Last week I got a whole bunch of new customers who are Datafeedr users. I love Datafeedr too, and since you joined I figured I should release these two plugins that have been helping me and some of my clients with Datafeedr related sites. Faster Datafeedr Product Sets Plugin The first plugin is free and […]
I’ve just been sent the link to my filmed talk down in Brighton at the WordCamp there. I hate seeing myself recorded, but if you want to watch my talk made on the day this site launched then here it is. I don’t get into too many technical details, but I do sort of talk a […]
I’ve finally posted the update to the WPI Performance Plugin. This update includes quite a few changes. If you’re not already aware, Eric & Stefan from Datafeedr kindly posted an email to their customers about this awesome plugin to help your WordPress websites scale. As a result of that, I got a whole lot of new […]
There are a few extra options in version 2.7 of the WPI Performance Plugin to help you get more speed from your WordPress website. In the video below, I show how this enables me to get sub-second page speed on the /shop/ page of a largish demo site I have (817,000 products loaded using Datafeedr). Prior […]
Firstly – hi to all our new users. I see Stefan from Datafeedr posted out a nice email telling you all about my WPI Performance Plugin. That’s great and I’m happy to have you on board. Some issues are coming up though with the various set ups you have. Here’s what I’m aware of so […]
There are a multitude of profilers available for WordPress but they all fail in some way to provide the real results you need. Query Monitor, for example, is fantastic for profiling database queries, which is normally where performance problems come from, but it lets you down a little when it comes to finding out which […]
Edit your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file – the default file comes with a bug for setting up this slow query log, but find the line which starts log_slow_queries (it’ll be commented out probably). Don’t uncomment it, instead use something like these values: slow-query-log = 1slow-query-log-file = /var/log/mysql/slow.loglong_query_time = 1log-queries-not-using-indexes long_query_time can be a decimal if you wish – […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489yEjR6uP8Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The mercury stack for WordPress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489yEjR6uP8) The Mercury stack is the fastest single-server stack possible so far for WordPress. It makes WordPress VERY fast. Transcription: So I’m going to tell you about the mercury stack, it is good for wordpress, it makes it really fast. So what […]
Here it is people – the complete guide to WordPress security. In this guide I’m going to cover everything you need to know to keep your WordPress site secure. Security requirements will vary – if you’re running a large store, the last thing you need is someone gaining access to your site, gaining access to […]
I’ve just released a new service to set up, migrate and configure your WordPress site for you on Digital Ocean using the latest and greatest Mercury Install. BUT, maybe you want to set this up yourself? If so, read on for the full guide. This includes: Nginx – web server (far faster than Apache) Memcached […]