MightyShed NextJS audit Case Study
Client's challenge
Performance bottlenecks – Potential issues with speed and server requests
SEO challenges – Static sitemaps not including new pages
Large image files – Slowing page load times for users on mobile or slow connections
Future scalability – Making the site is ready to grow without performance drops
PageSpeed metrics after the audit
Audit process
Document Load Speed – Measuring speed across different connections
Caching & SSR – Checking server-side rendering and caching efficiency
Image Optimization – Reviewing formats, sizes, and preloading strategies
SEO Essentials – Meta tags, structured data, sitemaps, and robots.txt
Core Web Vitals – Assessing Google’s key performance metrics like LCP and CLS
Render-Blocking Resources – Identifying delays caused by CSS and fonts
Code Review – Evaluating Next.js version, libraries, and general code quality
Headless CMS Structure – Reviewing content management and scalability potential
Project Tech Stack
Strapi
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It's 100% Javascript, fully customizable and developer-first
Next.JS
Boosted our project with faster page loads, enhanced SEO, and a streamlined development process for an improved user experience
Vercel
Vercel provided us with the tools and infrastructure to deploy a highly optimized web solution, ensuring rapid load times, seamless scalability, and robust performance throughout the project's lifecycle
How we work
Governed and Scalable, by Design
We design content models, editorial workflows, and governance into the architecture from day one to make you CMS clean and usable as your team, markets, and channels grow.
Editorial UX boosts your marketing team's speed and freedom. They can build pages, launch campaigns, and manage content without needing developer help.
Performance & AI SEO by Default
Each project includes a complete SEO + LLM optimization. Performance baseline as standard: Core Web Vitals, structured data, rendering strategy, and AI SEO setup.
Already live? Our Next.js SEO audit gives you an actionable, dev-ready assessment of where you stand.
Predictable & Efficient Delivery
90% of our projects fit the initial budget. That comes from the time we invest upfront — understanding exactly what we're building before a single line of code is written.
Our CMS Kit has page builders, navigation, localization, content models, and SEO settings. It boosts every engagement. Plus, it won’t limit your choices. It's a smart starter refined across dozens of production deployments, not a constraint.
Key Achievements
Achieved excellent load times – 90ms on fast connections and 650ms on slow networks
Identified areas where client-side requests could be optimized for server-side rendering
Pinpointed key image issues, including missing preloading and oversized files
Discovered issues with the static sitemap and robots.txt file
Delivered recommendations to enhance search engine indexing, improving visibility for new content like case studies
Confirmed the site passed Google’s Core Web Vitals overall while identifying LCP as an area for fine-tuning
Identified CSS and font delivery delays that impacted the initial page render
Impact: Proposed solutions to streamline rendering and enhance page load times
Flagged outdated dependencies (NextJS) and unnecessary library bulk (Lodash)
Confirmed a simple, effective CMS structure while identifying untapped potential for content management
Team behind a project
Alex Hramovich
Audit pricing
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