WordPress - don't use plugin WP-PostRatings on large sites

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by archard, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    Just a heads up. My site had been slowing down considerably lately and even crashing at times due to high server loads. After trying to diagnose the problem with no luck I decided to disable the WP-PostRatings plugin I had installed and like a miracle all the problems my server had been having cleared up. The little bastard was just using so many resources the server couldn't handle it.
     
    archard, Sep 11, 2007 IP
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  2. Pixelrage

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    #2
    thanks for posting this, I was actually just about to start using that plugin!
     
    Pixelrage, Sep 12, 2007 IP
  3. archard

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    I'm not saying you should stay away from it completely, but in my case I was using it heavily and it just bogged down my server so much.
     
    archard, Sep 12, 2007 IP
  4. usasportstraining

    usasportstraining Notable Member

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    #4
    Thanks for the headsup! :)
     
    usasportstraining, Sep 12, 2007 IP
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    #5
    thanks and this is good,

    but actually it depends on the plugins what do you really use :)
     
    Sabr!na, Sep 16, 2007 IP
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    I will test my blog,thanks
     
    jpfree, Sep 17, 2007 IP
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    How much traffic were you getting? What do you class as high traffic?
     
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  8. archard

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    I was getting about 15-20k page views, and about 2000 unique per day.
     
    archard, Sep 17, 2007 IP