SELECT 
  products.product_id, 
  products.list_price, 
  prices.price, 
  products.amount, 
  descr1.product as product, 
  companies.company as company_name, 
  cscart_supplier_links.supplier_id, 
  products.product_type, 
  products.parent_product_id, 
  products.master_product_offers_count, 
  products.master_product_id, 
  products.company_id, 
  prpd.average_rating, 
  prpd.reviews_count, 
  pvd.variant as brand_name 
FROM 
  cscart_products as products 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_descriptions as descr1 ON descr1.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND descr1.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_prices as prices ON prices.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND prices.lower_limit = 1 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_companies AS companies ON companies.company_id = products.company_id 
  INNER JOIN cscart_products_categories as products_categories ON products_categories.product_id = products.product_id 
  INNER JOIN cscart_categories ON cscart_categories.category_id = products_categories.category_id 
  /* PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Usergroup filtering disabled 2024-02-09 for site stability */
  -- AND (cscart_categories.usergroup_ids = '' OR FIND_IN_SET(0, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids) OR FIND_IN_SET(1, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids)) 

  AND cscart_categories.status IN ('A', 'H') 
  AND cscart_categories.storefront_id IN (0, 1) 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_supplier_links ON cscart_supplier_links.object_id = products.product_id 
  AND cscart_supplier_links.object_type = 'P' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_master_products_storefront_offers_count AS master_products_storefront_offers_count ON master_products_storefront_offers_count.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND master_products_storefront_offers_count.storefront_id = 1 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_sales USE INDEX (
    idx_product_sales_category_amount
  ) ON cscart_product_sales.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND cscart_product_sales.category_id = products_categories.category_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_review_prepared_data AS prpd ON prpd.product_id = products.product_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_features_values AS pfv ON pfv.product_id = products.product_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions AS pvd ON pfv.variant_id = pvd.variant_id 
  AND pvd.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND products.product_id NOT IN (65178) 
  AND (
    companies.status IN ('A') 
    OR products.company_id = 0
  ) 
  /* PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Usergroup filtering disabled 2024-02-09 for site stability */
  -- AND (products.usergroup_ids = '' OR FIND_IN_SET(0, products.usergroup_ids) OR FIND_IN_SET(1, products.usergroup_ids)) 

  AND products.status IN ('A') 
  AND prices.usergroup_id IN (0, 1) 
  AND products.parent_product_id = 0 
  AND products.master_product_status IN ('A') 
  AND products.master_product_id = 0 
  AND (
    products.company_id > 0 
    OR master_products_storefront_offers_count.count > 0
  ) 
  AND pfv.feature_id = 62 
  AND cscart_categories.category_id IN (2438) 
  AND (
    products.amount > 0 
    OR products.tracking = 'D'
  ) 
GROUP BY 
  products.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_product_sales.amount DESC, 
  products.product_id ASC 
LIMIT 
  0, 8

Query time 0.00463

JSON explain

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}