Critical Performance Issue – Extremely High Queries from WPML Components

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November 28, 2025 at 8:44 am #17617453
vokos-monoprosopi-saV	Background of the issue: I am experiencing serious performance issues on my website hidden link caused directly by WPML. According to Query Monitor, the WPML components are generating a very high number of database queries: sitepress-multilingual-cms: 448 queries (0.3708 sec) and wpml-string-translation: 77 queries (0.0370 sec). I have already increased WP memory limit, cleaned unused strings, checked all string translation tables, updated WPML and all related addons, optimized translation settings, cleared all caches, and confirmed that theme and plugins are updated. Despite these efforts, the performance issues continue. Symptoms: The site becomes slow, sometimes non-responsive, and during peaks, the server usage skyrockets due to WPML-related queries. Questions: Whether this query count is normal for a site with WooCommerce + Avada + WPML. What specific diagnostics you need from me (logs, db tables, debug info). Whether there are known issues or patches related to excessive queries in the versions I am using. If you can provide direct guidance to reduce unnecessary queries from sitepress-multilingual-cms and wpml-string-translation.

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November 28, 2025 at 8:44 am #17617453

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Background of the issue:
I am experiencing serious performance issues on my website hidden link caused directly by WPML. According to Query Monitor, the WPML components are generating a very high number of database queries: sitepress-multilingual-cms: 448 queries (0.3708 sec) and wpml-string-translation: 77 queries (0.0370 sec). I have already increased WP memory limit, cleaned unused strings, checked all string translation tables, updated WPML and all related addons, optimized translation settings, cleared all caches, and confirmed that theme and plugins are updated. Despite these efforts, the performance issues continue.

Symptoms:
The site becomes slow, sometimes non-responsive, and during peaks, the server usage skyrockets due to WPML-related queries.

Questions:
Whether this query count is normal for a site with WooCommerce + Avada + WPML.
What specific diagnostics you need from me (logs, db tables, debug info).
Whether there are known issues or patches related to excessive queries in the versions I am using.
If you can provide direct guidance to reduce unnecessary queries from sitepress-multilingual-cms and wpml-string-translation.

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