SELECT 
  mdi.mdi_id, 
  mdi.tag, 
  mdi.is_faq, 
  mdi.is_open, 
  mdi.status, 
  mdi.position, 
  mdi.item_type, 
  mdi.filling_type, 
  mdi.filling_data, 
  mdi.position_on_page, 
  mdid.lang_code, 
  mdid.title, 
  mdid.description 
FROM 
  cscart_ab__md_items as mdi 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ab__md_item_settings item_settings ON mdi.mdi_id = item_settings.item_id 
  AND item_settings.object_type = 'category' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ab__md_items_links global_links_include ON global_links_include.item_id = mdi.mdi_id 
  AND global_links_include.object_type = 'category' 
  AND (
    global_links_include.object_id = 1383 
    AND global_links_include.link_type = 'I'
  ) 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ab__md_items_links global_links_exclude ON global_links_exclude.item_id = mdi.mdi_id 
  AND global_links_exclude.object_type = 'category' 
  AND (
    global_links_exclude.object_id = 1383 
    AND global_links_exclude.link_type = 'E'
  ) 
  INNER JOIN cscart_ab__md_item_descriptions AS mdid ON (
    mdi.mdi_id = mdid.mdi_id 
    AND mdid.lang_code = 'en' 
    AND IF(
      mdi.item_type = 'elements', 
      TRIM(mdid.description) != '', 
      TRIM(mdid.title) != ''
    )
  ) 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND item_settings.status = 'A' 
  AND (
    item_settings.is_global = 'Y' 
    OR global_links_include.object_id is not null
  ) 
  and global_links_exclude.object_id is null 
  AND mdi.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  mdi.status asc, 
  mdi.position asc, 
  mdid.title asc

Query time 0.00239

JSON explain

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      "using_filesort": true,
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              "filling_data"
            ],
            "attached_condition": "(`s2cart`.`mdi`.`status` = 'A')"
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
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            ],
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          }
        },
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          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
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        },
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            ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  }
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