I’m running a WooCommerce-based WordPress site with over 1 million products. Lately, I’ve noticed that the page load times have significantly slowed down. After using the Query Monitor plugin to analyze performance, I found that the pages are taking around 18-20 seconds to load, and this is largely due to the high number of database queries being executed by WooCommerce.
To further investigate, I copied my wp_posts table and reduced the number of products to 1,000. However, even with this smaller dataset, the load times were still around 6-8 seconds, which is still quite high.
My questions are:
- How can I reduce the number of queries and improve the load times in WooCommerce and Elementor?
- What are the best practices for optimizing performance for large WooCommerce catalogs?
- What are the recommended caching strategies to address this issue?
- Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Additional Information:
- Database: AWS RDS
- WooCommerce Version: 8.6.1
- WordPress Version: 6.5.2
- PHP Version: 8.3.2
- Used Plugins: Query Monitor, Branda, Elementor Pro, Elementor, Google Listings and Ads, Google tarafından Site Kit, Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP, JetSmartFilters, Loco Translate, WooCommerce, Woodmart Core, Yoast SEO Premium, Yoast SEO, WP Fastest Cache
- Theme: Woodmart
What I’ve tried:
- Analyzing Performance with Query Monitor – Identified high number of queries.
- Using a Caching Plugin – Tried Wp Fastest Cache, but still experiencing performance issues.
- Disabling Unnecessary Plugins – Disabled some unnecessary plugins, but this didn’t have much impact.
- Reducing the Number of Products – Reduced the number of products to 1,000, but load times were still 6-8 seconds.
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