Issues: slow plugin and backup error

It may be your connection to dreamobjects that’s slow, but…

At over a gig, this is not the best plugin. Are you on a shared server, a vps, or a dedicated box?

Hello,

I′m on a shared server on dreamhost. This site is really cause me trouble. The uploads folder is huge. I really don′t know how to backup this site :/

I found another issue: when I try to open the “Dreamobjects -> Backup Folder” The site goes slow and redirect to the Not Found page… :/

Mika, you have any idea how can I solve this?

Thanks!

The uploads folder is huge.

You’re on shared. That’s probably why. The FAQ tries to be clear about this, but LARGE backups on SHARED hosts is a PHP headache. You’re timing out.

Try an SQL backup only. If that works, then yeah, that’s what’s going on.

I can’t magically wave my hand and fix it yet, sadly. Most backup plugins will have this kind of problem ??

Got it.

I’m only get a database backup.

A Dreampress account can solve this problem? A VPS? You have any tip to I get this thing solved?

Thanks for the support ??

Depends a little … How big is the uploads folder?

Hello again Mika.

Here is the numbers:

WordPress full install – 3.9G
wp-content folder – 3.9G (??)
wp-content/uploads folder – 1.5G

I’ve used the command bellow to get those numbers.
du -hs

Thanks!

Ouch. So php has a problem when it tries to do anything over 2G (there’s a hard limit on 64 bit os). This won’t work even on a VPS because the plugin wants to update your plugins and Therese too.

I would go through what other folders you have in wp-content. Make sure they’re all cleaned up, that you don’t have a bajillion plugins and themes you’re not using, and so on ??

Thanks for the tip Mika…

Question: after I do the cleanup (unfortunately, this site has a gazillion plugins running), is worth to move to a dreampress or vps to increase the site speed? Which one you recommend?

Thanks!

Biiiig ‘It depends’ question there :/ What’s your site? I can take a look and see if it would be better off on a VPS or DreamPress ??

I got a bit scared now… LOL

Ok, here is the site: https://elropero.com

Thanks!

Figuring out the BEST hsoting is always a bit of understanding your site and how it’s set up ??

So your size is because of the manage-wp folder, which is 2+ GIGS! It’s storing all your backups, so yeaaah that could be a problem. You should nuke that and turn off that backup tool if you want to use DreamObjects Backup.

Looking at your plugins, you’ve got some things that are going to make your site slower because they’re not the most optimal plugins

All of these can be replaced by Jetpack (which is actually faster):

subscribe-to-comments-reloaded                    150422
subscribe-to-comments-reloaded-better-unsubscribe 0.9.6
wordpress-popular-posts                           3.2.2
yet-another-related-posts-plugin                  4.2.4

You also have both better WP security and WordFence installed. I personally would remove them both and make sure ‘Extra Web Security’ is on in your panel, which will do much the same think with far less overhead. Wordfence in particular has been techy with DreamPress since it puts down cookies to check users for being real humans, and cookies can break cache because if someone has a cookie, they’re special and don’t need caches.

You’ve also got some ‘tendrils’ of caching plugins left in your wp-content folder (a cache folder, for example, and the file advanced-cache.php), but I don’t see an active caching plugin, so you need to make sure you always clean all that up.

And … you should try WP Super Cache. It’s really good on shared hosting, and something I personally recommend.

Hello again!

I remove all the crap:

– not used cache folders;
– plugins not used;
– themes;
– disabled the managewp plugin;
– wp supercache installed;

I have to test Jetpack to see how it will replaces the features you mentioned it.

About the iThemes Security: I′m only using it for only one thing – rename the login url page. I′ve tried to use a code in .htaccess file to replicate this featured, without success :/

After all modifications, now I can open the DreamObjects -> Backups section.

The site runs a bit faster now. Thanks for the tips:) But is far from good, unfortunatelly.

Even after the clean up, my uploads folder has 1.5G… :/

To be honest, you don’t need to rename the login.

The issue is much less people finding your login page and trying to get in, but more people hammering your site with tons of traffic with their brute force attacks. They don’t really care or notice they can’t get it and they’ll crash your site all the same. Have a good, strong, password. It’ll serve you better.

1.5 gigs may be as good as you can get. You’ve got a lot of images. At that volume, even on a vps its a maybe success for backups :/ I got it to work at 1g, but it was a very quiet site.

Hello again @mika!

Sorry for the delay to answer. Tons of things happened here..

So, I have finished the re-desing of this site. Thank God! The site runs a bit faster after I applied your tips, move my Dreamhost account to SSD and change the server to the West Coast (i think). So I can wait a bit to get a VPS.

About the backup: As recommended in another thread I had to use another plugin the Updraft plus. Works very well with DreamObjects.

Unfortunately, your plugin doesn’t work with this problematic site. But in usual projects, i will definitely will use it. ??

Thank you so much for your support!

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Yeah, I like updraft plus too ?? it does things better than mine in many ways!