SELECT 
  SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS products.product_id, 
  descr1.product as product, 
  companies.company as company_name, 
  products.product_type, 
  products.parent_product_id, 
  products.variation_sku, 
  companies.discreet_shipping as company_discreet_shipping 
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 
  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_product_popularity as popularity ON popularity.product_id = products.product_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND cscart_categories.category_id IN (46) 
  AND companies.status IN ('A') 
  AND products.amount > 0 
  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, 0, 1) 
  AND products.parent_product_id = 0 
  AND companies.vacation_mode = 0 
GROUP BY 
  products.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  popularity.total desc, 
  products.product_id ASC 
LIMIT 
  0, 50

Query time 0.00139

JSON explain

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