Why is wordpress so slow?

[Chris]

Anyone know why, when posting a new blog to wordpress, it is so slow? It takes like a minute to process. Often the page loads but back in the admin backend you're still saving.

I've noticed this both with my garden blog, and with SitePoint's blog, which is WP based.

[fredarn]

You meen when you post an article?
It is like that for me to, it is just to press "Show site" up in the left.
the article will be publisher within 3 sec after you press the publish button :) (even if the browser is loading)

[Chris]

Ya thats what I mean, it certainly is weird.

[Cutter]

yeah, same here. I just open the show site in a new tab, see its there and then do something else. A little off topic, but I haven't been impressed by the new Wordpress. The older version's interface ran much more smoothly for me.

[Johnny Gulag]

Yes I too have noticed this issue and it is a bit annoying to say the least.

[Vinnie]

Keep in mind that Wordpress is also sending out pings to remote blogging services like pingomatic and technorati, not just saving your post in the database. Slowdowns there will make the whole thing feel sluggish.

[ses5909]

Keep in mind that Wordpress is also sending out pings to remote blogging services like pingomatic and technorati, not just saving your post in the database. Slowdowns there will make the whole thing feel sluggish.
I believe there is a setting where you can turn this off.

[Vinnie]

I believe there is a setting where you can turn this off.
Yeah but turning off pings kills backlinks, so saying as much on this forum is like telling someone to drink poison to stop a headache ;)

[Johnny Gulag]

I believe there is a setting where you can turn this off.

Yes it is under Options>Discussion, and as Vinnie pointed out, it even says (slows down posting). ;) I guess I never looked at it that closely before. Though, I would not turn mine off :)


Discussion Options
Usual settings for an article:
(These settings may be overridden for individual articles.)

* Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)
* Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)
* Allow people to post comments on the article

[tonyjk3]

Or you can just remove the URL to Pingomatic. That speeds it up quite a bit and I still ping Technorati.