Title: Plugin slows site down Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Plugin slows site down * [natuurlijkhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natuurlijkhosting/) * (@natuurlijkhosting) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/) * Hello, * I noticed my site was very slow – when I tested it with P3 profiler I saw that most came from this plugin “WordPress HTTPS” – anyone else experienceing this? Or better anyone has a solution? * Sincerely, Niels * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/) Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [RightBeatRadio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rightbeatradio/) * (@rightbeatradio) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5855902) * Yes, we are also experiencing slow page loads after installing this plugin. Sadly, this seems to be the only solution for us right now. It actually works well on our site, besides the slow load times. Hopefully we can figure out what this plugin is actually doing, replicate that, and implement the same changes without having to use this plugin. * Good luck. * [senalc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senalc/) * (@senalc) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5855913) * Usually HTTPS will require additional effort both on client and server to establish the connection, and to do encryption / decryption of transmited/recieved data. * Moreover , HTTPS is not cachable, so resources and page will be requested over again on each page or each request. So it will be slower. * It worked fine on my wp 4.1.1 only problem (i could detect so far) is with google map that i used on some of my pages, it gives error “API had to be access over SSL” or something, so i have to use https on each page where i use google api to fix this. May be settings from google a/c can fix this?? haven’t tried that yet. * Sena * [Melkham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melkham/) * (@melkham) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5855965) * even me . i have the same experience in my wordpress 4.1. https plugin is working fine but the loadtime is 10X more then the normal page. its really dammed slow * if u disable the plugin ,you will backto your normal speed Please try to find a solution to this issue . * Mohamed * [joewcarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joewcarson/) * (@joewcarson) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856008) * definitely slowing my site down big time too. CitySpeakEZ.com * Anyone have any solutions or alternatives? * thanks! * [martindouglasj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martindouglasj/) * (@martindouglasj) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856034) * Same here. Ran P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) and this plugin was identified as causing the most trouble with performance. I want to serve the entire site via HTTPS, and while this plugin makes that very easy, the performance losses are weighing in pretty heavily. * I’m looking for alternative options as well. * [SeattleLion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seattlelion/) * (@seattlelion) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856067) * I’ve had the same problem with this plugin. It drastically slowed the site down. If I don’t use it, I get mixed content warnings. I wonder if there is any way to convert the http images to https? That’s the problem with my site. * [AlanRoddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanroddy/) * (@alanroddy) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856068) * As Sena said, HTTPS slows down site response times, due to the extra workload caused by encryption/decryption etc. When I turn off forcing HTTPS using the plugin, the site loads twice as fast, even with the plugin enabled. Don’t think it’s a plugin issue * [jaffray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaffray/) * (@jaffray) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856069) * Since version 4.4: `PHP Notice: force_ssl_login is deprecated since version 4.4! Use force_ssl_admin() instead. in /var/www/choiceomg.com/ wp-includes/functions.php` * I am working on a way to spead up the site while retaining HTTPS and will share my findings. Hopefully this means that the new 4.4 does what we all want. * I have been using it with memcached and APC as well as W3TC so my site is not tool slow. I’ll post my results when I’m done. * Moderator [Bet Hannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethannon1/) * (@bethannon1) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856070) * If you don’t need to have SSL only on certain pages, I think you could manually make the changes to .htaccess and wp-config.php with these instructions. (At least I’m going to give them a try!) * [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-ssl-and-https-in-wordpress/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-ssl-and-https-in-wordpress/) * [Duncan Michael-MacGregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duckonwater/) * (@duckonwater) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856074) * Same issue here, going to use .htaccess to handle SSL. That link Bet shared is a good tut on how to do this. * Also, check your wp-config.php file, some hosts require you put in port specific code, e.g.: * ``` if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https') { $_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on'; $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] = 443; } ``` * Moderator [Bet Hannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethannon1/) * (@bethannon1) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856075) * Hi Duncan! Thanks for that bit! I haven’t needed it, but others might! * Reporting back that I’ve been able to successfully use the relatively simple instructions on the tutorial to get SSL working on a couple of sites now. * Any more, in general, when I can do something without a plugin, I’m finding that helps with site performance. 🙂 * [Duncan Michael-MacGregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duckonwater/) * (@duckonwater) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856076) * Hey Bet, that’s great to hear! To confirm, you are using the .htaccess method? * Totally agree about the plugins, as a rule we try and use as little as possible. * Moderator [Bet Hannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethannon1/) * (@bethannon1) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856077) * Yes, change urls in Settings-General, .htaccess and in wp-config: * `define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);` * [Duncan Michael-MacGregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duckonwater/) * (@duckonwater) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856078) * Thanks for sharing. Cool, same setup we use 🙂 Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Plugin slows site down’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wordpress-https_bec2c9.svg) * [WordPress HTTPS (SSL)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/reviews/) ## Tags * [slow site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/slow-site/) * 14 replies * 11 participants * Last reply from: [Duncan Michael-MacGregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duckonwater/) * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slows-site-down-1/#post-5856078) * Status: not resolved