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  • November 17, 2015 at 9:38 pm #537646
    hotelpetit

    We are experiencing performance issues on our new Enfold website. PHP memory is 128M, I thought this would be enough. Can we expect significant performance improvements if we get 256M, or even 512M? Any other important requirements we should be aware of? Eg SQL version, or other? Tks!!

    November 17, 2015 at 10:25 pm #537660
    Basilis

    Hi Flavio!

    That should be enough!
    Can you please name us your issues, so we can see if they are hostinf related?
    Enfold does uses the same versions that WordPress use, so as long as the server runs WordPress it should be running enfold also!

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    November 18, 2015 at 12:11 am #537717
    hotelpetit

    Hi Basilis

    Well…the issue is that the web site is visibly sloooow.

    I am then using Google PageSpeed Insights to get a score https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http:/

    I tested one of the “heavy” pages on our production web site and ti gets a desktop score of 53/100 on our production site, while on the test server the same content has a score of 45/100

    Now, if I change the theme of the test site to “twenty fifteen” the score jumps from 45/100 to 73/100 for the same “content” (ie. shortcodes displayed as text, no scripts). Same server = same environment, only difference is that Enfold scripts are not triggered.

    It’s clear that Enfold’s is affecting the performance… now, let’s be clear. I’m happy with Enfold, I just want to get the right environment to support it, if needed I’m prepared to change the provider.

    I’m writing some links in the private area, that might help you give me some suggestions.

    Tks! Flavio

    November 18, 2015 at 8:27 pm #538530
    hotelpetit

    Hi again…

    I realized a lot could be done, just by changing the setup of my cache plugin (WP Super Cache) where the “default” settings are far too conservative. I also installed WP-Rocket (it costs a few bucks but performance is a must) on the test site and making some evaluation.

    My hosting is also moving my site to a “better performing” machine, so I guess you can close this thread, hopefully it can help others.

    Just a final question :-) My hosting provider offers 128M PHP memory as a max unless I move to a very expensive dedicated machine, but I have another site on another provider that offers some plans with 256M and even 512M PHP memory at a reasonable price. Do you think such a relevant increase in the size of the memory would have a visible impact on Enfold’s performance? Or we are just speaking small marginals?? I would not even consider to think moving unless I have some grounds for believing it would be worth while the hassle ;-)

    Thanks for now. Bye!

    November 18, 2015 at 9:46 pm #538563
    cherrmann

    Do you use many plugins? If not, 128MB should be far enough. If yes, switching to 256MB could(!) be useful, BUT let’s say you are on a shared platform with another 149 users, you should better stay with 128MB on machine with just 29 other users. So this all depends on your individual environment and usage. Also I read not so good things about WP-Rocket, just to say.
    You could try a plugin like WP-Memory-Usage to check how much memory you use.

    November 18, 2015 at 10:44 pm #538580
    hotelpetit

    Thanks for all the clarifications, and for suggesting WP-memory-Usage (nice plugin). We are actually using ca. 50% of the PHP Memory, so that should not be an issue :-)

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