Layerd Nav Widget Queries killing our site since updating to 2.6

We updated from 2.5.5 to 2.6.2 on 5 Jul and since then our site has been maxing out memory and entry processes.

The query monitor plugin shows several queries all related to the layered nav widget that are slowing things down.

Our shop sidebar has 16 layered nav widgets (some are category-specific so not all show on every category) so this is all adding up.
I’ve recounted the terms in System tools. At a loss how to fix.

I’m going remove most of the layered nav widgets to get the site back stable. But we may need to roll back WooCommerce to 2.5.5.

Below is an example of the queries for each widget that are slowing things down.

SELECT COUNT( DISTINCT wp_posts.ID ) as term_count, terms.term_id as term_count_id
FROM wp_posts
INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships AS term_relationships
ON wp_posts.ID = term_relationships.object_id
INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS term_taxonomy USING( term_taxonomy_id )
INNER JOIN wp_terms AS terms USING( term_id )
INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships
ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_term_relationships.object_id)
INNER JOIN wp_postmeta
ON ( wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id )
INNER JOIN wp_postmeta AS mt1
ON ( wp_posts.ID = mt1.post_id )
WHERE wp_posts.post_type IN ( 'product' )
AND wp_posts.post_status = 'publish'
AND ( wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id IN (126) )
AND ( ( wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_visibility'
AND CAST(wp_postmeta.meta_value AS CHAR) IN ('visible','catalog') )
AND ( mt1.meta_key = '_stock_status'
AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'instock' ) )
AND terms.term_id IN (91,115,188,147,92,183,18,191,223,119,451,257,187,221,219,220,41,51,190,30,186,170)
GROUP BY terms.term_id

System Status Report Below

### WordPress Environment ###

Home URL: https://www.butterflysilver.com.au
Site URL: https://www.butterflysilver.com.au
WC Version: 2.6.2
Log Directory Writable: ?
WP Version: 4.5.3
WP Multisite: –
WP Memory Limit: 512 MB
WP Debug Mode: –
WP Cron: –
Language: en_AU

### Server Environment ###

Server Info: LiteSpeed
PHP Version: 5.6.23
PHP Post Max Size: 64 MB
PHP Time Limit: 300
PHP Max Input Vars: 1000
cURL Version: 7.36.0
OpenSSL/1.0.1e

SUHOSIN Installed: –
Max Upload Size: 64 MB
Default Timezone is UTC: ?
fsockopen/cURL: ?
SoapClient: ?
DOMDocument: ?
GZip: ?
Multibyte String: ?
Remote Post: ?
Remote Get: ?

### Database ###

WC Database Version: 2.6.2
:
woocommerce_sessions: ?
woocommerce_api_keys: ?
woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies: ?
woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions: ?
woocommerce_order_items: ?
woocommerce_order_itemmeta: ?
woocommerce_tax_rates: ?
woocommerce_tax_rate_locations: ?
woocommerce_shipping_zones: ?
woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations: ?
woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods: ?
woocommerce_payment_tokens: ?
woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta: ?

### Active Plugins (38) ###

Query Monitor: by John Blackbourn – 2.11.1
Affiliate Tracking Pixel: by Prideglobe – 1.0.0
CloudFlare: by Ian Pye
Jerome Chen
James Greene
Simon Moore
David Fritsch
John Wineman (CloudFlare Team) – 1.3.24

Envato WordPress Toolkit: by Envato – 1.7.3
Gravity Forms: by rocketgenius – 2.0.2
Heartbeat Control: by Jeff Matson – 1.0.3
IgniteWoo Updater: by Ignition – 2.1.3
Instant Search + for WooCommerce Search: by Fast Simon Inc – 1.5.5
MailChimp for WordPress: by ibericode – 3.1.11
Nextend Facebook Connect: by Roland Soos – 1.5.9
Query Strings Remover: by Atul Kumar Pandey – 1.0
Regenerate Thumbnails: by Alex Mills (Viper007Bond) – 2.2.6
Search By SKU - for Woocommerce: by Matthew Lawson – 0.6.1
SEO Redirection: by Fakhri Alsadi – 3.6

WooCommerce Checkout Field Editor: by WooThemes – 1.4.10
WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing: by Lucas Stark – 2.11.1
WooCommerce eWAY Payment Gateway: by WooThemes – 3.1.9
WooCommerce PayPal Express Checkout Gateway: by Automattic/WooCommerce – 1.0.4
WooCommerce Google Analytics Integration: by WooThemes – 1.4.0
WooCommerce Order Status Manager: by  – 2.6
WooCommerce Product Add-ons: by WooThemes – 2.7.19 – 2.7.20 is available
WooCommerce Product CSV Import Suite: by WooThemes – 1.10.10
WooCommerce Smart Coupons: by WooThemes – 3.1.1
WooCommerce - Store Exporter Deluxe: by Visser Labs – 2.1.4
WooCommerce Tab Manager: by WooThemes / SkyVerge – 1.6.1
WooCommerce: by WooThemes – 2.6.2
WooSidebars: by WooThemes – 1.4.3
WooThemes Helper: by WooThemes – 1.6.2
Wordfence Security: by Wordfence – 6.1.10
Yoast SEO: by Team Yoast – 3.3.4
WP All Import Pro: by Soflyy – 4.3.1
WP Maintenance Mode: by Designmodo – 2.0.7
WP-Optimize: by Ruhani Rabin – 1.9.1
WP All Import - WooCommerce Add-On Pro: by Soflyy – 2.3.0
YITH WooCommerce Wishlist: by YITHEMES – 2.0.16

### Settings ###

Force SSL: ?
Currency: AUD ($)
Currency Position: left
Thousand Separator: ,
Decimal Separator: .
Number of Decimals: 2

### API ###

API Enabled: ?

### WC Pages ###

Shop Base: #347591 - /shop/
Basket: #347592 - /cart/
Checkout: #347593 - /checkout/
My Account: #347594 - /my-account/

### Taxonomies ###

Product Types: bundle (bundle)
external (external)
grouped (grouped)
simple (simple)
variable (variable)

### Theme ###

Name: Flatsome Child Theme
Version: 2.5
Author URL: http:%20//www.uxthemes.com/
Child Theme: ?
Parent Theme Name: Flatsome
Parent Theme Version: 2.9.5.1
Parent Theme Author URL: https://www.uxthemes.com/
WooCommerce Support: ?

### Templates ###

Overrides: flatsome/woocommerce/archive-product.php
flatsome/woocommerce/cart/cart.php
flatsome/woocommerce/cart/proceed-to-checkout-button.php
flatsome/woocommerce/checkout/form-checkout.php
flatsome/woocommerce/content-product.php
flatsome/woocommerce/content-product_cat.php
flatsome/woocommerce/content-single-product.php
flatsome-child/woocommerce/emails/email-styles.php
flatsome/woocommerce/global/breadcrumb.php
flatsome/woocommerce/global/wrapper-end.php
flatsome/woocommerce/global/wrapper-start.php
flatsome/woocommerce/loop/loop-end.php
flatsome/woocommerce/loop/loop-start.php
flatsome/woocommerce/loop/orderby.php
flatsome/woocommerce/loop/pagination.php
flatsome/woocommerce/loop/sale-flash.php
flatsome/woocommerce/myaccount/form-login.php
flatsome/woocommerce/myaccount/navigation.php
flatsome/woocommerce/notices/error.php
flatsome/woocommerce/notices/success.php
flatsome/product-searchform.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/add-to-cart/grouped.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/add-to-cart/simple.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/add-to-cart/variable.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/add-to-cart/variation-add-to-cart-button.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/price.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/product-image.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/product-thumbnails.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/related.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/review.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/sale-flash.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/share.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/short-description.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/tabs/additional-information.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/tabs/description.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/tabs/tabs.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/title.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product/up-sells.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product-reviews.php
flatsome/woocommerce/single-product.php

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