Theme block loading – see screenshot please.

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  • Avatar: Creative
    Creative
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    March 3, 2025 at 16:37

    Hi, as you can see from my screenshots the site in the blocks part of your template does not load them immediately but after some (6-8) seconds. I checked my hosting data and everything seems to be ok. In fact the other pages open quickly only these blocks of the homepage. I await your thanks

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    Avatar: Rose Tyler
    Rose Tyler
    Support staff
    March 3, 2025 at 18:31

    Hello,

    Thank you for reaching out to us.

    Please read this topic – https://www.8theme.com/topic/lazzy-load-my-site-has-difficulty-loading-if-i-use-the-phone-it-takes-about-6-seconds/

    If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Our support team is always available to assist you.

    Best regards,
    8Theme’s Team

    Avatar: Alex Carter
    Alex Carter
    Support staff
    July 5, 2025 at 07:07

    Hello, Creative,

    We’d like to update you on the speed and performance improvements in XStore.
    Over the past few months, our team has focused heavily on optimizing theme performance. As evidence, our public optimised demo now scores 98+ on mobile and 100+ on desktop in PageSpeed tests—showing that XStore is fully tuned for speed.

    https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-woocommerce-1476984-5641372-cloudwaysapps-com/dzka87l4hv?form_factor=mobile

    However, we’ve identified another major factor affecting site responsiveness: bot traffic. On several client sites, automated bots have been generating large numbers of requests to dynamic filter URLs on the shop page over 50K requests per day. Even on powerful servers, this volume of repeated queries can cause noticeable slowdowns.

    To help you investigate this, we’ll share detailed screenshots in the private support area showing bot-generated request patterns. You’ll see exactly why your server may be under strain.

    What we’ve done so far:
    • Reviewed and optimized all frontend assets (CSS/JS, images, lazy-loading).
    • Improved our AJAX-filter endpoints to reduce query overhead.
    • Hardened nofollow and other standard directives—though some bots still ignore them.

    Our team continues to refine these protections. In the meantime, please verify whether bot traffic is impacting your site’s load.

    Next steps:
    1. Upgrade to XStore 9.5.1. This release includes all our latest speed optimizations and server-side performance enhancements. You can download the archive in the Downloads section on our website https://www.8theme.com/downloads/ or from your Downloads area on ThemeForest.
    2. Deploy a bot-protection service.
    To block 100% of unwanted crawlers, consider using Cloudflare (or a similar WAF) to filter malicious traffic before it reaches your server.

    Thank you for your patience. If you have any questions or need help reviewing your server logs and request patterns, please let us know in the private support forum.

    Best regards,
    The XStore Team

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