Title: Bad Performance Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Bad Performance * Resolved [RA_NPL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ra_npl/) * (@ra_npl) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/) * Hi, * i recently used the P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)-Plugin and found out, that the custom sidebars plugin effects page performance a lot as it is **responsible for 24.49% of page loading time**. This is very high rate. * Below you will find the performance rates of the several plugins running on my blog. Is it possible to decrease the performance level of your plugin i.e. by using a Cache Plugin like W3 Total Cache? Which files should be minified / loading asynchronously without breaking the frontend display of the sidebars? * WordPress Plugin Profile Report =========================================== Report date: 30. September 2014 Theme name: Tatami Pages browsed: 47 Avg. load time: 3.1103 sec Number of plugins: 35 Plugin impact: 92.55% of load time Avg. plugin time: 2.8785 sec Avg. core time: 0.2291 sec Avg. theme time: 0.0116 sec Avg. mem usage: 118.79 MB Avg. ticks: 24,056 Avg. db queries : 44.91 Margin of error : -0.0089 sec * Plugin list: =========================================== P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) – 0.0010 sec – 0.04% Gravity Perks – 0.4728 sec – 16.43% Gravity Forms– 0.1729 sec – 6.01% BackUpWordPress – 0.0085 sec – 0.29% Akismet – 0.0042 sec – 0.15% Antispam Bee – 0.0018 sec – 0.06% **Custom Sidebars – 0.7051 sec – 24.49%** dejure.org-Rechtsvernetzung – 0.0036 sec – 0.12% Exec-PHP – 0.0071 sec – 0.25% Form Abandonment Tracking – 0.0001 sec – 0.00% Full Text Feed – 0.0014 sec – 0.05% Get Recent Comments – 0.0008 sec – 0.03% Google Analytics For WordPress– 0.0018 sec – 0.06% GP Preview Submission – 0.0003 sec – 0.01% Gravity Forms Css Ready Selector – 0.0005 sec – 0.02% Gravity Forms Google Analytics Addon – 0.0035 sec – 0.12% Gravityformspaypal – 0.1226 sec – 4.26% GP Conditional Pricing – 0.0003 sec – 0.01% GP Copy Cat – 0.0004 sec – 0.01% GP Placeholder – 0.0003 sec– 0.01% iframe – 0.0002 sec – 0.01% Jetpack von WordPress.com – 0.2454 sec – 8.53% Only Tweet Like Share And Google 1 – 0.0021 sec – 0.07% Post Tags And Categories For Pages – 0.0004 sec – 0.02% Seo Image – 0.0004 sec – 0.01% Simple Image Sizes– 0.0027 sec – 0.09% Smart Archives Reloaded – 0.0101 sec – 0.35% TablePress – 0.0070 sec – 0.24% W3 Total Cache – 1.0227 sec – 35.53% Wordpress Seo – 0.0541 sec – 1.88% WP-PageNavi – 0.0016 sec – 0.06% WP Permalauts – 0.0054 sec – 0.19% WP Smush.it – 0.0014 sec – 0.05% WP UI – Tabs, accordions and more. – 0.0053 sec – 0.19% Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – 0.0106 sec – 0.37% * Thank you. Nick * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * (@wpmudev-support1) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343063) * Hi Nick, * I hope you are well today and thank you for your question. * I could reproduce the same result on my test site using P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)-Plugin therefore i have notified this to the plugin developer to get his invaluable reply regarding why it is taking this much loading time and how it can be optimized or whether there is anything wrong with P3 Performance Profiler plugin. * The plugin developer will reply here shortly. * Thanks, WPMU DEV * Thread Starter [RA_NPL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ra_npl/) * (@ra_npl) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343064) * Thank you, i will stay tuned. * [Philipp Stracker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strackerphil-1/) * (@strackerphil-1) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343066) * Hi [@nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nick/), * thanks for that valuable feedback! I have already optimized several aspects of the plugin but did not do an actual benchmark so far. Using P3 and own debugging code we will hopefully find some bottlenecks and can optimize the performance in the next release. * Thanks, Philipp from WPMU DEV * Thread Starter [RA_NPL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ra_npl/) * (@ra_npl) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343068) * Cool, I would really like to stick with your plugin! * [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * (@wpmudev-support1) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343119) * You are always welcome here, if we can be of any further assistance please don’t hesitate to ask 🙂 * [donnaWPadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnawpadmin/) * (@donnawpadmin) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343188) * Just to add my input…I also use your plugin, and I also profiled my site with P3, and Custom Sidebars is my highest resource hog of all my plugins. And yes, we all have a lot of sidebars, because that’s the need that the plugin fills.( I have posts of teacher profiles, and each post page NEEDS an individual sidebar for each individual’s profile, which are unique) So obviously cutting down on sidebars defeats the purpose of the very good plugin (except that it takes forever for pages to load) I’m exaggerating, I know. Don’t send me a bunch of troubleshooting proceedures, I’ve done them all already. * So I’m hanging on also…waiting for an update that will hopefully fix the issue some, or at least make it ‘less’ of an issue. (cause when you take MORE resources than Jetpack, your plugin is in trouble dear friends!) * Peace-out. * [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * (@wpmudev-support1) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343195) * Hi Donna, * I hope you are well today and thank you for your valuable feedback here. * We will fix it progressively in the future versions of plugin. * Thanks, WPMU DEV * [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark-dahlby/) * (@mark-dahlby) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343199) * To keep this thread alive for those thinking of using Custom Sidebars Pro | It’s a great plugin, except for the slow load times. I’ve just built a site which integrates the plugin in every page. Unhappily, the plugin slows load times 2.5 to 4.5 seconds normally and occasionally even more. * I’m another user waiting for an update for this otherwise extremely useful plugin. * If anyone knows of an alternative plugin to use in the meantime, please post. * Thanks * [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark-dahlby/) * (@mark-dahlby) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343201) * My issue has been fixed: but only when I upgraded to a new server. It’s an essential plugin for us and a pleasure to use. I don’t know what in the upgrade fixed the problem with load times, unfortunately, but wanted to let others with the problem of slow load times know how the issue resolved in this instance. * [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * (@wpmudev-support1) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343202) * Hi Mark, * Awesome, great to see you got that fixed by upgrading to a new server. * If you have any issue with the Pro version of Custom Sidebars plugin then please ask it on our WPMU DEV forum using this from [http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/#question](http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/#question) as WordPress.org discourages support of commercial products here (see: [Commercial products are not supported here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products)). * Have a fantastic day! * Cheers, Vinod Dalvi Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Bad Performance’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/custom-sidebars/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1414065) * [Custom Sidebars - Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-sidebars/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-sidebars/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-sidebars/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-sidebars/reviews/) ## Tags * [performance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/performance/) * 10 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Predrag – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support1/) * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-performance-2/#post-5343202) * Status: resolved