.htaccess makes Admin Dashboard very very slow

Hi,

Today I suddenly find the WordPress Admin dashboard is very very slow. It takes about 60s or more to access the post list, plugin list, etc. Or will just show an time-out error.

I try the following methods:

1. Restart Apache service.
2. Restart server.
3. Change PHP.ini settings.

But all not working. Finally I do the following steps:

1. Rename .htaccess to .htaccess.backup.
2. Then the dashboard is fast. But WP Rocket complains that it cannot access .htaccess. Note: Based on my test, after renaming .htaccess, I must access a page and see a WP Rocket complaint message, then go to step 3 will solve the issue. If Skip step 2, then the speed will not change.
3. Rename .htaccess.backup to .htaccess.

Then the dashboard is still fast, though the contents of .htaccess have never been changed.

Why? I cannot understand why a rename of .htaccess temporarliy can solve the issue permanently, even if the .htaccess contents are actually not changed at all.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by chcw.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by chcw.

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