Every clause of a meta_query adds another JOIN on wp_postmeta, and postmeta has no index on the value. Three conditions are enough to turn a product listing into a query that reads hundreds of thousands of rows. This analyzer shows that and generates the table that replaces it.
WordPress meta_query JOIN Analyzer
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