Title: Performance Issues
Last modified: March 1, 2021

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# Performance Issues

 *  Resolved [Schwarttzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schwarttzy/)
 * (@schwarttzy)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-38/)
 * Currently Akismet is turned off because there is a serious performance issue 
   with running the plugin on my website. Adding products to the woocommerce shopping
   cart get to the point where the website feels broken. The issue began with the
   last update to the plugin.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fperformance-issues-38%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/)
 * (@cfinke)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-38/#post-14117823)
 * Performance issues are hard to diagnose without direct access to the website,
   but can you confirm that the issue was present in version 4.1.8 but not if you
   downgrade to 4.1.7? (You can install 4.1.7 by downloading [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.4.1.7.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.4.1.7.zip)
   and then uploading it to your site.)
 *  Thread Starter [Schwarttzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schwarttzy/)
 * (@schwarttzy)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-38/#post-14125323)
 * So I think it was an issue with Jetpack and Akismet with the recent update it
   working great. Also, I’m upgrading the server to 7.4 php and MariaDB Server 10.5
   which should help. Thanks for the time
 *  [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * (@csonnek)
 * Happiness Rocketeer 🚀
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-38/#post-14129271)
 * Glad to hear it’s working for you again! Let us know if you still have trouble.

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 * Last reply from: [csonnek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csonnek/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-issues-38/#post-14129271)
 * Status: resolved