We switched themes at alaskapublic.org to TagDiv’s newspaper theme on Saturday. Immediately after turning off our maintenance plugin, which only allowed users logged into the WordPress site to see content, the site became incredibly slow. With some digging, we found that our server load was between 7 and 25.
We had issues with our security plugin, Securi, which handles malware scanning. Those were resolved yesterday. The sever load has come down to between 2 and 3 pretty consistently (sometimes as high as 7).
Previous to switching the theme, sever load and response time was not an issue. We’ve run it through Google PageSpeed insights and scored 0/100. We’re using the smushing plugin tonight to compress our images.
Our server is within the suggested parameters.
Any suggestions or insights why this theme would cause such a high sever load? We’re a news site with a cycle which includes reporters posting stories every evening, and as it stands the load time of the site is unbearable.
Thanks for your help!
Hello,
You will need to optimize your install a bit. First by following these guides:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/
And for the page speed: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
A note on the speedbooster plugin: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tinymce-advanced-and-other-various-disabling-speed-boster/
I hope this helps.
Thank you!
