Hi @mgoggie
Could you provide us with more details on the 503 errors that you are getting to see if we can pinpoint it to the Yoast Duplicate Post plugin?
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Michael,
The 503 is just a symptom of the page taking too long to load.
I have tested this on a local copy of the site and disabled all plugins except for Woocommerce and can confirm that page load times for a Product more than doubled with your plugin activated.
I have tested my local copy of the site replacing your plugin with another page duplication plugin and have no issues when using that.
Michael,
My site is a large eCommerce, membership and eLearning site and so tends to be a bit slower than a very small site, so the issues are more apparent.
However, I have just added your plugin to a small test site I have with almost nothing on it. I added WooCommerce and find that loading a product page is pretty much doubled in time when enabling your plugin. I’m sure you can set up a test site yourself with WooCommerce and replicate this. Note I had disabled all other plugins when testing this except for WooCommerce and yours.
Hi @mgoggie
We tried this on a test site with a default WP TwentyTwenty theme and only WooCommerce and Yoast Duplicate Post as the plugins enabled, and when we checked on some product pages, they were loading just fine.
We then enabled the Query Monitor plugin to check for any slow queries or actions, but were unable to identify any being caused by the Yoast Duplicate Post plugin.
Unfortunately, without any more information such as the server logs or any error messages or notifications, it’s hard for us to diagnose this further, as it may be something specific to your setup and site.
@mikes41720 Michael,
Were you viewing the product pages as an admin for editing, not on the front end of the site?
Do I need to set up a test site for you. It’s up to you, I am quite happy to use an alternative product for page/post duplication, but I am just trying to help you.
Hi @mgoggie
This was when editing the product page as an administrator in the backend, as well as viewing it in the front end.
If your site is meeting all of the necessary plugin requirements, and is on the latest version of all other plugins and themes, and if you are able to reproduce this ‘performance impact’ when performing a conflict check (with a default WP theme, and only WooCommerce and Yoast Duplicate Post as the plugins enabled), we recommend you open a bug report for the GitHub repository and include all necessary information.
