Title: Optimising SQl queries
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Optimising SQl queries

 *  [gMk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmk/)
 * (@gmk)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimising-sql-queries/)
 * How or what would be the best way to optimise how wordpress is using SQl – when
   i experience highloads our sql server really struggles. ! I am a bit of noob 
   at this

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimising-sql-queries/#post-387856)
 * You may get a better response or pointers on the hackers list:
    [http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers](http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers)
 * Is it your server or are you hosted – if so, by who?
 *  Thread Starter [gMk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmk/)
 * (@gmk)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimising-sql-queries/#post-387858)
 * Thanks for feedback – Podz – its a dedicated box with rackspace ! We do run a
   couple of other sites but none with SQL DB’s. I have disabled our ad server and
   that seems to have made a difference
 *  Thread Starter [gMk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmk/)
 * (@gmk)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimising-sql-queries/#post-387861)
 * Sorry for the double post – I see on the hackers list a mnetion of a caching 
   function – i use 2.02 – how do i acitvate it ?

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