Comments on: How to speed up WordPress http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-116812 David Mon, 19 May 2008 22:18:04 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-116812 Hey, if you still want to speed up your site using cache, there's an amazing plugin called wp-supercache. It has done wonders for my client's Wordpress installs. When you used caching in the past, you mentioned being frustrated about making design changes and not seeing them live on your site. A quick way around that is after making design changes, you go to the wp-supercache settings in your admin and just hit 'Delete Cache' and you'll see the changes applied. If you want to try out the plugin you can read about it on my blog: http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/speed-up-wordpress-performance.html Hey, if you still want to speed up your site using cache, there’s an amazing plugin called wp-supercache. It has done wonders for my client’s Wordpress installs.

When you used caching in the past, you mentioned being frustrated about making design changes and not seeing them live on your site. A quick way around that is after making design changes, you go to the wp-supercache settings in your admin and just hit ‘Delete Cache’ and you’ll see the changes applied.

If you want to try out the plugin you can read about it on my blog:
http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/speed-up-wordpress-performance.html

]]> By: WordPress internal object cache killed this site’s performance | Tummblr http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-112914 WordPress internal object cache killed this site’s performance | Tummblr Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:14:18 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-112914 [...] seems to be undocumented and had security issues in the past, but is commonly recommended as a safe way of increasing performance. I have heard that the object cache hardly improves performance, but [...] [...] seems to be undocumented and had security issues in the past, but is commonly recommended as a safe way of increasing performance. I have heard that the object cache hardly improves performance, but [...]

]]> By: Matt Ellsworth http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-105095 Matt Ellsworth Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:38:12 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-105095 Thanks for the heads up on the cache function built into word press. I had tried to use the wpcache2 plugin on my site - but it wouldn't work because we can't create the symbolic link. thanks for the tip! Thanks for the heads up on the cache function built into word press. I had tried to use the wpcache2 plugin on my site - but it wouldn’t work because we can’t create the symbolic link. thanks for the tip!

]]> By: James http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61702 James Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:50:51 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61702 Milan, the WordPress object cache is built-in. It just needs to be "turned on" by following the steps that Tom mentioned in his post. In my opinion, a blog with 100 unique hits per day is border-line when considering the object cache, which means that it may or may not benefit from the cache. Just activate the object cache for a few days and keep a close eye on your blog's performance. Milan, the WordPress object cache is built-in. It just needs to be “turned on” by following the steps that Tom mentioned in his post.

In my opinion, a blog with 100 unique hits per day is border-line when considering the object cache, which means that it may or may not benefit from the cache. Just activate the object cache for a few days and keep a close eye on your blog’s performance.

]]> By: Milan http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61559 Milan Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:08:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61559 Is that single line all you need to add to the wp-config.php or are more complex modifications required? Would this be at all worthwhile on a blog that only gets about 100 unique hits a day, and is running on a shared (GoDaddy) Linux server? Thanks a lot for the information. Is that single line all you need to add to the wp-config.php or are more complex modifications required? Would this be at all worthwhile on a blog that only gets about 100 unique hits a day, and is running on a shared (GoDaddy) Linux server?

Thanks a lot for the information.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61362 Tom Raftery Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:02:28 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61362 Dave, I know I tried it in the past but I had issues with it so I uninstalled it. The issues were around my tinkering with the site's design and wondering why the changes weren't showing up on the site (yup, I was looking at cached pages - duh Tom!). Dave,

I know I tried it in the past but I had issues with it so I uninstalled it.

The issues were around my tinkering with the site’s design and wondering why the changes weren’t showing up on the site (yup, I was looking at cached pages - duh Tom!).

]]> By: Dave Forde http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61355 Dave Forde Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:43:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61355 Tom - Have you tried http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/WP-Cache yet? It is supposed to help as well. Tom - Have you tried http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/WP-Cache yet? It is supposed to help as well.

]]> By: Ken McGuire http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61281 Ken McGuire Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:46:19 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61281 Good tips, was having similar issues with one or two of my own wordpress based blogs, never thought of caching... nicely done. Good tips, was having similar issues with one or two of my own wordpress based blogs, never thought of caching… nicely done.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61256 Tom Raftery Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:40:04 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61256 James - you got to comment ok using the name James I see, great! No worries, thanks for giving me simple instructions on how to turn on the caching! It seems to have worked a dream. And the fact that it is in the wp-config.php file means that it is unlikely to be overwritten in upgrades (or if it is, I have bigger things to worry about!!!). James - you got to comment ok using the name James I see, great!

No worries, thanks for giving me simple instructions on how to turn on the caching! It seems to have worked a dream. And the fact that it is in the wp-config.php file means that it is unlikely to be overwritten in upgrades (or if it is, I have bigger things to worry about!!!).

]]> By: James http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61034 James Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:11:03 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-61034 Tom, I'm glad to hear that everything is working properly, and I'm sorry that I didn't think of the object cache sooner. With the cache in place, you should be able to reactivate the "Ajaxy live commenting" without any significant performance impact. Milan, the WordPress object cache was introduced as a default feature in WordPress v2.0, but has shipped as disabled by default in all releases of WordPress since v2.0.2. The object cache works by caching certain database queries, which can be a great benefit to your blog if your MySQL server is slow or overloaded. It has been known to cause a negative performance impact under some shared hosting providers with blogs whose traffic does not justify the use of a cache. I began using the object cache on <a href="http://www.macmanx.com/blog/">MacManX.com</a> after I installed Angsuman's <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-translator-plugin-pro-for-wordpress-blogs-released/">Translator Plugin Pro</a>, which uses WordPress' object cache to cache translated pages, thus speeding translation and lightening the load on the translation engines. If my blog receives enough traffic to justify the use of the object cache without any negative performance impact, then Tom's should do just fine. Tom, I’m glad to hear that everything is working properly, and I’m sorry that I didn’t think of the object cache sooner. With the cache in place, you should be able to reactivate the “Ajaxy live commenting” without any significant performance impact.

Milan, the WordPress object cache was introduced as a default feature in WordPress v2.0, but has shipped as disabled by default in all releases of WordPress since v2.0.2. The object cache works by caching certain database queries, which can be a great benefit to your blog if your MySQL server is slow or overloaded. It has been known to cause a negative performance impact under some shared hosting providers with blogs whose traffic does not justify the use of a cache.

I began using the object cache on MacManX.com after I installed Angsuman’s Translator Plugin Pro, which uses WordPress’ object cache to cache translated pages, thus speeding translation and lightening the load on the translation engines. If my blog receives enough traffic to justify the use of the object cache without any negative performance impact, then Tom’s should do just fine.

]]> By: Milan http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-60905 Milan Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:26:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/how-to-speed-up-wordpress/#comment-60905 What does activated WordPress’ object cache actually do? Is there any reason not to do it? What does activated WordPress’ object cache actually do?

Is there any reason not to do it?

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