Title: Dashboard performance issue
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Dashboard performance issue

 *  Resolved [maddin1502](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddin1502/)
 * (@maddin1502)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/)
 * Hi,
 * my dashboard slows down when I activate the MailPoet Newsletter plugin. The dashboard
   needs nearly 30 seconds to open a clicked element. I tested each installed plugin(
   disabled one by one), deactivating MailPoet –> speedup (3-5 seconds).
 * I analyzed this behaviour with the Chrome Developer Tool, it says 26 of 30 seconds
   are IDLE. no loading, just waiting….
 * One more thing. After reactivating MailPoet the dashboars keeps fast e few minutes,
   it slows down after some time (varying).
 * I use no special configurations, I have just changed mail addresses and added
   a new list.
 * Theme: Vantage (free)
    Caching Plugin: W3 total Chache
 * ———————————————-
 * I changed the caching plugin to wp super cache right now. There is still a noticeable
   slow down, but it is much faster (~10 seconds)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/)

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 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5246984)
 * Hi, try to increase your WordPress memory with this plugin to at least 128M and
   let us know if this solves your slowness issue: [http://wordpress.org/plugins/change-memory-limit/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/change-memory-limit/)
 * MailPoet is a heavy plugin!
 *  Thread Starter [maddin1502](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddin1502/)
 * (@maddin1502)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247003)
 * The plugin (change memory limit) is not working anymore. I already tried to increase
   the memory limit (htaccess, php), but I don’t know how to test it. How can I 
   display the current max memory value?
 * “MailPoet is a heavy plugin!” – But why it only slows down the dashboard?
 * EDIT:
    phpinfo() says 256MB memory_limit
 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247058)
 * Okay then, try to add these 2 lines of code into your wp-config.php file:
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
       define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
       ```
   
 * PHP can say it have 256MB but WordPress needs to know that as well. The second
   define increases your memory exclusively on your wp-admin area, try and let us
   know!
 *  Thread Starter [maddin1502](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddin1502/)
 * (@maddin1502)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247059)
 * Done, testing… hope it works
 *  Thread Starter [maddin1502](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddin1502/)
 * (@maddin1502)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247065)
 * The plugin overview page is still slow, but others are faster than before. That’s
   ok. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [maddin1502](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddin1502/)
 * (@maddin1502)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247066)
 * resolved
 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247088)
 * Cool, good to know!

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 * Last reply from: [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-performance-issue/#post-5247088)
 * Status: resolved