Slow performance since last WordPress update

[MiguelParticipant]

Hello Ernest, since last wordpress update I am suffering very poor performance on Ajax Search Pro, all searc results take over 7 seconds to show when before it was almost instant. I have not increased my database size or nothing.

Please take a look at these sectiones powered by Ajax Search Pro:

1 – Right sidebar widget “BuscaTandas”, press search and wait a lot.
2 – https://infotandas.com/listado-organizadores-v1/
3 – https://infotandas.com/listado-de-circuitos/

Let me know what to do please.

Thanks.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

Interesting, as there was no significant change within the WordPress core in relation with the plugin. This might be something new.
Can you please try these performance related options first: https://documentation.ajaxsearchpro.com/performance-tuning/fine-tuning-the-search-configuration
I highly recommend the changes in chapters 1 & 2, those should have a very positive impact.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

Ok, I tried:

Points 1.1 to 1.3 are not valid for my site, as they are not “usual” search forms.
Point 1.4, cache, made it even slower.
Custom handler made no difference
Image crop was disabled already
Etc…

So basically almost every point in my settings was as that tutorial tells me to do. And the plugin performed great before, like…2/3 seconds to drop results. But now…from 7 to 12 seconds.

The only thing I did not try is the Index Table, but I can’t see a reason to use this on my site.

Can you help me please?

Thanks.

[MiguelParticipant]

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[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

In that case, can you please add both temporary FTP and back-end details? I will try to debug the search process step by step to see where the bottleneck is. Thanks!

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

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[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

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Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

Done, sorry, my mistake.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

Thank you! I did not actually need the FTP access, as I have enabled the file based cache + the image cropping, and the performance seems to be all right now.
I’m still not sure where the bottleneck might be, but this should resolve the problem permanently.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

Hi Ernest, sorry to bother you but I have tried it and still very slow performance compared to how it was before.

Is there something else we can do? I tried 3 different devices with 6 different browsers…all of them need around 6 seconds to drop results. Before it was almost instant…and now I even have a better server, so it should be faster.

Here you can find an instance of Ajax Search Pro and you can see it takes a lot to show the auto populate results

https://infotandas.com/listado-organizadores-v1/

By the way, the main Ajax instance is on the right sidebar where it says BUSCATANDAS, there are no search phrases or nothing like that to be cached, just settings to be configured by user.

Thanks in advance.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by  Miguel.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by  Miguel.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

That is strange. On my end I am getting results within 1-2 seconds max, as measured by the XHR network tool. See it here: https://youtu.be/npeue8NTQSs
Most of the requests were even under 1 second. The auto-populate request is still cached, even though there is no search phrase. I suspect there might be something else conflicting here, maybe a firewall or a network throttle or something, I honestly don’t know.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

Hi Ernest,

ok, after many tests I have found many performance variations depending on the time, device and browser I use, so I guess we’ll have to check and optimize some other things. If you have any recommendations I will be happy and thankful.

Meanwhile, I think if some users receive slow loading times the search can even seem not to be working. Do you think we could add a message to appear when they press “Buscar eventos”? Or a loading logo? Something like this:

Like it fades the background and places the loading icon there. There are loading icons but I havent been able to make them work there.

Thanks!

Thanks!!

• This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by  Miguel.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

Well using a cache plugin usually takes care of repetitie page loads on multiple devices. W3TC or WP Super cache are usually great solutions.

The loading image however can be problematic, I don’t think it’s possible without using a decent amount of custom code. The simplest one I could find was this. Maybe it would be possible to integrate it somehow with a custom code to the button click event, I am not sure.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MiguelParticipant]

Hi Ernest,

at the moment I am testing WP Fastest Cache. Would you say your recommended plugins are better?

Regarding the code you provided, that image looks like more than enough for this situation. How could I integrate it with the button? Could you help me with that?

Thanks!!

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

I think that it is situational, but the top cache plugins should all work just perfectly.

Well, for the integration I might suggest asking for a developer in this case. I’m really happy to help you with minor changes/suggestions, but this might be a bit more complicated than that. Usually envato studio offers great developers for smaller jobs.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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