SELECT 
  categories.category_id, 
  categories.parent_id, 
  categories.id_path, 
  category_descriptions.category, 
  categories.position, 
  categories.status, 
  categories.company_id 
FROM 
  categories 
  LEFT JOIN category_descriptions ON categories.category_id = category_descriptions.category_id 
  AND category_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 = 1 
  AND (
    categories.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(0, categories.usergroup_ids) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(1, categories.usergroup_ids)
  ) 
  AND categories.status IN ('A') 
  AND categories.level <= 3 
  AND categories.deleted_at IS NULL 
  AND categories.company_id = 39 
ORDER BY 
  categories.is_trash asc, 
  categories.position asc, 
  category_descriptions.category asc

Query time 0.03979

JSON explain

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    "cost_info": {
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    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_temporary_table": true,
      "using_filesort": true,
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "categories",
            "access_type": "ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "c_status",
              "index_categories_on_deleted_at"
            ],
            "key": "index_categories_on_deleted_at",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "deleted_at"
            ],
            "key_length": "6",
            "ref": [
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 10182,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 33,
            "filtered": "0.33",
            "index_condition": "(`goimagine`.`categories`.`deleted_at` is null)",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "120.75",
              "eval_cost": "3.39",
              "prefix_cost": "1138.95",
              "data_read_per_join": "88K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "category_id",
              "parent_id",
              "id_path",
              "level",
              "company_id",
              "usergroup_ids",
              "status",
              "position",
              "is_trash",
              "deleted_at"
            ],
            "attached_condition": "((`goimagine`.`categories`.`company_id` = 39) and ((`goimagine`.`categories`.`usergroup_ids` = '') or (0 <> find_in_set(0,`goimagine`.`categories`.`usergroup_ids`)) or (0 <> find_in_set(1,`goimagine`.`categories`.`usergroup_ids`))) and (`goimagine`.`categories`.`status` = 'A') and (`goimagine`.`categories`.`level` <= 3))"
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "category_descriptions",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "category_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
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              "goimagine.categories.category_id",
              "const"
            ],
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            },
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              "lang_code",
              "category"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}