🔍 Magento Technical Audit

Magento 2 Store Audit: Code, Performance, Security and SEO

A Magento audit tells you what is really going on inside your store before you spend money on a redesign, upgrade or new agency. We review your code, extensions, infrastructure, performance, security and technical SEO, and deliver a prioritised report that a developer can act on and a manager can understand.

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Good Decisions Start With an Honest Assessment

Most Magento stores accumulate problems quietly: core files edited years ago, extensions nobody uses, slow queries, cron jobs that fail, a theme overridden in a hundred places. These issues raise the cost of every change and every upgrade, and they rarely show up until something breaks.

Merchants usually ask us for an audit when they are changing agency, planning an upgrade or Hyvä migration, seeing slow pages or falling conversion, or after a security incident. In each case the goal is the same: know the real state of the store and the cost of fixing it.

Our audit is independent. We do not inflate findings to sell a rebuild. Each issue is rated by severity and effort, so you can decide what to fix, when and with whom.

Magento 2.4.xAdobe CommercePHPStanPHP_CodeSnifferUpgrade Compatibility ToolLighthouseCrUXNew RelicScreaming Frog
Common triggers for an audit
  • ✓New agency — Understand inherited code before taking responsibility
  • ✓Upgrade — Estimate the real cost of moving to 2.4.9
  • ✓Performance — Find the causes of slow pages and checkout
  • ✓Security — Check patch level and signs of compromise
  • ✓SEO drop — Rule out technical causes of lost traffic
  • ✓Due diligence — Assess a store before acquisition or investment

What We Review

Each area produces specific findings with evidence, impact and a recommended fix.

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Code Quality

Custom modules and theme code are checked for core edits, unsafe preferences, missing escaping, deprecated APIs and coding-standard violations.

  • ✓PHPStan and PHPCS results
  • ✓Core and vendor modifications
  • ✓Architecture concerns
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Extensions

Every third-party module is listed with version, purpose, usage, known issues and compatibility with the latest Magento release.

  • ✓Unused modules to remove
  • ✓Abandoned or risky vendors
  • ✓Duplicate functionality
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Performance

Lab and field Core Web Vitals, server response time, cache hit rate, slow queries, indexers, cron and frontend payload.

  • ✓LCP, INP and CLS analysis
  • ✓Varnish and cache configuration
  • ✓Database and indexer health
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Security

Patch level, admin security, file permissions, exposed endpoints, payment-page scripts and indicators of compromise.

  • ✓Adobe security bulletin check
  • ✓Admin 2FA and access review
  • ✓CSP and SRI on checkout
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Technical SEO

Indexation, canonicals, layered navigation crawl traps, sitemaps, structured data, redirects and international setup.

  • ✓Crawl and index analysis
  • ✓Product and breadcrumb schema
  • ✓hreflang for multi-store
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Infrastructure

PHP, database, OpenSearch, Redis or Valkey, RabbitMQ, backups, deployments and monitoring.

  • ✓Supported versions check
  • ✓Deployment process review
  • ✓Backup and recovery check

Issues We Commonly Find

Core and vendor edits. Files changed directly in vendor/ or the old app/code/Magento folder are overwritten by the next Composer update. We list them and recommend moving each change into a plugin, preference or patch.

Unused and duplicate extensions. Stores often run two modules that do the same thing, or modules that were switched off but never removed. Each one adds upgrade risk and slows compilation and page rendering.

Performance traps. Layered navigation that creates millions of crawlable URLs, uncached blocks on every page, indexers stuck in "Update on Save" mode, cron jobs that never finish, and oversized images served to mobile users.

Security gaps. Missing patches, shared admin accounts, no two-factor authentication for some users, development tools enabled in production and unknown third-party scripts on checkout.

Findings You Can Act On

An audit is only useful if it leads to decisions. Ours is written for both technical and non-technical readers.

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Severity and effort scores

Every finding is rated, so you can see the quick wins, the critical risks and the larger projects at a glance.

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Evidence for every issue

File paths, screenshots, query timings and tool output support each finding, so another developer can verify it.

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Walkthrough call

We present the findings on a call with your team and answer questions, including what can wait.

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No lock-in

You own the report. Use it with your own team, another agency or with us.

Technology We Work With

PHPStanPHP_CodeSnifferUpgrade Compatibility Tooln98-magerun2LighthousePageSpeed InsightsCrUXNew RelicBlackfireScreaming FrogSearch Console

Deliverables

  • ✓Executive summary for decision-makers
  • ✓Detailed technical report with evidence
  • ✓Prioritised roadmap with effort estimates
  • ✓One-hour walkthrough call

How the Audit Works

We need read access to the code repository, a database copy (customer data can be anonymised) and read-only admin access.

Kick-off

We agree scope, goals and access, and learn about known issues and business priorities.

Automated analysis

Static analysis, compatibility checks, performance tests and crawls are run against code and staging.

Manual review

Senior engineers review architecture, custom modules, theme overrides, configuration and infrastructure.

Report and roadmap

Findings are written up with severity, effort and recommendations, grouped into a practical roadmap.

Walkthrough

We present the report and help you plan next steps with your team.

Frequently Asked Questions

Most audits take one to two weeks from receiving access. Larger Adobe Commerce stores with many integrations can take longer.
Read access to the Git repository, a recent database copy (anonymised if you prefer), read-only admin access and, ideally, access to hosting metrics and Search Console.
If you want us to. Many clients use the roadmap to plan work with us; others give the report to their own team.
Yes. The extension and theme review tells you exactly which modules need Hyvä compatibility work and how much the migration will cost.
Yes, including environment configuration, Fastly and New Relic settings and the deployment process.

Magento 2 Upgrade

Upgrade to 2.4.9 using the audit findings.

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Speed Optimization

Fix the performance issues the audit uncovers.

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Security & Patching

Address security findings and harden your store.

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Get a Clear Picture of Your Store

Tell us why you are considering an audit — new agency, upgrade, performance, security or SEO — and we will confirm the scope and price.

Phone / WhatsApp

+91 79767 89212

Response Time

Within one business day, Mon–Fri

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