SELECT 
  cscart_discussion_posts.*, 
  cscart_discussion_messages.message, 
  cscart_discussion_rating.rating_value 
FROM 
  cscart_discussion_posts 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_messages ON cscart_discussion_messages.post_id = cscart_discussion_posts.post_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_rating ON cscart_discussion_rating.post_id = cscart_discussion_posts.post_id 
WHERE 
  cscart_discussion_posts.thread_id = 978 
  AND cscart_discussion_posts.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_discussion_posts.timestamp DESC 
LIMIT 
  0, 10

Query time 0.00005

JSON explain

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          "possible_keys": ["thread_id", "thread_id_2"],
          "key": "thread_id_2",
          "key_length": "6",
          "used_key_parts": ["thread_id", "status"],
          "ref": ["const", "const"],
          "rows": 3,
          "filtered": 100,
          "index_condition": "cscart_discussion_posts.`status` = 'A'",
          "attached_condition": "cscart_discussion_posts.thread_id <=> 978 and cscart_discussion_posts.`status` <=> 'A'"
        }
      }
    },
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      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
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      "used_key_parts": ["post_id"],
      "ref": ["smscrm_edev.cscart_discussion_posts.post_id"],
      "rows": 1,
      "filtered": 100
    },
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    }
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}