Magento 2 Frontend Improvements

This repository provides some hacks to improve the Magento 2 storefront performance.

Compile styles for enabled modules only

Problem

By default, all the _module.less and _widgets.less files within the theme and from its parent are compiled in the styles-m.css and styles-l.css.

This should not happen when the module is disabled or even not installed on the store. To fix this, a patch has been created.

Solution

Follow these instructions on how to apply patches via composer on Magento.

In the project's composer.json file add the following:

  "extra": {
        "magento-force": "override",
        "composer-exit-on-patch-failure": true,
        "patches": {
            "magento/framework": {
                "Compile styles for enabled modules only": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vasilii-b/magento2-frontend-improvements/master/patches/composer/magento-framework/import-styles-for-enabled-modules-only.patch"
            }
        }
    }

In your terminal (project root) run composer update.

In case you don't get a message that patch applied, run rm -rf vendor/magento/framework then composer update.

Compatibility

This solution works Magento 2.3.0 and above. Shouldn't work starting 2.5.0 because of this PR.