Slow load times in our pages using Search and Filter

Anonymous

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Anonymous

#59023

Hey all — just hoping for an update! Thanks!

Ross Moderator

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Ross Moderator

#59302

Hi Brett

Ok so I tracked down the cause of your issue.. It was the authors field…

Once I removed this the search pages sped up significantly – I made a page & form for testing –

http://certara.jkstaging.com/resource-library-test-page-sf-8597/

The problem was that there are 2300+ Authors in the Author taxonomy.

Each option in any field causes a certain amount of overhead with S&F, the more field & more options, the overhead multiplies… So the 2300 options in the author field are causing the slow down – usually I would say because of some complicated queries S&F does to figure out the count values (although I realise autocount is off, so I do think the results should still be faster – this needs further research though)

Is it at all possible to leave this field off? Or think of a better approach – I think providing a dropdown list of 2300 options is not great UX anyway..

Just thinking of a better way to implement that kind of field.. I was thinking perhaps having an autocomplete box (where suggestions come up as you type) might do a better job for what you need? ** This is not yet a feature but its high on the to do list

Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions..

Best

Anonymous

#60331

Hi Ross — really appreciate your digging in to this issue. We’re exploring alternative options for now — we are going to push for a removal of the Authors taxonomy for the filters, as a temporary solution. We’re meeting with the client tomorrow — I might have more to report back for you.

For now I’ve only got one question — do you think an autocomplete box would increase performance over a drop-down menu?

Thanks again for your time and effort!

Ross Moderator

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Ross Moderator

#73455

Hey Brett

Just reviving this old ticket.

I’ve just emailed you a beta incase you are inteterested, its has tons of speed optimisations so should be much faster.

I do recall though you had a field with many many options, this may still be an issue, but much less of one now.

You will find in the beta, in the main S&F settings menu, an option to store data in transients, enabling this should help load times on your site further.

Thanks

Anonymous

#73458

Hi, i was following this post beacuse i do have the same problem, is it possible to have the beta too?

Ross Moderator

#73460

Done, please let me know if this helps and you see the improvements.

Best

Anonymous

#73464

Received, thanks, i test it and write if i see changes, thanks!

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