WPFORO is overloading MYSQL. I have followed your tutorial on database tables to no effect.
wpForo doesn't overload anything.
This could be related to your hosting, errors in your DB (check it within wpForo admin options and tools) or you use a caching with wpForo. Caching doesn't work with wpForo and some caching plugins create problems with wpForo sessions (users get mixed login/logout statuses).
I have a very powerful dedicated server so I doubt it is my host.
I am using w3 total cache with all of the exclusions required to prevent caching on wpforo
I ran a database check of my tables and DID get some issues showing up....
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The indexes parentid and parentid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes status and status_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes order and order_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes is_cat and is_cat_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed.Problems with indexes of table `wp_wpforo_posts`
The indexes email and email_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes status and status_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes is_first_post and is_first_post_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes is_answer and is_answer_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes created and created_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes userid and userid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes forumid and forumid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes topicid and topicid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed.Problems with indexes of table `wp_wpforo_topics`
The indexes type and type_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes modified and modified_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes created and created_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes first_postid and first_postid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed. The indexes forumid and forumid_2 seem to be equal and one of them could possibly be removed."
Please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools > Debug > Tables tab and check database tables. If you see any error, please click the [Solve Database Problems] button. Then navigate to the Dashboard > Forums > Tools admin page and check the Errors & Issues Tab.
Also, please read this FAQ topic: https://wpforo.com/community/faq/forum-is-slow/
well your proprietary tables scanner shows nothing but clearly I proved that there are duplicate indexes in the table structures. So I still need to know from a developer here if those duplicates need to be dropped.
as for the error logs. There were several PHP errors and some Database errors. I cant make heads or tails of them but I will paste them below for someone who knows what to look for.....
[24-Dec-2019 18:34:27 UTC] PHP Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN].com/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 3391
[28-Dec-2019 10:57:59 UTC] PHP Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN]/wp-content/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/video-embed-thumbnail-generator.php on line 1200
[22-Dec-2019 11:18:35 UTC] WordPress database error Duplicate key name 'meta_key' for query ALTER TABLE wp_bp_xprofile_meta ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191)) made by do_action('admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_admin_init, do_action('bp_admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_setup_updater, bp_version_updater, bp_core_install, bp_core_install_extended_profiles, dbDelta
[22-Dec-2019 11:18:35 UTC] WordPress database error Can't DROP INDEX `meta_key`; check that it exists for query ALTER TABLE wp_bp_xprofile_meta DROP INDEX meta_key made by do_action('admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_admin_init, do_action('bp_admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_setup_updater, bp_version_updater, bp_core_install, bp_pre_schema_upgrade
[22-Dec-2019 11:18:35 UTC] WordPress database error Can't DROP INDEX `meta_key`; check that it exists for query ALTER TABLE wp_bp_notifications_meta DROP INDEX meta_key made by do_action('admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_admin_init, do_action('bp_admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_setup_updater, bp_version_updater, bp_core_install, bp_pre_schema_upgrade
[22-Dec-2019 11:18:35 UTC] WordPress database error Can't DROP INDEX `meta_key`; check that it exists for query ALTER TABLE wp_bp_activity_meta DROP INDEX meta_key made by do_action('admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_admin_init, do_action('bp_admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, bp_setup_updater, bp_version_updater, bp_core_install, bp_pre_schema_upgrade
[18-Dec-2019 01:32:20 UTC] PHP Warning: Use of undefined constant ‘__return_false’ - assumed '‘__return_false’' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN]/wp-includes/functions.php on line 7388
[18-Dec-2019 01:32:20 UTC] PHP Warning: Use of undefined constant ‘big_image_size_threshold’ - assumed '‘big_image_size_threshold’' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN]/wp-includes/functions.php on line 7388
[18-Dec-2019 00:59:10 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of Theme_Quiet_Skin::feedback($string) should be compatible with WP_Upgrader_Skin::feedback($string, ...$args) in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN]/wp-content/plugins/wp-script-core/admin/class/class-installer.php on line 165
[18-Dec-2019 00:59:10 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of Plugin_Quiet_Skin::feedback($string) should be compatible with WP_Upgrader_Skin::feedback($string, ...$args) in /home/sminix84/[HIDDEN]/wp-content/plugins/wp-script-core/admin/class/class-installer.php on line 159
So I still need to know from a developer here if those duplicates need to be dropped.
Yes, you can drop the duplicates.