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if you feel that the fix you found would be something that universally beneficial i would urge you to share it either on trac or here @jf_trumpet

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@jf_trumpet what exactly is running slow? If the site is accessible you can run it through the Pingdom speed check at http://tools.pingdom.com to see what resource is loading slowly.

WordPress is very zippy as it arrives out of the box – try deactivating BuddyPress to see if there is any improvement in load speed. That way you’ll know if it is…[Read more]

@jf_trumpet
Unless the hosting company explicitly told you that it was a dedicated server then most likely it is shared server or VPS! Ultimately a dedicated server is most ideal for BP but can be expensive! Depending on the amount of users accessing the site in a given period a VPS may serve you well.

@jf_trumpet check this out too https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization

@jf_trumpet Where are you hosted? BP can be sluggish on shared hosting plans.

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