Category Archives: Wordpress
WordPress running slow? Check your post tags!
Over the past few years I have become very versed in optimizing WordPress for speed. Most generally I can get just about any WordPress site to load in under one second. Recently I was working for a client that had a site that was just dragging. We tried everything, disabling plugins, caching, I optimized all…
WordPress PHP memory usage – a proposal
Recently I switched hosts and upon transferring my sites quickly noticed that I was having some PHP: out of memory errors. I only use the bare minimum plugins and have all of my themes optimized to limit PHP usage. I don’t use widgets, and if it can be hard coded using plain html, it is….
WordPress Update Failed: Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file…
Recently, I reconfigured on of my WordPress installations to run as WordPress MU, instead of the standard, single site platform. This was perfect for me because now every time I create a new site, I don’t have to create a new database, install plugins, ect. It really gives me a head start with a basic template for…
WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
Time and time again, I find that people are confused by WordPress.com, and WordPress.org. What is the the difference? They are both WordPress right? Which one is right for me? Keep reading, all of your questions will be answered. What is WordPress? The first question we will address is What is WordPress? In short, WordPress…
WordPress: Error after updating permalinks
So you have your blog up and running and you are playing with all of the settings. You make it to the setting to update your permalinks so they display more than just a number for the post. It all seems to go well, but when you go to your blog to check things out,…