Experienced performance issues

Hi Jory, what other solutions have you found?

Hi merosler,

I’m using Pods for most of my projects now and I am very positive about it!

For even more field types and field options I would recommend ACF.

Also, custom post types and custom taxonomies can easally be added in PHP code.
GenerateWP is an easy tool if you’re not so familiar with PHP code.

Thank you Jory!

I have a project that uses pods… It works, but I was never a fan. I always loved types, but I too am concerned about performance and I have noticed that it is getting bloated compared to when I first started to use it. I was in the middle of setting up custom plugins for custom post types and taxonomies and I am going to use the ACF for the fields to speed me up. Jory, do you know if the ACF has any performance issues?

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by wjgoodman.

@wjgoodman
Did not find any issues yet. Keep in mind though that ACF is only for custom fields, nothing more. Pods does a lot more (even a lot more can custom post types and taxonomies).
I find ACF superior to Pods with custom fields (extra metaboxes, custom conditionals etc) but Pods will catch up on that area with the coming major releases :).
The thing Pods handles a lot better is relationships. (Plus, it’s 100% open source, with ACF you’ll need the pro version for cool stuff.)

I use Pods as my base and is needed I install ACF with it. They work seamlessly together.

There is actually a nice comparison document.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mSqienVYxLopTFGLPK0lGCJst2knKzXDtLQRgwjeBN8/

So far my project with my own ctp and taxonomy plugins and ACF is working great. I can’t think if why I would rely on one more plugin for this. I do like the ACF plugin it does all that types does with cf and more. I didn’t realize that they had a premium version of it. I’m not sure what more I need, but I’ll check it out… thanks! I don’t mind spending a little money if it helps.

Jory, the only thing I wasn’t certain about is if I am better making the cpt & taxonomy code plugins or an include into my functions. I made them plugins, but wasn’t sure if there is a disadvantage for doing this. Do you know?

( ACF is build and managed by one developer only ;).)

The only disadvantage could be performance since it’s an extra plugin to load. But you will not notice this difference with a well written plugin.
A user-friendly plugin will also make it a lot easier to change CPT’s an taxonomies or even import/export them.

Again, any plugin can slow down your site. This is the whole reason this topic started. Though with simple tasks as managing CPT’s etc. it should not affect the load time a lot.

Hello @keraweb

I understand your concern.

I want to explain here that Types is an “all in one” solution.

With Types, you can add CPT’s, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Fields, User Fields and Term Fields.
You can create Relationships (and we will provide a huge update on how those work, in the next 2 releases)

It is compatible with WPML (so it can be translated) and provides as well ShortCodes and an API to display your content.

I have never noticed Performance issues with Types.

While I agree that it is a big size, I must ask where you notice performance issues.
Uploading the Plugin should not be a problem, if the Server is made for WordPress, at least, I never encountered such issues in our Forum that were due to the plugin’s size.

The main reason for its size is as well that we pack common files in the plugin that make it compatible with the rest of Toolset, and yes, here you have the point, that this is perhaps not the correct approach.

I will pass this your concern to the Managers of Types, to consider this.

If you wish we can assist technical issues on the WP forum or in our dedicated free forum, as example related to the Performance issue.

Hi @bedas,

I know Types is a all in one solution, but the difference was quite big.
Types is not the only tool that provides all these functions, though it’s by far the largest.

As this topic is 6 months ago I currently don’t manage any sites with Types anymore so I can’t provide you with any data in short notice.

When I have the time I’ll check if there are some old backups so that I can give you some extra info on performance issues.
I’m also not sure it’s due to it’s size, this was more of a general notice.

Then again… I guess this review was a bit out of frustration at the time and with that said and I think a 1 star review wasn’t fair for a free plugin that clearly provided me at the time and still does for a lot of users.
Therefore I’ll crank it up a bit and change the title.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Jory Hogeveen.

Hello @keraweb.

Thank you, this is very nice ??

About the performance issues, yes please if you can or / and have time, do send us a report about this over at the Forum.

We can then analyse this and eventually improve things.

Thank you again for your collaboration.

Any plugin that depends on shortcodes is not good. When things break, and they will, the site typically becomes unusable.