I notice that many WordPress tips websites recommend using caching plugins. I tried it on one site that gets a relatively small amount of traffic, and hardly notice a difference in load time. Is it smart to set up as a general rule, or does it it really depend on the site traffic? Same question … Read more
I’m writing a plugin for WordPress that dynamically generates content from a Google Documents Spreadsheet. Specifically, the plugin provides a shortcode that generates a good-looking staff list. It works, but there are two problems: Pages that use the shortcode load a little slow, because they have to make multiple requests to another server Since the … Read more
I’m updating a plugin of mine and am have a hard time figuring out the “best way” to build in a specific bit of functionality. The plugin allows users to associate images from their media library to any term of any taxonomy. I’m currently working on creating functions that users can add to their themes … Read more
I’ve heard great things about HHVM, so I’ve setup a copy of WordPress blog (on another domain) with Nginx (with the Pagespeed module) and HHVM. Right now the benefits are obvious: on the same config, load times are between two and three times faster. I’m trying to speed up things a little bit, and I’ve … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for WordPress Development Stack Exchange. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question I’m running the latest version of both WordPress (3.5.1) and the always popular W3 Total Cache (0.9.2.8), but I’m having issues … Read more
a plugin i’m working on has a conflict with w3 total cache. To be more specific, in my code i have static function get_instance() { if( self::$_instance === NULL ) { // get the settings from the database self::$_instance = get_option( ‘ai1ec_settings’ ); // if there are no settings in the database // save default … Read more
Let’s say I’ve already got the $post object through some earlier process of looping through an array of IDs and using get_post() on each one of them, storing the resulting object in some array. Later on, I want to loop through that array and do something with each post. I already have a $my_post object, … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for WordPress Development Stack Exchange. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Should I use Transients in my queries like this? <?php if ( ! $my_paged = absint( get_query_var( ‘paged’ ) ) ) … Read more
I would like to know if it’s a good practice to use transient api to cache social counters for every post. Loading post pages get quite slow while processing and getting all social APIs. 1 1 Yes, social counts are a great use case for using transients. Aside from the slow page loading, as you … Read more
I’m reading this article about fragment caching. It seems self explanatory except for this line: based on the assumption that you have an advanced object cache available. What exactly is an advanced object cache, and how can I check for one/implement if not already available? 2 s 2 An advanced object cache is a cache … Read more