[wp-testers] Re: wp-testers@lists.automattic.com

[Kirk M]

Understood. I'm familiar with how Super cache functions but it's good to 
have this pointed out. I'm also on Bluehost and so are two others out of 
the few folks that have been mentioning this problem to me. I thought it 
was a server related also since some of the upgrades that Bluehost has 
accomplished to it's servers lately has knocked the Community MySql 
server offline a couple of times on more than one server (easily 
remedied with a quick phone call), but the differences in server setups, 
hosts and using standard troubleshooting techniques (and the fact that 
my local, plugin free install appeared to show the same thing) finally 
led me back to WordPress 2.6 but that's where it dead ends. Puzzling to 
say the least.

Gaarai wrote:
> I just want to point out that WP Super Cache only affects the 
> front-end of your site and has nothing to do with the speed of the 
> back-end.
>
> Since WP Super Cache stores static files and serves those, it stands 
> to reason that your front-end page loads will be fast as long as you 
> have a decent connection. If you turn off your site caching and then 
> look at the front-end of your site, you will get a better feel for how 
> quickly your site truly responds.
>
> I would guess that most of the admin page slowdown problems that 
> people are experiencing are due to a problem with the host, not a 
> problem with WordPress. In my own personal experience, DreamHost is 
> not a great host. I would love to say that they have great performance 
> and stability since I like their pricing and packages, but the 
> performance just isn't there.
>
> So, for all of you that think the admin side is slow, turn off your 
> caching, look at your front page, and see if the slow response times 
> are due to back-end-only issues or if they are site wide.
>
> - Chris