SELECT 
  company_descriptions.*, 
  companies.*, 
  vendor_plan_descriptions.plan, 
  seo_names.name as seo_name, 
  seo_names.path as seo_path, 
  vendor_ga_tracking_code, 
  vendor_fb_tracking_code, 
  AVG(discussion_rating.rating_value) AS average_rating, 
  CONCAT(
    companies.company_id, 
    '_', 
    IF (
      discussion_rating.thread_id, discussion_rating.thread_id, 
      '0'
    )
  ) AS company_thread_ids 
FROM 
  companies AS companies 
  LEFT JOIN company_descriptions AS company_descriptions ON company_descriptions.company_id = companies.company_id 
  AND company_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN vendor_plan_descriptions ON companies.plan_id = vendor_plan_descriptions.plan_id 
  AND vendor_plan_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN seo_names ON seo_names.object_id = 980 
  AND seo_names.type = 'm' 
  AND seo_names.dispatch = '' 
  AND seo_names.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN discussion as discussionA ON discussionA.object_id = companies.company_id 
  AND discussionA.object_type = 'M' 
  LEFT JOIN discussion_posts ON discussion_posts.thread_id = discussionA.thread_id 
  AND discussion_posts.status = 'A' 
  LEFT JOIN discussion_rating ON discussionA.thread_id = discussion_rating.thread_id 
  AND discussion_rating.post_id = discussion_posts.post_id 
WHERE 
  companies.company_id = 980

Query time 0.00129

JSON explain

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