Geodirectory causing high server load

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  • February 9, 2016 at 7:33 am #119807

    adele
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    Hi guys,

    Our site keeps going down and our host has identified the problem as being caused by the Geodirectory plugins causing the server load to keep going up to 100%. In particular, the core plugin and the Location Manager plugin. The site is also very slow – https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.plasticsurgeryhub.com.au/TsclRGLo

    We are on a VPS with the following specs:
    70GB SSD
    150 GB Bandwith
    5GB RAM

    PHP Version 5.6.17
    MySQL Version 5.6.28

    February 9, 2016 at 9:54 am #119813

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
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    Hi Adele,

    Pass me wp-admin and FTP and i’ll take a look at your setup to see if i can identify anything.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    February 9, 2016 at 10:51 am #119849

    adele
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    February 9, 2016 at 7:17 pm #120102

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    You do have lots of plugins active, i did a test with GD plugins active and the load time to finish (including JS) was 16 seconds, with all GD plugins deactivated it was still 12 seconds, the Time To First Byte (TTFB) is still relatively high which is the sheer amount of code having to be processed. The way to look at plugins is “Can i do it without a plugin” this will always be the fastest option.

    That being said GD is taking a bit of time to do it’s stuff, this could be a poor processor speed of the hosting or maybe a bottle neck somewhere in your setup, i am going to make a plugin to see if i can narrow it down, so please leave the login the same for now but try and remove any plugins you might not need.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    February 10, 2016 at 6:19 am #120328

    adele
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    Hi Stiofan

    Thanks, I have disabled some of the other plugins that are non-essential. I have also just been made aware that someone was sending large amounts of traffic to the homepage (in a misguided attempt at SEO) and I think this is a big part of the problem. They have now stopped sending the traffic although there may still be some trickling through.

    Cheers
    Adele

    February 10, 2016 at 11:31 am #120429

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    Thanks for letting us know, the side seems to be about 1/3 faster now compared to my tests yesterday. We will be reviewing all our plugins in the next few weeks to see if we can speed things up, and i will keep your case in mind as even my test site which has about 12x more listing that your site uses a lot less resources and loading time.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

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