WoodMart Performance Issues

Hello! We’re experiencing noticeable slowdowns with the WoodMart theme on low and medium-performance hosting. The problem gets significantly worse when we have over 100 products.

Our investigation, using QueryMonitor and Code Profiler, showed that the add_attr function in the class-block-attributes.php file is being called a massive number of times (5993 times on a clean WordPress, WooCommerce, and WoodMart installation). These calls happen every time any page is refreshed.

This seems like a major performance bottleneck. It might be just the tip of the iceberg, and as the developers, you might see more underlying issues. Profiling tools aren’t always perfect, but the slowdown is definitely real and unacceptable. WoodMart is advertised as a fast theme, so this behavior is unexpected.

We noticed that WooCommerce recently fixed a similar performance issue in their latest release (see: https://developer.woocommerce.com/2025/02/25/woocommerce-9-7-smarter-shipping-displays-and-faster-performance/#h-faster-block-editor-performance).

We switched to Gutenberg specifically for performance reasons, so resolving this is extremely important. Could you please investigate and address this performance problem?

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Could you please provide us with instructions on how we can see these timing graphs from the screenshot? Also send us your FTP access so we can troubleshoot this.

Thank you.

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public function add_attr( $attributes, $attrs_prefix = ” ) {
do_action( ‘qm/debug’, [‘attr’=>$attributes, ‘prefix’=> $attrs_prefix]); ///<<<<<<< it’s debug for query-monitor plugins
path file:
woodmart/inc/integrations/gutenberg/inc/class-block-attributes.php
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Hello! When will you be able to look at the issue? I have temporary hosting that I created specifically for you.

Hello,

We are investigating the issue and will be back to you asap.

Kind Regards

Hello!
After the latest update to 8.1.1, Woodmart has become even slower. A ScreamingFrog scan showed an average increase of 1.3 seconds per request. Rolling back to 8.0.9 restored the previous performance. The database access time remains the same as before.

I’m ready to work closely with you on profiling. I want this theme to be the best. However, there seem to be some performance issues with the Gutenberg editor. This, by the way, leads to a 30% increase in the website’s bounce rate.

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Try to add the following PHP code snippet to the child theme functions.php file to fix this

	function wd_get_advanced_tab_attrs() {
		return array();
	}

[Maxor]

Has this been solved ?

We much prefer Elementor to Gutenberg, Gutenberg is still a pain to use imho
they have a long way to go to achieve the same great UX & features as Elementor does
Also Elementor performance is now as good as a pure gutenberg site

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Maxor.

—Try to add the following PHP code snippet to the child theme functions.php file to fix this

Unfortunately, I haven’t noticed any significant improvements.

[norborov]

—-We much prefer Elementor to Gutenberg, Gutenberg is still a pain to use imho
they have a long way to go to achieve the same great UX & features as Elementor does
Also Elementor performance is now as good as a pure gutenberg site

We’ve been working with Elementor and Gutenberg blocks. We think Gutenberg has a lot of potential because its code is based on React.js. React.js is very fast when there are no errors. I’ve been using React.js in my projects for 7 years, so I’m confident in it.

Regarding WoodMart, I think the developers need to do more in-depth profiling of the PHP code. If they do that, it could become the best theme for online stores. That’s why I’m spending time trying to help them.

I’d rather not write a theme from scratch myself!

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by norborov.

Hello,

As we can see, you did add the code we sent you. We tested this on your website and here is the result with code
https://monosnap.com/file/s8hQ1fYUDKkRAEHmPffCwRK3b45WsG
and without code https://monosnap.com/file/H4Rd4ZJ8Cf92ftiUp8vmqnnuGQ2lZX

Thanks! I’ll do some testing a bit later today, too… and I’ll update to version 8.1.1.
Which profiler do you use? I use QCacheGrind and Xdebug in profile mode.

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