Important-Is Your WordPress Site SLOW ? - Here's Why & Here's The Fix With or WithOut a Cache Plugin

Genio · 10-14-2012, 11:30 AM

My site had really slowed down and in the end I found it to be attributed to changing my permalinks to:

/%postname%/

a better permalink structure is:

/posts/%postname%/

per WP Codex as explained here:

So really, don’t use just /%postname%/ as your permalink structure. | Digging into WordPress

and here:

Category in Permalinks Considered Harmful » Otto on WordPress

Using:

/posts/%postname%/

instead of:

/%postname%/

keeps the same link name structure,
but most of all is much faster per WP Rewrite rules,
in short, does not slow down your WordPress, My WP Admin
section had started to load really slow and my frontend site was
slow I was optimizing my databases and everything trying to figure
out the problem until I finally discovered this information.

And if one really wants speed in their backend Admin section it's best not to use a Custom Permalink at all and just stick with the WP defaulf permalink structure:

http://YourSite.com/?p=123

It's less parsing on WordPress part and direct to the Page ID, thus direct to the Page, you can test the difference in speed by simply going to the Post or Page section and clicking "Add New" page or post, you will see the difference.

According to the article the whole thing about a custom permalink helping SEO is not true, besides you always have your title for that, as for me I prefer to have my site faster on the frontend and the backend.

And if you must insist on running a Cache Plugin, the below Cache Plugin works even with WordPress Permalinks Default setting, ex.: http://YourSite.com/?p=123

WordPress › WordPress Tiniest Super Cache « WordPress Plugins (World's Tiniest Super Cache)

Combining the two changes, first in your Permalink structure and then the addition of World's Tiniest Super Cache FREE plugin you are going to notice eye-blinking speed in your website and most importantly in your backend Admin section when you go to click "Add New" post or page, the way WordPress was suppose to operate, maybe that explains why the original "Default" permalink setting works faster, it's WordPress original design setting, all other Permalink settings require more parsing on WordPress's part and it a intensive parsing process (read the above articles for a better explaination).

Then you can use the two Speed BenchMark Services to test before and after, with a cache plugin and without, either way just changing your Permalink structure from %postname%/ to /posts/%postname%/ or even the even faster default of http://YourSite.com/?p=123 you are going to notice a significant change in speed in the frontend and and backend of your website:

Pingdom Tools

WebPagetest - Website Performance and Optimization Test

Blu-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha !
Genio
"The Marketing Scientist"

10-14-2012, 11:30 AM	#1
Genio Banned War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 42 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 61 Thanked 92 Times in 69 Posts	Important-Is Your WordPress Site SLOW ? - Here's Why & Here's The Fix With or WithOut a Cache Plugin My site had really slowed down and in the end I found it to be attributed to changing my permalinks to: /%postname%/ a better permalink structure is: /posts/%postname%/ per WP Codex as explained here: So really, don’t use just /%postname%/ as your permalink structure. \| Digging into WordPress and here: Category in Permalinks Considered Harmful » Otto on WordPress Using: /posts/%postname%/ instead of: /%postname%/ keeps the same link name structure, but most of all is much faster per WP Rewrite rules, in short, does not slow down your WordPress, My WP Admin section had started to load really slow and my frontend site was slow I was optimizing my databases and everything trying to figure out the problem until I finally discovered this information. And if one really wants speed in their backend Admin section it's best not to use a Custom Permalink at all and just stick with the WP defaulf permalink structure: http://YourSite.com/?p=123 It's less parsing on WordPress part and direct to the Page ID, thus direct to the Page, you can test the difference in speed by simply going to the Post or Page section and clicking "Add New" page or post, you will see the difference. According to the article the whole thing about a custom permalink helping SEO is not true, besides you always have your title for that, as for me I prefer to have my site faster on the frontend and the backend. And if you must insist on running a Cache Plugin, the below Cache Plugin works even with WordPress Permalinks Default setting, ex.: http://YourSite.com/?p=123 WordPress › WordPress Tiniest Super Cache « WordPress Plugins (World's Tiniest Super Cache) Combining the two changes, first in your Permalink structure and then the addition of World's Tiniest Super Cache FREE plugin you are going to notice eye-blinking speed in your website and most importantly in your backend Admin section when you go to click "Add New" post or page, the way WordPress was suppose to operate, maybe that explains why the original "Default" permalink setting works faster, it's WordPress original design setting, all other Permalink settings require more parsing on WordPress's part and it a intensive parsing process (read the above articles for a better explaination). Then you can use the two Speed BenchMark Services to test before and after, with a cache plugin and without, either way just changing your Permalink structure from %postname%/ to /posts/%postname%/ or even the even faster default of http://YourSite.com/?p=123 you are going to notice a significant change in speed in the frontend and and backend of your website: Pingdom Tools WebPagetest - Website Performance and Optimization Test Blu-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha ! Genio "The Marketing Scientist"