
WooCommerce Store Optimization & Diagnostics
Diagnose and optimize WooCommerce stores for performance and profit.
What You Can Do
You get systematic diagnostics that identify performance bottlenecks, conversion leaks, and technical issues in your WooCommerce store. Claude analyzes your store configuration, plugin stack, server logs, and sales data to pinpoint problems—then recommends data-driven fixes with estimated revenue impact. You'll go from guessing to knowing exactly what's broken and how to fix it.
Features
Identify page speed bottlenecks, database inefficiencies, and image optimization gaps that hurt user experience and SEO
Diagnose checkout abandonment, cart friction, and payment gateway issues causing lost revenue
Spot incompatible or bloated plugins slowing down your store or breaking functionality
Debug critical errors (white screens, 500s, cart failures) using error logs and stack traces
Analyze slow queries, missing indexes, and bloated tables causing performance degradation
Quantify how each issue affects your bottom line and prioritize fixes by ROI
Evaluate CPU/memory usage, PHP version compatibility, and host configuration problems
Check Core Web Vitals, mobile responsiveness, and structured data compliance
Example Output
Example 1: Performance Diagnosis
- 🔴 CRITICAL: Homepage loads in 4.2s (target: <2s)
├─ Unoptimized product images (856 KB total) → Compress to WebP format (-80%)
├─ Missing CSS minification → Save 45 KB
└─ N+1 database queries in category loop → Use `wp_posts` JOIN instead of loop
- ✅ IMPACT: Estimated +15% conversion, +8% SEO ranking boost
Example 2: Checkout Funnel Analysis
- 📊 Cart Abandonment: 72% (industry avg: 70%)
├─ Guest checkout disabled → Enable to reduce friction (-8 clicks)
├─ Shipping calculated at checkout → Show estimate on cart page (-2 abandons per 100)
└─ Payment gateway error rate: 3.2% → Switch to Stripe for better reliability
- 💰 PROJECTED GAIN: +$12,400/month at current traffic volume
Example 3: Plugin Conflict Report
- ⚠️ CONFLICTS DETECTED:
├─ WP Rocket + Autoptimize (both minify CSS) → Disable Autoptimize
├─ Yoast SEO (8.2 MB) + Rank Math (overhead) → Choose one
└─ Legacy WooCommerce PDF Invoices → Update or remove (deprecated)
- ✔️ OPTIMIZATION: Remove 3 plugins → 340 KB memory saved, faster page loads
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Full diagnostic workflows, decision trees, and troubleshooting checklists
- Performance Audit Template: Structured checklist for analyzing page speed, plugins, and hosting
- Conversion Funnel Worksheet: Step-by-step guide to identify checkout friction points
- Error Log Analysis Workflow: How to gather, format, and interpret logs for debugging
- Revenue Impact Calculator: Template to estimate financial benefit of each optimization
- Plugin Audit Checklist: Database for evaluating plugin performance and conflicts
- SEO & Accessibility Audit Template: Core Web Vitals, mobile, structured data verification
Who It's For
- E-commerce store owners experiencing slow checkout or declining sales
- WooCommerce developers troubleshooting client sites or performance issues
- Site managers responsible for uptime, speed, and user experience optimization
- Digital marketing teams analyzing conversion leaks and revenue impact
- Web hosts and managed services providing performance consulting to customers
Best For
- Diagnosing why a store is slow, crashing, or losing customers
- Prioritizing technical debt based on revenue impact, not guesswork
- Debugging critical failures (white screens, cart errors, payment gateway breaks)
- Auditing plugin stack for conflicts, bloat, and security issues
- Analyzing checkout abandonment and identifying friction points to fix
- Planning migrations, upgrades, or server changes with confidence







