SELECT 
  SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS products.product_id, 
  descr1.product as product, 
  companies.company as company_name, 
  companies.ag_hide_city as company_city_hide, 
  companies.city as company_city, 
  companies.state as company_state 
FROM 
  products as products 
  LEFT JOIN product_descriptions as descr1 ON descr1.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND descr1.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN product_prices as prices ON prices.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND prices.lower_limit = 1 
  LEFT JOIN companies AS companies ON companies.company_id = products.company_id 
  INNER JOIN products_categories as products_categories ON products_categories.product_id = products.product_id 
  INNER JOIN categories ON categories.category_id = products_categories.category_id 
  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', 'H') 
  AND categories.storefront_id IN (0, 1) 
  LEFT JOIN product_options_inventory as inventory ON inventory.product_id = products.product_id 
  LEFT JOIN product_popularity as popularity ON popularity.product_id = products.product_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND companies.status IN ('A') 
  AND products.company_id = 473 
  AND (
    products.amount > 0 
    OR products.tracking = 'D'
  ) 
  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.company_id = 473 
GROUP BY 
  products.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  popularity.total desc, 
  products.product_id ASC 
LIMIT 
  2304, 12

Query time 0.23226

JSON explain

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              ],
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