I’m getting a Content-Encoding:gzip header when I visit your site… Cache-Control:max-age=300, must-revalidate Connection:Keep-Alive Content-Encoding:gzip Content-Type:text/html; charset=UTF-8 Date:Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:27:48 GMT Keep-Alive:timeout=15, max=100 Server:Apache Transfer-Encoding:Identity Vary:Accept-Encoding,Cookie Also, you have a jQuery reference error in the wp-minify plugin 🙂
@import prevents “parallel” downloads. I’d not suggest to use it in case you want to minify css files.
What the author of the article posted, as I read it, is suggesting you do is something like this: $cats = array(1,2,3,4); $q = new WP_Query( array( ‘category__not_in’ => $cats ) ); var_dump($q->request); You should see the complex default query in that dump. $ids = array_unique(get_objects_in_term($cats,’category’)); var_dump($ids); Now you have an array of post IDs … Read more
Disabling garbage collection only means that what ever memory is being leaked will reamain leaked and there will be no effort to reclaim it. To fix 500 problems you need to check the actual errors reported at the php error log.
In general, custom SQL queries are faster than the WordPress native funtions regardless. The real question is, are these custom SQL queries better, and the simple answer is “NO”. Lets look at a few important points to why not to use custom SQL queries: You loose all filters, in the case of WP_Query, you loose … Read more
First you can optimize a little by not joining with wp_users as the joins can all be done between wp_usermeta. Another optimization would be to replace the WHERE clause with a subselect (which MySQL manages to optimize so it only gets executed once). The meta_key clause parts should be put into the WHERE clause I … Read more
Install Query Monitor to check which scripts and what hook they are using for your role. Keep in mind these scripts may have dependencies. You should probably start with the Dashboard Widgets API. The names of the default widgets on the dashboard: // Main column (left): $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘normal’][‘high’][‘dashboard_browser_nag’] $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘normal’][‘core’][‘dashboard_right_now’] $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘normal’][‘core’][‘dashboard_activity’] // Side Column (right): $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘side’][‘core’][‘dashboard_quick_press’] $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘side’][‘core’][‘dashboard_primary’] … Read more
Yes, downloading the images directory (uploads) and running through those images via any optimization software would work. Only thing that you should take care of is that the images path and name should be same as before.
Use a cache plugin (or write your own custom cache plugin) to server those posts. Set the cache plugin to update posts’ contents whenever any other post title is updated / added. Or you can do this in a background process using cron. This way your original content remains intact, but you still get quick … Read more
Best to work with your host on this type of specific issue. In general, when you have slow queries, a few things may help: Optimize the database – check and see if any tables are bloated compared to others. You may be able to turn off revisions and autosaves, or reduce the number of allowed … Read more