Title: WordPress HTTPS performance
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress HTTPS performance

 *  [xelan54](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xelan54/)
 * (@xelan54)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-performance/)
 * Would the plugin author consider creating a “lightweight” version of the plugin
   that would allow me to simply specify the one or two pages I need to be sent 
   over SSL (TLS)? WordPress HTTPS is very convenient — and a great service to the
   WordPress community.
 * But it’s killing my time-to-first-byte measurements.
 * Our WordPress server runs on AWS in an m1.large instance. It’s the ONLY app running
   on that very powerful server. I have tuned Apache. I have installed php caching.
   I have optimized MySQL. I am running W3C. There is an application monitor measuring
   everything.
 * But WordPress HTTPS just kills performance _for the whole site_. And we’re only
   getting 100 visits (so far) per day. IOW, it’s binary. Use the plugin to turn
   on TLS for one or two contact pages and performance is shot. Turn it off, the
   site performs.
 * I would dearly love to use this plugin, primarily because I like having the admin
   run over TLS and don’t care that much about my performance. But as we grow, I
   can’t make the performance trade off for our visitors who only need to see SSL
   in our contact pages.
 * Maybe the author would consider a hugely stripped-down version that is performance
   oriented.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-https/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-https/)

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 *  [Mannie Schumpert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mannieschumpert/)
 * (@mannieschumpert)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-performance/#post-3832286)
 * I’m having the same issue. It’s intermittently making a site of mine almost totally
   non-responsive. Oddly, if I disable the plugin, then activate it again, the site
   is ok – at least briefly.
 *  [aalbright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aalbright/)
 * (@aalbright)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-performance/#post-3832287)
 * I am having the same issue. I REALLY need this one form to be secured and when
   I turn on the security with this plugin, the one secured page won’t respond at
   all. I’ve had this plugin work well on another site but on my current one it 
   just won’t. Any suggestions here would be helpful.
 * [http://www.arkansanonprofits.org](http://www.arkansanonprofits.org)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-performance/#post-3832288)
 * **[@aalbright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aalbright/)**: If you require
   assistance then, as per the [Forum Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post),
   please post your own topic. This topic references an old version of WordPress.
 * Closing.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wordpress-https_bec2c9.svg)
 * [WordPress HTTPS (SSL)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-https/reviews/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-performance/#post-3832288)
 * Status: not resolved