Events Calendar Pro slows down backend of site

[portsmouthpl]

For the past few months, the backend of my WordPress site has been pretty slow to access. After logging in, it takes between 6-11 seconds to load the dashboard. I have disabled all other plugins to check loading speeds, and it still loads slow. If I disable Events Cal Pro, it loads almost instantaneously. It’s a brand new server with plenty of resources allocated to this site, so it’s not hardware related.

I have gone back and removed all events prior to April 2016, and the problem still persists. I have optimized the tables on my db, repaired them, etc, and it’s still slow. I’ve ran Query Monitor’s to keep track of loading times and all signs point to ECP.

Is there anything else that can be done or do I just have to get used to it?

Thank you

[Hunter]

Hello,

Welcome to the forums and I am sorry to hear about the slow load times. I’d be happy to see if I can be of assistance.

We do have a few Knowledgebase articles pertaining to performance which I’ve provided links to below:

• The Events Calendar: Performance Considerations
• Caching month view HTML in transients
• Caching: What, when and how

With those out of the way, would you mind sharing your System Information as a private reply? Approximately how many events do you currently have listed on your site? Are you on a shared hosting environment? Do you currently have a caching plugin installed and activated on your site?

As you can tell, there are many questions and areas relating to performance, so it’s hard to give an exact answer. Respond back with as much information as possible and thank you for reaching out. Have a great rest of your day!

[portsmouthpl]

This reply is private.

[Hunter]

Hi and welcome back,

Thanks for sending that information over. I do wish I had a better answer for you, but with the amount of events you have, slow page load times may start to occur. Of course, there are ways to alleviate those page load speeds, but ultimately that is up to the site owner/manager/developer.

We have users with tens of thousands of events listed on their sites, so it is possible to maintain optimum load times while listing a good amount of events. With every environment being unique, it’s really hard to give you a precise answer on how to go about improving your speeds.

I would start by using speed testing metrics and see where the shortcomings are. Once you can identify those, you’ll have more information on how to go about addressing them. I know this isn’t exactly the answer you’re looking for, but my hands are tied in these types of support requests.

Best of luck and thank you for choosing PRO.

[Support Droid]

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