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Created November 5, 2012 23:04
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Possible Slow Query Fix
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'optimized_get_posts', 100);
function optimized_get_posts() {
global $wp_query, $wpdb;
$wp_query->query_vars['no_found_rows'] = 1;
$wp_query->found_posts = $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1 AND wp_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'private')" );
$wp_query->found_posts = apply_filters_ref_array( 'found_posts', array( $wp_query->found_posts, &$wp_query ) );
$wp_query->max_num_pages = ceil($wp_query->found_posts / $wp_query->query_vars['posts_per_page']);
return $wp_query;
}
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Does this work well with newer versions of WP such as 4.2.3 or 4.3?

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