I don’t know the answer to exactly what you’re asking. But let me turn the question this way, if you’re trying to “speed up” your site, diagnose the effect of this plugin like this:
How fast does your site load with the plugin activated?
How much faster does it run with the plugin completely deactivated?
I would guess the difference in time is imperceptible, probably a small fraction of a second. I believe MySQL can handle lots of queries in a less than 1 second. I don’t think this is likely to be a major factor in the speed of your site loading. Yes I realize some speed-minded experts will recommend that you reduce the # of SQL queries, but I think this issue is over-rated.
That said, 9 queries from 1 plugin does sound like too many, possibly a programming mistake, and unnecessarily taxing the MySQL, but probably not adding a lot of loading time.
I agree Register Plus is a great plugin.
I haven’t noticed any real slow down, but I think the extra MySQL calls could slow down my site if I ever get a lot of visitors at once. I don’t see any reason for the plugin to run unless its at the registration page (i.e wp-login.php).
Yeah, you’re probably right, it would get a lot more taxing if you get a spike in traffic. Good point. Hopefully a solution will come to light. Have you tried asking the plugin author directly thru their site?
The support link from the author’s site pointed here. I wonder if there is anyway to get a plugin to work only a specific page.
This should work, but requires editing wp-login.php
Edit wp-login.php after:
<?php
Add:
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'login');
Edit register-plus.php after:
/*
Plugin Name: Register Plus
Plugin URI: http://skullbit.com/wordpress-plugin/register-plus/
Description: <strong>WordPress 2.5+ ONLY.</strong> Enhance your Registration Page. Add Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimer, Captcha Validation, Email Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields and more.
Author: Skullbit
Version: 3.5.1
Author URI: http://www.skullbit.com
LOCALIZATION
Place your language file within this plugin directory and name it "regplus-{language}.mo" replace {language} with your language value from wp-config.php
CHANGELOG
See readme.txt
*/
Add:
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'login' OR WP_ADMIN == 'TRUE') {
Still in register-plus.php find:
?>
Add before it:
}
This reduced my queries per page to 18 from 27 on every page and my register plus plugin still works.
Maybe there is a way to do it without editing files but I’m not that good with wordpress.
I tried to add the code but I get a fatal error 🙁
