Load time for site increases when enabled.

  • Resolved chucknb28409

    (@chucknb28409)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    Not sure what would cause such a performance hit, but when I enabled the plugin and set it to turn off a widget for all but one page; site load time jumped by 500 ms (average load time went for about 2200 ms to 2700 ms from California with server on east coast). I tested and retested this over several days and I would leave it enabled for a day and then turn it off for a day. I used http://www.site24x7.com to monitor and run pageload times. I use W3 Total cache and the entire cache was cleared after each plugin or configuration change.

    Thanks

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/

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  • Plugin Contributor Qurl

    (@qurl)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Yes, every plugin needs time to process. Especially when you have a lot of rules set for Dynamic Widgets this takes time. See also the Dynamic Widgets FAQ.

    Thread Starter chucknb28409

    (@chucknb28409)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I agree but half a second?

    Thanks

    Thread Starter chucknb28409

    (@chucknb28409)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    Okay I tried the ‘OLD’ method (as suggested in the FAQ) and that seems to have improved things without turning off the widget like you warned might happen. I will let it run for a day to get some data and also test it on mobile. Can I ask what the difference between the ‘OLD’ and the ‘New’ method is and why it makes such a drastic difference?

    Thanks

    Plugin Contributor Qurl

    (@qurl)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    I agree, half a second is a lot. It might be your database server is not performing very well there or there is too less memory available.

    The difference is that OLD method is a ‘hack’. It’s not following all WordPress conventions, while the standard ‘official’ method is following all WordPress hooks and procedures.

    Thread Starter chucknb28409

    (@chucknb28409)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    Well your hack worked, it cut the time down to nothing, there was hardly any effect (no additional download time) when enabling the plugin with the hack.

    Thanks

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