So I have a few installs of WordPress 6.x on my server. Everything was rosy until I updated to version 6.0… but it turns out that WP is a resource hog on steroids. So to fix the problem,…

  • I’ve turned to the classic editor
  • I’m now using a heartbeat control plugin
  • I updated the PHP to 8.1
  • I trimmed the unnecessary plug-ins but either deleting them or turn them off
  • And I simplified the Administration panel which is a huge resource hog

Overall, I think the results are an improvement, but it still feels slower than before. Well, I guess WordPress will never get smaller in terms of its installation and resource requirements!