Loading Woo only on specific pages – some unexpected bugs

Hi there @ppwebox ??

From what I gather, you are noticing performance issues on two sites where WooCommerce is installed.

Could you please share further details on the findings that relate to WooCommerce, and what tool(s) were used to measure performance?

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Hi Pepe

Thanks for chiming in. While this is rather a bug report, here’s a measurement from today on a highly optimized site with object cache and page cache in place.

wp profile hook –all –orderby=time –spotlight

With Woocommerce loaded on the front page:

total callback | time | query_time | query_count | cache_ratio

total (55) | 2.0337s | 0.0204s | 10 | 86.36%

Without Woocommerce loaded on the front page:

total callback | time | query_time | query_count | cache_ratio

total (31) | 0.893s | 0.0084s | 7 | 84.35%

Roughly 250% percent faster.

Hey, @ppwebox!

Thanks for sharing the information!

I’d like to understand your site properly so we can investigate this further and help you in the best way possible. Please share with us the necessary information below for us to investigate the issue further:

System Status Report which you can find via WooCommerce > Status > Get system report > Copy for support.
Fatal error logs (if any) under WooCommerce > Status > Logs.
You could copy and paste your reply here or paste it via https://gist.github.com/ and send the link here.

Do you mind also sharing which tool you are using to measure this?

Looking forward to your reply.

Have a wonderful day!

Hi Carolm

Thanks for evaluating.

For speed measurement I used the WP-CLI Command “wp profile hook” as mentioned previously.

Fatal error logs are only a few and very similar to these strange errors (redirect problem?):

2024-01-07T23:05:23+00:00 CRITICAL Uncaught TypeError: parse_url(): Argument #1 ($url) must be of type string, null given in /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/collectors/http.php:374
Stack trace:
#0 /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/collectors/http.php(374): parse_url(NULL, 1)
#1 /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/classes/Collectors.php(84): QM_Collector_HTTP->process()
#2 /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/classes/Dispatcher.php(108): QM_Collectors->process()
#3 /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/dispatchers/REST.php(38): QM_Dispatcher->get_outputters('headers')
#4 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(326): QM_Dispatcher_REST->filter_rest_post_dispatch(Object(WP_REST_Response))
#5 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_filters(Object(WP_REST_Response), Array)
#6 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php(454): apply_filters('rest_post_dispa...', Object(WP_REST_Response), Object(WP_REST_Server), Object(WP_REST_Request))
#7 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/rest-api.php(424): WP_REST_Server->serve_request('/code-snippets/...')
#8 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): rest_api_loaded(Object(WP))
#9 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#10 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/plugin.php(565): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#11 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/class-wp.php(418): do_action_ref_array('parse_request', Array)
#12 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/class-wp.php(813): WP->parse_request('')
#13 /XXX/XXX/wp-includes/functions.php(1336): WP->main('')
#14 /XXX/XXX/wp-blog-header.php(16): wp()
#15 /XXX/index.php(17): require('/XXX/XXX/wp-blog-header.php')
#16 {main}
  thrown in /XXX/XXX/wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/collectors/http.php at line 374

System Status Report:

` WordPress Environment

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Server Info: Apache<br>PHP Version: 8.0.30<br>PHP Post Max Size: 128 MB<br>PHP Time Limit: 600<br>PHP Max Input Vars: 1000<br>cURL Version: 8.0.1<br>OpenSSL/1.1.1l-fips

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Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)<br>exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search)<br>featured (featured)<br>outofstock (outofstock)<br>rated-1 (rated-1)<br>rated-2 (rated-2)<br>rated-3 (rated-3)<br>rated-4 (rated-4)<br>rated-5 (rated-5)

Connected to Woo.com: –<br>Enforce Approved Product Download Directories: –<br>HPOS feature screen enabled: –<br>HPOS feature enabled: –<br>Order datastore: WC_Order_Data_Store_CPT<br>HPOS data sync enabled: – WC Pages

Shop base: #7 - /kap-events/<br>Cart: #8 - /warenkorb/<br>Checkout: #224229 - /checkout/<br>My account: #12 - /mein-konto/<br>Terms and conditions: #226357 - /agb-allgemeine-geschaftsbedingungen/ Theme

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Disabled Features: customize-store<br>minified-js<br>new-product-management-experience<br>product-external-affiliate<br>settings<br>async-product-editor-category-field

Daily Cron: ? Next scheduled: 2024-01-12 16:45:35 +01:00<br>Options: ?<br>Notes: 195<br>Onboarding: completed Action Scheduler

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Not related I think but since yesterday there is a new problem with REST API returning 403 server errors:

GET https://www.XXX.XXX/wp-json/wp/v2/users/me?context=edit&_locale=user 403
j @ https://www.XXX.XXX/XXX/wp-includes/js/dist/api-fetch.min.js?ver=0fa4dabf8bf2c7adf21a:2

Certain actions such as saving modified products in the WP backend now hang and never finish. Two users with the same login data. Never had such problems until now.

Hi there @ppwebox ??

Thank you for reaching back, with further details on this.

Certain actions such as saving modified products in the WP backend now hang and never finish. Two users with the same login data. Never had such problems until now.

Could you please test this, and the original issue reported in this thread, with only WooCommerce active (all other plugins disabled), and a default theme like TT3, and see if they persist?

Let us know of the findings. Thank you.

Deactivated all plugs except Woocommerce. REST API 403 and 401 errors en masse. Same when switching Hello theme to Twenty Twenty Four. Woo is version 8.5.0. Another site on the same server is using Woo 8.4.0 and has zero problems. So Woo 8.5.0 seems to be the culprit causing the massive unauthorized errors. To proof this I replaced Woo 8.5 with 8.4, but the errors remain, unfortunately. This on both the localhost (staging) and live server.

Hi @ppwebox,

We also spotted some issues with WooCommerce 8.5.0, but we’ve already removed it from the released version. We’re hopeful that everything will be fixed in the upcoming 8.5.1 version. In the meantime, we suggest you stick with the 8.4.0 version.

I hope this clarifies your concern. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

It also appears that the downgrade from Woo 4.5 to 4.4 killed the database of the live site. WP altered about corrupted tables two day ago, offered the repair tool, but eventually became unusable. Restored to a 3-day old backup and now the Rest API 403 errors are gone.

But 3 problems remain.

1. Unloading the entire Woo plugin in the frontend (not backend!) via Asset Cleanup on all pages except cart, checkout, account, single product archive, product archive (shop page), product pages/archives, checkout, cart, and any page using Woo, will create some unexpected bugs. On site A this will cause PayPal payment on checkout (a) even though Woo is loaded here, (b) but TWINT works) to partially fail. PayPal will successfully finalize payment but the sync with Woo fails, and Woo wrongly sets the order to pending instead of to completed.
2. On site B – using Elementor pages and Hello theme – this causes the navigation menu to loose all product link entries in the frontend on those pages with Woo unloaded. This does not happen on site A, though Modern Events Calendar partially manages the eCommerce side of things.
3. Woo admin pages cause excessive ajax requests when using Chrome/Chromium – every second! See also other recent support topic “WC admin pages cause excessive ajax requests”.

Would you believe the reason for WP complaining about a corrupt database?

Both “siteurl” and “home” entries were suddenly gone in wp_options. Caused by some unknown action (not by me). Everything else was OK.

WP checks in functions.php for existence of siteurl in wp_options and completely freaks out if missing (“‘One or more database tables are unavailable. The database may need to be repaired.”), even though siteurl is available in wp-config.php.

Hi there @ppwebox ??

Thank you for reaching back, clarifying things further.

Feel free to reach out to the support channel of Asset Cleanup (linked here), about issue number 1, as they would be in a better position to assist you.

Likewise, for issue number 2, I’d recommend reaching out to Elementor’s support, which can be accessed via this page.

On issue number 3, could you please verify the site is now running WooCommerce version 8.5.1, and share further details on the findings?

Both “siteurl” and “home” entries were suddenly gone in wp_options. Caused by some unknown action (not by me). Everything else was OK.

I’m glad to hear the culprit was found here!

As to problem #3: yes, the Woo 8.5.1 update seems to have fixed it.

Problem #2: if there is a culprit to name here it’s Woocommerce. If Woo is deactivated on a page, it invalidates the custom product categories as well, which then get tagged as invalid/missing links in the custom WP menu, and thus Elementor cannot display them in the frontend.

Workaround:

1. Create the same product categories/URLs in WP > Templates > Categories
2. Delete Woocomerce product category links in menu
3. Replace with custom links using URLs of WP > Templates > Categories

As to problem #1: this ought to be a Woo problem if handshaking with PayPal during checkout is incomplete. Woo is loaded at checkout and is only unloaded on specific non-shop pages. AssetCleanUp just unloads Woo on some selected unrelated pages.

Why does WP give me here an error “Are you sure you wanted to do that?” when posting new content via form? So silly since the site does not cache what I wrote and everything is lost when I switch back a page. Somehow so typical WordPress – always bugs, always problems, always slow. Sorry for the rant – but this is fact.

Thank you for sharing further details on this, @ppwebox.

I’m glad to hear that WooCommerce version 8.5.1 sorted out the issue with Ajax requests (#3).

It appears that for the other two it is best reaching out to their respective plugin’s support channels, as they might have some further insights to share.

Have a wonderful day!

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