Title: Plugin slowing down website too much
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin slowing down website too much

 *  Resolved [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/)
 * Hi Vova,
 * I have the Premium version of the website.
 * I think I will have to de-activate this plugin now as it increases my website
   load times a lot and is slowing it right down.
 * When the plugin is deactivated my website speeds are fine.
 * Have you got any solutions to this?
 * On your website it says “Zero affect on your load time | Lightweight Footprint”…
   but if this is so why is it slowing down my website so much?
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/rating-widget/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/rating-widget/)

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 *  Thread Starter [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4269833)
 * (btw, I meant Premium version of the _plugin_)
 *  Plugin Author [Vova Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
 * (@svovaf)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4269960)
 * Hi [@gsj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/),
 * When using the Premium version we use server side calls to our API in order to
   pre-load the ratings data to support Rich-Snippets. We are familiar with the 
   slowdowns and doing our best to resolve it ASAP. Apologies for the inconvenience.
   If you don’t care about Rich-Snippets I can guide you through how to disable 
   them.
 *  Thread Starter [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4269972)
 * Ok thanks Vova.
 *  Thread Starter [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4269986)
 * Hi Vova, actually can you show me how to disable Rich-Snippets… ?
 * I can’t find any other plugin with your ”user reputation” feature that also integrates
   with Buddypress, so I am stuck with yours!
 *  Plugin Author [Vova Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
 * (@svovaf)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4270019)
 * Hi [@gsj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/),
 * You make it sounds bad 😉 Anyways, simply open the main plugins file – **/blog-
   root/wp-content/plugins/rating-widget/rating-widget.php** and search for `if (
   true === $pAddSchema)`. Now, change it to `if (false && true === $pAddSchema)`
   and save the file. Let me know if it has improved your load time.
 * Best!
 *  Thread Starter [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4270026)
 * Hi Vova, thanks this worked! Load times are back to normal now!
    But I have another
   problem which I will email you about.
 *  Thread Starter [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * (@gsj)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4270027)
 * Actually I will just post another thread about this.

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 * Last reply from: [GSJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsj/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slowing-down-website-too-much/#post-4270027)
 * Status: resolved