Prestashop 1.3 Fast Then Slow In Front And Back Office

[wilfred11]

Hi Everyone,

 

I have a problem with a clients site. The site is www.mikeodwyerofficefurniture.co.uk

The version of PS is 1.3.6.0

 

The issue that we are having is that the site fluctuates in both the front and back office from being very fast to being very slow (20-30 secs page load).

 

Now, I have been working hard to try and resolve.

 

The following may be clues.

 

The issue seemed to start around the time when we installed "Mega Menu". Categories were condensed at that time. We have now uninstalled mega menu but the issue seems to persist.

 

I am sure it is not the server as another PS site is on the same server and this one is running fine

I have deleted the smarty cache

I have added the following to the .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

ExpiresActive On

ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"

ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"

ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"

ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"

ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"

</IfModule>

 

FileETag INode MTime Size

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript

</IfModule>

 

I have for now turned off frienly URL's

I have turned off Google Analytics

I have turned off Back Office stats

I have removed new products, best sellers, specials

I have reduced the number of featured items on the home page to 12 from 36

 

As I type this it is bouncing around lightning fast (and now 10 mins later its hanging for 20 secs) but apparently a customer took 30 mins to buy one item a couple of days ago.

 

I would really like to ask if anyone has any suggestions to get the speed more steady (preferably at the fast rather than slow end). All / any suggestions would be welcome as I am running out of ideas here I am afraid and I am sure I am just missing something quite easy.

 

Many thanks in advance : Dom