[wp-hackers] Slow w/ Permalinks

[Eric Marden]

> I have determined it's only slow when i activate my custom permalink:
>
> /%category%/%postname%


You need to include either the post_id or some other numeric data in  
your permalink recipe or else it has to look through all the slugs for  
a match - this is why its slow.

Try this tried and true recipe instead: /%category%/%post_id%/%postname 
%/

More info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Using_only_.25postname.25

-e