CDN

Hi Nicolas.

We would like to ask for your recommendation regarding the use of a CDN with HikaShop.

Our website is built with Joomla + HikaShop and hosted on SiteGround. We are currently considering enabling the free SiteGround CDN, mainly to improve loading speed and stability on heavier pages.

Our main concern is about pages that contain a lot of content, especially:
• product or category pages with many variants
• pages with a significant amount of text
• pages with many product images
• pages where HikaShop generates dynamic product-related content

SiteGround explains that their free CDN mainly caches static resources such as images, CSS and JavaScript, while dynamic caching is part of their premium plan. Before enabling the free CDN, we would like to know whether HikaShop generally considers this a good practice for improving front-end performance.

More specifically, we would like to understand the following:
1. Does HikaShop recommend using a CDN to improve performance and loading speed on Joomla websites, especially for heavy product/category pages?
2. In your experience, is there any known issue or important precaution when using a CDN with HikaShop on pages that include many variants, a lot of text, and many images?
3. If only the free SiteGround CDN is enabled, and it mainly caches static assets, do you see any risk of conflicts with HikaShop pages or product rendering?
4. Are there any recommendations regarding cache management when product-related content is updated, for example:
• product images
• product descriptions
• meta data
• prices
• stock / availability
• variant-related information
5. If Joomla system cache is also enabled, is there any specific advice on how to combine Joomla cache with a CDN when using HikaShop?
6. Are there any parts of HikaShop pages that you would especially recommend not to cache aggressively, or any configuration that should be avoided?

Our objective is not only to improve user-side loading performance, but also to keep the site stable and avoid problems with outdated content or inconsistent product information after updates.

So, in short, we would really appreciate your opinion on this:
Would you recommend using the free SiteGround CDN with HikaShop in a store like ours, and if so, are there any best practices, limitations or precautions we should keep in mind?

Thank you very much for your help.