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Ask HN: Why is Wordpress getting slower and slower with each version

9 points by digamber_kamat ↗ HN
I have realised that wordress is getting slower and slower with every new version. The New Post use case takes around 29 seconds to fully load. And I have one of the fastest INTERNET connections.

What is the cause?

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dryicerx
That's like asking, why is my car slow when I am near one of the fastest highways...

Most likely reason is where you are hosting the wordpress app or the DB is slow and overloaded (guessing shared hosting?)

digamber_kamat
No. I am using wordpress.com services.

The problem I guess is with too many hooks and too much of javascript that is getting loaded. They should go for something like lazy loading I feel.

The editor in particular takes a lot of time. Wordpress is apparently aware of this problem and asks to install Google Gears to get it loaded faster.

jeffrydegrande
Don't confuse hooks (code) with lazy loading (data).
digamber_kamat
Not confused. I guess hooks take a lot of sever's CPU while the js and things on client side are not lazy loaded.
fcu_1
Use the firebug net panel to check which items are taking so long to transfer and load.
ionfish
On my (self-hosted) WordPress installation, loading the 'Add New Post' page takes under 1.5 seconds. When static files are cached, it takes well under a second.

Something is clearly wrong with either your connection to the server, or their server configuration (the former seems more likely).

jlk
This post had so much promise. I thought maybe we'd talk about database optimization or PHP modifications. Instead, I wager the OP is using IE7 on a Celeron-based laptop with 2GB of shared RAM, with a Yahoo toolbar and Norton.
babyboy808
Have been using Wordpress for a good while now and it's still as fast as ever
vsync
When you say you have a fast INTERNET connection do you mean it has high BANDWIDTH or low LATENCY?