I am using a WordPress plugin called feedwordpress in order to run a planet

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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T03:31:05+00:00 2026-05-23T03:31:05+00:00

I am using a WordPress plugin called feedwordpress in order to run a planet

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I am using a WordPress plugin called feedwordpress in order to run a planet like website on wordpress (See it here).

The plugin is great except for one thing – it hogs down my (VPS) server into submission once every week or so.

In a recent e-mail exchange with the webadmin he wrote the following:

It does look like the increased mysql
resource usage is being caused by slow
queries being run by r-bloggers.com.
Here is a copy of some of the logs
that are being produced. You would
need to optimize this site and
database further to have it running as
efficiently as possible. If these
changes have already been made, your
best option would be to look into a
large upgrade for your VPS due to the
high level or resources and traffic
that your site needs and sees.

Here are the logs:

# Time: 110614 16:11:35
# User@Host: rblogger_rblogr[rblogger_rblogr] @ localhost []
# Query_time: 104 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: 54616
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_rb_posts.* FROM wp_rb_posts WHERE 1=1 AND ((guid = '235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (MD5(guid) = '235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded')) AND wp_rb_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'attachment', 'revision', 'nav_menu_item') AND (wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'future' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'pending' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'trash' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'auto-draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'inherit' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'private') ORDER BY wp_rb_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 1570, 10;
# User@Host: rblogger_rblogr[rblogger_rblogr] @ localhost []
# Query_time: 237 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: 54616
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_rb_posts.* FROM wp_rb_posts WHERE 1=1 AND ((guid = '235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded') OR (MD5(guid) = '235cbefa4424d0cdb7b6213f15a95ded')) AND wp_rb_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'attachment', 'revision', 'nav_menu_item') AND (wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'future' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'pending' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'trash' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'auto-draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'inherit' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'private') ORDER BY wp_rb_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 570, 10;
# Time: 110614 16:18:13
# User@Host: rblogger_rblogr[rblogger_rblogr] @ localhost []
# Query_time: 257 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: 54616
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_rb_posts.* FROM wp_rb_posts WHERE 1=1 AND ((guid = '956e208f101562f6654e88e9711276e4') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=956e208f101562f6654e88e9711276e4') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=956e208f101562f6654e88e9711276e4') OR (MD5(guid) = '956e208f101562f6654e88e9711276e4')) AND wp_rb_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'attachment', 'revision', 'nav_menu_item') AND (wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'future' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'pending' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'trash' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'auto-draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'inherit' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'private') ORDER BY wp_rb_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 570, 10;
# Time: 110614 16:19:02
# User@Host: rblogger_rblogr[rblogger_rblogr] @ localhost []
# Query_time: 83 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: 54616
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_rb_posts.* FROM wp_rb_posts WHERE 1=1 AND ((guid = '6c589e661f03a67b0529fab2f080bfd3') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=6c589e661f03a67b0529fab2f080bfd3') OR (guid = 'http://www.r-bloggers.com/?guid=6c589e661f03a67b0529fab2f080bfd3') OR (MD5(guid) = '6c589e661f03a67b0529fab2f080bfd3')) AND wp_rb_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'attachment', 'revision', 'nav_menu_item') AND (wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'future' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'pending' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'trash' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'auto-draft' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'inherit' OR wp_rb_posts.post_status = 'private') ORDER BY wp_rb_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 1440, 10;

Which leads me to my question – what in this logs might indicate to me what is happening (why should such queries take so long?)? is it possible to optimize these? If so, how?

Thanks,
Tal