Xdebug is a great tool to assist with stubborn performance issues. Commonly used for debugging code, if you use it on a staging server with conditional breakpoints and the tips below, it can help you identify and fix your performance bottlenecks far more quickly than otherwise possible. This guide presumes you are using VS Code […]
I wrote previously about the slow code that exists in WooCommerce for Onboarding tasks. They misuse the database in 4 separate areas and I’ve already submitted a merge request to fix two of these. Now I’ve managed to fix all of these areas inside Scalability Pro. What this new option speeds up This will speed […]
The WordPress dashboard can get quite slow as your website grows which is why we’re always on top of it and adding more code to Scalability Pro to keep your dashboard running quickly. This article describes some upgrades for import and wp-admin speed released in Scalability Pro 4.94 Remove SQL_CALC_ROWS from edit.php option If you […]
I’ve been optimising a WP All Import job for a client with 600,000 products and while doing so I was hitting refresh on SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST to catch queries which take too long to run. I kept seeing the following query: SELECT status, COUNT( * ) FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = ‘product’ GROUP BY post_status; […]
A potential client arrived yesterday on my Discord channel asking for help with slow WooCommerce Variations. It turns out, in their case, they only have a total of 72 variations and yet their product detail page was running incredibly slowly. As luck would have it for them, I was keen to get back into recording […]
I actually discovered this performance issue right here on our own website. Normally I discover performance issues on client or customer websites. From now on, as I discover badly behaving plugins, either on my site, or through optimisation work I do for clients and customers I will be taking the time to write about them […]
Follow our step-by-step preparation and post-migration guide along with visuals along every step of the way.
Up until now, we’ve been relying on creating manual coupons for users who wish to upgrade. There are many upgrade paths available when you buy our plugins and we are keen to make it as easy as possible for you to upgrade. Upgrade Options If you buy a single site, 1 year license for a […]
Query Monitor is by far the best tool to analyse WordPress performance bottlenecks. With this tool, you can quickly discover which plugins or even which theme functions are causing your site to slow down. In this article, I’ll cover how I use Query Monitor when running performance analysis jobs for clients. Installation Installation is normally […]
If you have a large site, you probably noticed wp-admin slowing down a lot with the later versions of WooCommerce. WooCommerce have been working towards optimising their code, but they still leave some gremlins in there. In this case, they have a piece of code which checks to see if ‘products exist’ already to determine […]
