Here’s an unusual variation… All of you are talking about the ‘rewrite’ hanging and the wp_options table getting enormous. I’m working on something that’s got less than 500 items in wp_options. I’m confident that rewrite is the problem, but it does not slow down the Admin section.
It seems that whenever the server is not accessed for a while (application is sleeping), and I try to access the site, only the Index page shows up. All other pages ‘hang’ when using mod_rewrite.
The site: https://italianice.net
I also modified the .htaccess file to redirect the older files.
I didn’t find any info saying that this could be a problem.
I’m at a loss! Can any of you geniuses shed some light?
Thanks.