Hi,
You’re not the first to say that this plugin has caused some slow down times.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be the case. The plugin only loads the necssary js and css files on the front end of the site when the shortcode is being used.
Therefore if the shortcode is not present, this plugin loads no files and performs no queries.
It’s possible it may slow down a bit on the backend, but it certainly isn’t anything substantial. I have done some testing using the p3 plugin profiler.
Can you try giving that a shot with the timeline express plugin active?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-profiler/
If you do a search here in the forums, there are at least 3 other thredas where we have discussed this issue and I have provided my test results.
Give them a look through as well. If you can, report back here with some p3 test results.
Thanks,
Evan
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Hi Evan
Thanks for replying. I understand the lack of shortcode should not be calling any plugin functions so I was bemused at first. But I actually used P3 to determine this issue the first time and here is my original result:
https://gyazo.com/1bb91748cee918604ba825298529e8ab
Reading other support threads as you said, I did a manual test today on the front end only. The results are nowhere near as bad, but it’s still the most intensive. I have to be logged in to see past the maintenance page which still calls the contextual admin menu, so might be the issue. Putting the numbers aside for a moment, there is a very visible difference when I simply disable this plugin.
Auto result: https://gyazo.com/3014c7b8ec31c98df84d1a29c89ffe3a
Manual result (front end only): https://gyazo.com/c175c3b442d3c3e46112c3dbaa120442
Best
Wes
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Btw here is the detailed view showing the plugin making two late calls to wp-admin/edit.php and wp-admin/plugins.php
https://gyazo.com/42f42f0645a1d018fe2188aacb7a6b6c
Wes
