Admin section is very slow

Thanks for the link, @t-p.

I’m cautiously optimistic 🙂

I installed the Snitch plugin, which might have shed some light on something. I noticed that wp-cron.php is constantly kicking off, which from what I understand is normal for each new page visit/refresh, but it seemed excessive. What I did was temporarily disable it (within wp-config), then re-enabled it. It seems to be kicking off less frequently than before. Could it have been stuck in a loop somehow? I’m not sure, but for anybody out there struggling with this, consider temporarily disabling wp-cron within wp-config to see if it helps.

To do this, add the following into wp-config.php

define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);

After a while, re-enable it and see if the admin section is moving any quicker. You might want to install Snitch first, take a look at what is running before disabling wp-cron, then how it compares to after enabling it again.

I was considering just keeping cron disabled and then adding a cron job within Cpanel to kick off wp-cron.php every few minutes, but felt nervous about doing so. From what I’ve read, this is also an option.

Thanks again!

Bummer… didn’t work 🙁 I’ll keep poking away and will update this thread if I find a resolution!