Comments on: Slow comments in WordPress http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Vlad http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-117428 Vlad Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:03:02 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-117428 Hey, I have the same problem and I found your post on google. It's almost 2 years since this was posted but did you find a solution? Thanks Hey,
I have the same problem and I found your post on google. It’s almost 2 years since this was posted but did you find a solution? Thanks

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-58040 Michele Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:08:58 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-58040 My own blog has suffered from similar issues in the past and it's on one of my personal servers with plenty of memory and very little else... A lot of the plugins and anti-spam measures can slow down comments etc, considerably, as each and every request not only involves several SQL queries but a number of DNS lookups and other processes. My own blog has suffered from similar issues in the past and it’s on one of my personal servers with plenty of memory and very little else…
A lot of the plugins and anti-spam measures can slow down comments etc, considerably, as each and every request not only involves several SQL queries but a number of DNS lookups and other processes.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56475 dahamsta Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:05:35 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56475 Create a cron job to simulate the Delete All button once a day. You can probably just run a query on the database, but you might want to look at the source code of the publin first, just in case. Create a cron job to simulate the Delete All button once a day. You can probably just run a query on the database, but you might want to look at the source code of the publin first, just in case.

]]> By: John Handelaar http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56397 John Handelaar Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:08:05 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56397 Shared database server could do with some more memory, I think. That sort of table size shouldn't be big enough to drag a site. Put another way - what happens when you actually have 10,000 comments? Shared database server could do with some more memory, I think. That sort of table size shouldn’t be big enough to drag a site.

Put another way - what happens when you actually have 10,000 comments?

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56157 Tom Raftery Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:09:36 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56157 Back up at several hundred spams already - the spammers seem to be busy tonight! Thank God for Akismet - I'll just have to be more diligent about emptying it in future. Back up at several hundred spams already - the spammers seem to be busy tonight! Thank God for Akismet - I’ll just have to be more diligent about emptying it in future.

]]> By: Ken McGuire http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56148 Ken McGuire Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:58:41 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56148 Had noticed that in particular about your site. Hope it was the akisment storage though, handy to know for future reference. Had noticed that in particular about your site. Hope it was the akisment storage though, handy to know for future reference.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56077 dahamsta Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56077 Hmmm, that one went through faster now. Odd. Hmmm, that one went through faster now. Odd.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56076 dahamsta Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:29:26 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56076 Still pretty slow here Tom, 5 seconds or so I'd guess. Firefox 2 on Windows XP. As I mentioned to you by email, this is invariably a pingback problem, but another possibility is multiple layers of spam/block protection. Still pretty slow here Tom, 5 seconds or so I’d guess. Firefox 2 on Windows XP. As I mentioned to you by email, this is invariably a pingback problem, but another possibility is multiple layers of spam/block protection.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56070 dahamsta Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:25:53 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/slow-comments-in-wordpress/#comment-56070 Test! Test!

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