Title: Search delay
Last modified: November 9, 2024

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# Search delay

 *  [tphamdev12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tphamdev12/)
 * (@tphamdev12)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-delay-2/)
 * Hello,
 * We have been used your plugin for a year. Your plugin is really amazing. However,
   the search bar is too slow to display the results. Can you test it out on my 
   website? Ex, arnicare, camilia…
 * Is there a way we can improve the search run faster? Does using the your pro 
   version help? If yes, we are willing to buy your pro version because search faster
   really helps for user experience.
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsearch-delay-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [wpdreams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdreams/)
 * (@wpdreams)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-delay-2/#post-18124545)
 * Hi!
 * Thank you so much for your kind words!
 * I noticed that an empty request to your site’s WordPress ajax handler takes over
   4.5 seconds to load – that indicates some sort of a server side issue. You can
   try that via [opening this link](https://www.boironusa.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php),
   it should almost immediately print a “0”, but instead it takes almost 5 seconds
   to load. That is causing the delay unfortunately. The search finishes almost 
   instantly, but this delay adds up to the response time.
 * This should be investigated as this handler is used across all of wordpress for
   various tasks.
 * These issues are quite hard to debug, but I have a few suggestions that you should
   definitely try. After each suggestion try reloading the link above to see how
   the response time changes. If you find the culprit, you should see a massive 
   difference:
    - First check your .htaccess file in the root directory for any weird redirections
      or suspicious rules
    - Plugins can greatly affect this as well, if there is a task hanging during
      the request. The best course of action is turning them off one-by-one and 
      checking how the response time changes. If you are lucky, after deactivating
      a few you may find which one might be at fault
    - If you have any custom code snippets make sure to turn them off as well – 
      any tiny mistake could lead to a massive delay.
    - If still no luck, then temporarily switch the theme to the default to see 
      if anything changes. I have seen that happen before.
 * Swithing to the paid version is not going to help here as the issue is somewhere
   else. In case you are interested in Pro, please use [this link to contact us](https://ajaxsearchpro.com/contact/),
   as it is not allowed to discuss the paid versions in these forums (by forum rules).
 * I hope this helps!
 * All the best,
   Ernest
 *  Plugin Author [wpdreams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdreams/)
 * (@wpdreams)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-delay-2/#post-18124553)
 * I forgot to mention – the same delay can be observed when you go to the products
   page and use “add to cart” on any item, it uses the same principle.
 * All the best,
   Ernest

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