WordPress running really slow?

ismailimail · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 2:44 pm
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Is it just my connection or other people notice the same? WordPress is running really slow.

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hewsut · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 2:53 pm
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Howdy,

Nope, it’s not just you. We’ve received scattered reports of slowness across WordPress.com which we are actively investigating.
senmcglinn · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 3:49 pm
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No access to one blog:
http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com (connection was reset error message)

but the other one works slowly :
http://sensday.wordpress.com

Perhaps because the front page on the first one is heavier?
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm
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It’s been running slow for 3 days now.
anthroecology · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:31 pm
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reaaaaaaaaally slow right now….
simplyguidelines · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:33 pm
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All 4 of my blogs in progress were down at midday, started working again, and really struggling to access them again now… think I’m going to finish some photoshop work instead…
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:42 pm
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bbPress
Oh dear!

An invalid configuration file was found at bb-config.php
The installation cannot continue.

Usually this is caused by one of the database connection settings being incorrect. Make sure that the specified user has appropriate permission to access the database.

bbPress is already installed.

Perhaps you meant to run the upgrade script instead?
xasauan · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:44 pm
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I’ve noticed it running slowly for a few days now and this morning I can’t access my blog at all. This is my second try at posting to this forum. The first attempt brought up an error message.
pinaldave · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:47 pm
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It is extremely slow from me and my readers have been sending me stress message continuously.
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:48 pm
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Staff is working to correct this BB Press error > see here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=7#post-567867
wordlily · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:49 pm
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Having trouble loading various wordpress.com blogs this morning, getting various error messages.

http://bermudaonion.net/ Loaded on about my 5th try,
http://unfinishedperson.com/ is taking forever to load (still hasn’t not sure if it will but it probably won’t at this rate).
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:50 pm
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Please take note that we are all experiencing this and Staff are working to correct it.
andypf61 · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:51 pm
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Have just logged on (took ages for the page load) to do some updates and a new post and cannot access anything in my blog – just keeps stalling…………!!
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:58 pm
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Did you read what I posted above? https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=11#post-567874
hewsut · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 4:58 pm
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We’re currently battling a sporadic non-trivial DDoS attack. We’ll post here again when we have another update.
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm
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Thank you Hewsut I sensed that.
bios11010101 · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 5:05 pm
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I have the same problem. My blog keeps dropping the connection. I have tried loading some other blogs at the same time and it is the same problem.
universalgeni · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 5:22 pm
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WP is buggy. Somthing is wrong over here too…
stillanunfinishedperson · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 5:35 pm
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Thanks for the update, hewsut and Timethief. Appreciate it. Will stand by. Luckily, I didn’t have anything to post today anyway.
timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 5:37 pm
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This is not a BUG! This is a series of non-trivial ie. serious DDOS (direct denial of service) attacks by hackers on the wordpress.com servers. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-running-really-slow?replies=16#post-567880

How can we help? By logging out and decreasing the demand on the servers while Staff work on the backend.

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