibility | Falling | +18% upward trend |
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