Title: Not noticing a difference
Last modified: January 27, 2026

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# Not noticing a difference

 *  Resolved [programmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/programmin/)
 * (@programmin)
 * [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-noticing-a-difference/)
 * I tested this on a Mariadb hosting environment and didn’t notice increased speeds
   on most dashboard pages.
 * I wonder if some of the optimizations this plugin is making do not make a significant
   difference on the newer versions of WordPress 6.8 + Mariadb 10.6.24 ?

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 *  Plugin Author [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * (@olliejones)
 * [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-noticing-a-difference/#post-18801187)
 * Thank you for the question.
 * This plugin’s optimizations are, sad to say, still relevant in the most recent
   versions of WordPress and MySQL or MariaDb. That’s because they work around WordPress’s
   legacy database keys. Those were designed to be compatible with MySQL version
   5.6 and earlier.
 * Explanations are [here](https://www.plumislandmedia.net/index-wp-mysql-for-speed/wordpresss-prefix-keys/)
   and [here](https://www.plumislandmedia.net/index-wp-mysql-for-speed/wordpresss-prefix-keys-2/).
   The effects of the better keys are more noticeable on larger sites.
 * It will be great when WordPress decides to drop support for MySQL 5.6, because
   core standard keys can be modernized and this plugin will no longer be necessary.
 * If you’re having performance problems please don’t hesitate to upload your metadata
   and I’ll take a look. See the pinned topic in this support forum for how to do
   that.

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 * Last reply from: [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * Last activity: [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-noticing-a-difference/#post-18801187)
 * Status: resolved