Title: WordPress Site is Slow
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Site is Slow

 *  [bluethundr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluethundr/)
 * (@bluethundr)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-is-slow/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m attempting to load balance my wordpress site. I’m on wordpress 4.2.7.
 * I’m running my site through varnish cache and HAProxy. I notice when I run the
   site through HAProxy I’m getting 504 timeout errors on the site intermittently
 * Here’s the timeouts I have set on haproxy, which seem reasonable to me:
 *     ```
       timeout connect 12000
           timeout server 20000
           timeout client 20000
       ```
   
 * I also have a mediawiki site running through the same setup. That’s fine. It’s
   just the wordpress site that times out with 504 errors with this setting.
 * If I raise the timeouts to this in the haproxy config:
 *     ```
       timeout connect 24000
           timeout server 40000
           timeout client 40000
       ```
   
 * The site will work, but it’s apparently still slow. For now I’ve put only one
   web server into the varnish config while I troubleshoot this.
 * This is the site in question:
 * [http://beta.jokefire.com/](http://beta.jokefire.com/)
 * How can I troubleshoot a slow performing wordpress site?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Randy Sandberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randywsandberg/)
 * (@randywsandberg)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-is-slow/#post-7310153)
 * First and foremost I would temporarily disable ALL of your active plugins AND
   switch to a default (i.e, Twenty series) theme just to rule out the idea that
   the performance hit is coming from some kind of 3rd party incompatibility.
 * I would also test without the load balancer being involved. Just your host, your
   WordPress site, and your browsers of choice to test with. I am assuming you’ve
   made sure the slowness you’re seeing isn’t just a client issue, right?
 * Be sure also to completely wipe the cache of the browsers you’re using to test
   with. Oh, and why WordPress 4.2.7? Might I suggest for a myriad of reasons to
   bump up to the latest version. 🙂
 * P.S., If you find that you still are having slowdowns after doing all of the 
   above then I would most certainly engage with your host provider’s support department.
   Just be sure to be able to clearly define “slow performing” and have reproducible
   steps.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Randy Sandberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randywsandberg/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-is-slow/#post-7310153)
 * Status: not resolved

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