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On larger Drupal sites, the Token module quickly becomes unwieldy, and the UI can consume precious resources while often being never used. Here are some options for mitigation of this.

Token_tweaks module

Written by the same guy who wrote token, token_tweaks aims to reduce the recursiveness of the theme_token_tree() function. This simple fix is enough on most sites to speed up page loads, and reduce memory consumption.

This is a real life example from a current (large) Drupal project I am working on. With vanilla token module installed, and viewing an admin page with a theme_token_tree() rendered on it (it happens to be a webform configuration page). I used devel to produce these metrics. Read More