Website loading very slow after updating WP database and version

  • Hi all.
    I installed the 5.2.4 WP version two days ago and it went well.
    then i did some modifications to a page that i did not touch for years (instead, last update of my website (blog part) was 4 months ago).
    No issue for this.
    I noticed that since the last access, there was a message in the dashboard marked in red saying that my PHP version was not secure and i had to update it.
    I started to do this:
    – I did the update of the database from the dashboard as well, as it was required.
    – i accessed to my host domain and i changed my php version to 7.1.1. after, i re-logged in to my WP site and the php version warning disappeared.
    – my sql version is 5.5 and i guess it is good?

    Anyway, after last operations the site (as you can see) access is incredibly slow.
    I amnot sure if this was due to the update to the 5.2.4 or to the DB update.
    i am not sure what version of database i have installed with my version of WP, but if there is a chance, i could see if it matches with mine db?

    Any clues? Please let me know and i will give other information and thanks in advance.
    p.s. my site is running on a Linux host server.

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by paulberg70.

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  • Hi paul,

    actually the site should have become faster with the update to php7 ??
    Looking at the waterfall of your site (f12 key for devtools -> network) your first request the browser is waiting for 14000 milliseconds / 14 secs – the reasons for that long wait can be various but this is likely a misconfigured/default configured php7, so checking your php.ini and maybe apache/nginx config should shed some light.

    Maybe you’ll have some hints in your servers error logs which will surely help narrowing it down.

    Oh and for mysql I’d recommend at least version 5.7 and if you have the possibility use mariadb.

    Best,
    Seb

    Thread Starter paulberg70

    (@paulberg70)

    Hi Seb.

    First, thanks for the tips! I am checking all the info you put here and let you know.
    Also, i am going to check the HAR file while i load the home page, if this could be useful.
    p.s. The site was slow also before moving to 7.1.1. the Upgrade to that new version unfortunately did not solve. But the issue was already present and it happened since i updated the database from the wordpress dashboard.
    Thanks.
    Paolo

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by paulberg70. Reason: more useful info
    Thread Starter paulberg70

    (@paulberg70)

    Hi
    At the moment i did the CGI test from my domain and it gives “Page not found”
    Can this meaning anything?
    I still need to check PHP config but i am not sure what to check on it.
    Do you have any suggestion?
    Thanks in advance for your time.
    Paolo

    Thread Starter paulberg70

    (@paulberg70)

    Updates: changing theme did not change the situation. ( just a cross test to exclude some issues specific of my theme )
    I opened a ticket with host domain and they are checking if the issue is on their side or something with my website back end coding )

    Hi Paolo,

    okay see if your host provides any feedback that helps trace down the issue. Meanwhile you could try disabling all plugins and see if it goes away.

    Also make sure you have backups of your site in case something goes badly wrong. (which usually doesn’t but never know ;))

    Best,
    Seb

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