Admin dashboard loading slowly: resolving timed out

  • On a WordPress 4.6 installation the Dashboard is loading very slowly – 10-30 secs. typically.

    Using the Query Monitor plugin indicates that the problem are the external curl calls made by WordPress Core and plugins like Wordfence e.g. to check for updates. Here’s an example:

    
HTTP Request: POST https://api.www.ads-software.com/core/browse-happy/1.1/

Response: Resolving timed out after 5514 milliseconds

Transport: curl

Component: Core

    The rest of the Admin interface loads with normal speed.

    Any ideas how to troubleshoot this further? The site is hosted on a Ubuntu 14.04 server running Apache 2.4 + mod_fcgid.

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  • tazz

    (@tazwordpress)

    Hi Benjamin,
    may I suggest to try disabling plugins one-by-one until you find the culprit?

    There been a similar issue with one plugin delaying page load by 30-32 seconds.

    Let me know if this helped.
    Taz

    Thread Starter benjamin_dk

    (@benjamin_dk)

    Hi tazwordpress,
    I tried that – to no avail, unfortunately. The dashboard is still slow.

    But this might give a clue: I just tried to install another theme, but got the error

    An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.ads-software.com or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.

    A timeout occurs here as well.

    Thread Starter benjamin_dk

    (@benjamin_dk)

    Ok – got a step further – I deleted an iptables (firewall) rule on the server, and now things are running smoothly again.

    Now to figure out what happened exactly…

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by benjamin_dk. Reason: clarify
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