The App Graveyard
A forensic catalog of common Shopify apps and their performance tax. Each entry documents the latency cost you pay for "convenience." These are the apps I surgically remove and replace with native architecture.
Shogun
Page Builder
Refactor to OS 2.0 JSON Templates populated by Metaobjects. Zero external requests. Zero TBT. Retains full schema editability in the Theme Editor.
PageFly
Page Builder
Refactor to OS 2.0 JSON Templates. Use Metaobjects for structured content fields. Retains drag-and-drop schema in the Theme Editor without the 400KB payload.
Yotpo
Reviews Widget
Migrate review data to Metaobjects. Render via standard Liquid schema or utilize Judge.me Core (script-less mode) for lightweight delivery. Eliminate the 1.2s main thread blocking.
Klaviyo
Email/SMS Marketing
Async load via IntersectionObserver. Offload tracking events to server-side Shopify Pixels (Web Pixels API) to eliminate main thread blocking.
Rebuy
Upsells/Cross-sells
Leverage Shopify Product Recommendations API directly via Liquid. Build native cart drawer upsells using the standard AJAX API. Zero external script dependencies.
Bold Bundles
Product Bundling
Deploy a Cart Transform Function (WASM). Logic executes on Shopify's backend infrastructure. Zero client-side JavaScript. Unified checkout. (Plus Exclusive).