Resource usage on a dev site

[Gil Poulsen]

Hi, just wanted to run this info by you folks. I have a dev site running TEC, latest version and complete system info is below. Right now, the A record of the default URL (ndmag.com) is pointing to our current host as we prepare to move the site to GoDaddy Enterprise business hosting (dedicated server with 4GB RAM). In doing some plugin/performance testing prior to launch, I noticed that with TEC/TEC Pro enabled, the total plugin load time was over 3.5 sec. and there were 579 SQL queries made. With those plugins disabled, the queries dropped to 80 and the plugin load time to less than 3/10 of a second. And that’s with no visitors ;-( See attached screen shots. Now I am starting to wonder if the whole reason for us need gin to go from SiteGround shared hosting at $7/mo. to GoDaddy enterprise hosing at $50/mo. is because of the TEC plugins. Are you folks working on any performance improvement to address this? I am loathe to move to another plugin for our event calendaring as we like all the features and options, but still… If you can shed any light on this it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

HOME URL
http://ndmag.com
SITE URL
http://ndmag.com
SITE LANGUAGE
English
CHARACTER SET
UTF-8
NAME
Gil Poulsen
EMAIL
[email protected]
INSTALL KEYS
events-calendar-pro = 3020################################caed
WORDPRESS VERSION
4.7.3
PHP VERSION
5.6.27
PHP
max_execution_time = 600
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 512M
post_max_size = 64M
display_errors =
log_errors = 1
SERVER
Apache
SAPI
cgi-fcgi
PLUGINS
ManageWP – Worker version 4.2.16 by ManageWP(https://managewp.com)
Add Meta Tags version 2.11.3 by George Notaras(http://www.g-loaded.eu/)
AddToAny Share Buttons version 1.7.8 by AddToAny(https://www.addtoany.com/)
AdRotate version 4.1 by Arnan de Gans(http://ajdg.solutions/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=plugin-info&utm_source=adrotate-free)
Advanced Excerpt version 4.2.3 by Delicious Brains(http://deliciousbrains.com/)
Advanced Post Manager version 4.4 by Modern Tribe, Inc.(http://m.tri.be/4n)
Anti-spam version 4.3 by webvitaly(http://web-profile.com.ua/wordpress/plugins/)
Caldera Forms version 1.5.0.7 by CalderaWP(http://CalderaLabs.org)
Custom Meta Widget version 1.4.8 by bitacre(http://shinraholdings.com/)
Duplicate Post version 3.2 by Enrico Battocchi(https://lopo.it)
Envira Gallery version 1.6.0.2 by Envira Gallery Team(http://enviragallery.com)
Restaurant Add-Ons version 1.9.0 by Boxy Studio(http://boxystudio.com)
Event Rocket version 3.3 by Barry Hughes(http://codingkills.me)
The Events Calendar PRO version 4.4.5 by Modern Tribe, Inc.(http://m.tri.be/20)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights version 6.1.6 by MonsterInsights(https://www.monsterinsights.com/)
Official Add to Homescreen version 1.1.3 by Matteo Spinelli(http://cubiq.org)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) version 1.5.3.9 by GoDaddy.com(http://www.godaddy.com/)
The Events Calendar version 4.4.5 by Modern Tribe, Inc.(http://m.tri.be/1x)
TinyMCE Advanced version 4.4.3 by Andrew Ozz(http://www.laptoptips.ca/)
UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore version 1.12.40 by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson(https://updraftplus.com)
The Events Calendar: Venue/Organizer Shortcodes version 1.0 by Modern Tribe, Inc(http://theeventscalendar.com)
WP-Optimize version 2.1.1 by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft(https://updraftplus.com)
WP Smush version 2.6.2 by WPMU DEV(http://premium.wpmudev.org/)
NETWORK PLUGINS
–
MU PLUGINS
ManageWP – Worker Loader by ManageWP(https://managewp.com)
p3-profiler.php
THEME
Espresso Child
MULTISITE
–
SETTINGS
recurring_events_are_hidden = exposed
tribeEventsTemplate =
tribeEventsBeforeHTML =
tribeEventsAfterHTML =
previous_ecp_versions =
Array
(
[0] => 0
[1] => 3.9.1
[2] => 3.9.2
[3] => 3.9.3
[4] => 3.12.6
[5] => 4.0
[6] => 4.0.1
[7] => 4.0.4
[8] => 4.0.5
[9] => 4.0.6
[10] => 4.0.7
[11] => 4.1.0.1
[12] => 4.1.1
[13] => 4.1.1.1
[14] => 4.1.2
[15] => 4.1.3
[16] => 4.1.4
[17] => 4.2
[18] => 4.2.1
[19] => 4.2.1.1
[20] => 4.2.2
[21] => 4.2.3
[22] => 4.2.4
[23] => 4.2.5
[24] => 4.2.6
[25] => 4.2.7
[26] => 4.3
[27] => 4.3.0.1
[28] => 4.3.1.1
[29] => 4.3.2
[30] => 4.3.3
[31] => 4.3.4.1
[32] => 4.3.4.2
[33] => 4.3.5
[34] => 4.4.0.1
[35] => 4.4.1.1
[36] => 4.4.2
[37] => 4.4.3
[38] => 4.4.4
)
latest_ecp_version = 4.4.5
last-update-message = 3.12.6
earliest_date = 2017-01-12 17:00:00
latest_date = 2017-09-23 23:30:00
viewOption = day
donate-link =
postsPerPage = 10
liveFiltersUpdate = 1
showComments =
showEventsInMainLoop =
eventsSlug = events
singleEventSlug = event
multiDayCutoff = 02:00
defaultCurrencySymbol = $
reverseCurrencyPosition =
embedGoogleMaps = 1
embedGoogleMapsZoom = 15
debugEvents = 1
stylesheetOption = tribe
tribeEnableViews =
Array
(
[0] => list
[1] => month
[2] => week
[3] => day
[4] => map
[5] => photo
)
tribeDisableTribeBar =
monthEventAmount = 3
dateWithYearFormat = F j, Y
dateWithoutYearFormat = F j
monthAndYearFormat = F Y
dateTimeSeparator = @
timeRangeSeparator = –
datepickerFormat = 1
defaultValueReplace = 1
disable_metabox_custom_fields = show
pro-schema-version = 4.4.5
hideLocationSearch = 1
hideRelatedEvents =
weekDayFormat = D jS
eventsDefaultOrganizerID =
eventsDefaultVenueID = 0
eventsDefaultAddress =
eventsDefaultCity =
eventsDefaultState = NJ
eventsDefaultProvince =
eventsDefaultZip =
defaultCountry =
Array
(
[0] => US
[1] => United States
)
eventsDefaultPhone =
tribeEventsCountries =
events_filters_layout = vertical
events_filters_default_state = open
hideSubsequentRecurrencesDefault = 1
userToggleSubsequentRecurrences =
recurrenceMaxMonthsBefore = 1
recurrenceMaxMonthsAfter = 3
geoloc_default_geofence = 25
geoloc_default_unit = miles
schema-version = 4.4.5
pue_install_key_tribe_filterbar = 6068################################c2ab
week_view_hide_weekends =
enable_month_view_cache =
earliest_date_markers =
Array
(
[0] => 17542
)
latest_date_markers =
Array
(
[0] => 24064
)
mobile_default_view = default
google_maps_js_api_key = AIzaSyBxBWh3HtUPSb4hdKFKhi5kgqvpX4lBOrw
last-update-message-the-events-calendar = 4.4.5
WP TIMEZONE
America/New_York
WP GMT OFFSET
-4
SERVER TIMEZONE
UTC
WP DATE FORMAT
F j, Y
WP TIME FORMAT
g:i a
WEEK STARTS ON
–
COMMON LIBRARY DIR
/home/starnews/public_html/ndmag/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe
COMMON LIBRARY VERSION
4.4.5dev1

[Trisha]

Hi, Gil!

Thanks for reaching out! I can definitely appreciate your concern and performance is an area we are working to continually improve in.

While there is definitely an increase in workload when you add a more complex system like ours on top of WP there are definitely things that will mitigate that. For starters, the overall performance gains you will get with a VPS are worth the cost especially when you’re talking about your business.

We also have a number of very good articles on caching in our knowledgebase that might help explain some of the steps we’ve taken to address performance as well as some of the things you can do.

• Caching Basics
• Caching Month View Transients
• The Events Calendar Performance Considerations
• Some of our favorite plugins for developers

It looks like you’re using the P3 profiler for some of your data. P3 Profiler is probably not the best way to get an accurate view of the overall performance on your site. Its auto scan randomly selects some archive/tag pages and then tests them. It calls this the average for the site. Thus plugins which add lots of posts can be punished because it is more likely to include posts from that plugin. P3 in many cases completely ignores how optimized a plugin is.

Another great tool for performance testing is http://www.webpagetest.org. It will give you a ‘waterfall’ view and show you the load time for each page/plugin on your site. There are others but this is a good start without being too overwhelming.

I hope this helps, as always if you have any other questions or concerns feel free to reach out.

Cheers,
Trisha

 

 

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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