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- 1. WordPress Myths Some of the common misconceptions about WordPress
- 2. Speed
- 3. Speed • Too many plugins slow your site
- 4. Speed • Too many plugins slow your site • Inactive plugins slow your site
- 5. Speed • Too many plugins slow your site • Inactive plugins slow your site • Inactive themes slow your site
- 6. Speed • Too many plugins slow your site • Inactive plugins slow your site • Inactive themes slow your site • Revisions slow your site
- 8. Too many plugins • Some plugins are slow
- 9. Too many plugins • Some plugins are slow • Some plugins are fast
- 10. Too many plugins • Some plugins are slow • Some plugins are fast • Some plugins have no effect
- 11. Too many plugins • Some plugins are slow • Some plugins are fast • Some plugins have no effect • Some plugins speed up your site
- 13. Too Many Plugins? It depends.
- 14. Inactive Plugins
- 15. Inactive Plugins • Myth: Inactive plugins have no effect on your site speed
- 16. Inactive Plugins • Myth: Inactive plugins have no effect on your site speed • You still need to keep them up to date for security
- 17. Inactive Themes
- 18. Inactive Themes • Myth: Inactive themes have no effect on your site speed
- 19. Inactive Themes • Myth: Inactive themes have no effect on your site speed • You still need to keep them up to date for security
- 21. Too Many Revisions • WordPress is clever enough to ignore revisions on the front end
- 22. Too Many Revisions • WordPress is clever enough to ignore revisions on the front end • MySQL is clever enough that a lot of revisions make no difference to query speed
- 23. Too Many Revisions • WordPress is clever enough to ignore revisions on the front end • MySQL is clever enough that a lot of revisions make no difference to query speed • Myth: Revisions have no effect on your site speed
- 25. Emptying The Trash • Too much trash slows down your site
- 26. Emptying The Trash • Too much trash slows down your site • Myth:As per revisions
- 27. Emptying The Trash • Too much trash slows down your site • Myth:As per revisions • Setting define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 ); will delete all your trash posts after 10 days.
- 28. Emptying The Trash • Too much trash slows down your site • Myth:As per revisions • Setting define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 ); will delete all your trash posts after 10 days. • Myth: It will delete 10 day old trash every day.
- 30. WordPress Doesn’t Scale • WordPress.com - 35,000,000 sites! http://wordpress.com/stats/ 2.5 Billion page views per month
- 31. WordPress Doesn’t Scale • WordPress.com - 35,000,000 sites! http://wordpress.com/stats/ 2.5 Billion page views per month • Edublogs.com - 500,000 blogs 8,000,000 page views per month http://z1.tl/10c
- 32. WordPress Doesn’t Scale • WordPress.com - 35,000,000 sites! http://wordpress.com/stats/ 2.5 Billion page views per month • Edublogs.com - 500,000 blogs 8,000,000 page views per month http://z1.tl/10c • Myth: WordPress scales massively
- 33. Only for Blogs
- 34. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
- 35. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal
- 36. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal • CNN
- 37. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal • CNN • Number 10 Downing Street
- 38. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal • CNN • Number 10 Downing Street • Dept of Health
- 39. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal • CNN • Number 10 Downing Street • Dept of Health • Ford Motor Company
- 40. Only for Blogs • Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists • Wall St Journal • CNN • Number 10 Downing Street • Dept of Health • Ford Motor Company • Myth: It’s not just blogs, and it’s not just for amateurs
- 42. WordPress is Insecure • Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security problems for at least a couple of years
- 43. WordPress is Insecure • Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security problems for at least a couple of years • Automattic employ more than one security specialist.
- 44. WordPress is Insecure • Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security problems for at least a couple of years • Automattic employ more than one security specialist. • But you do need to take the proper precautions
- 45. WordPress is Insecure • Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security problems for at least a couple of years • Automattic employ more than one security specialist. • But you do need to take the proper precautions • Plugins and themes can be insecure
- 46. WordPress is Insecure • Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security problems for at least a couple of years • Automattic employ more than one security specialist. • But you do need to take the proper precautions • Plugins and themes can be insecure • Sometimes the hosting company is the problem
- 47. Function Calls
- 48. Function Calls • Removing functions calls like blog_info(‘blah’) saves a database call
- 49. Function Calls • Removing functions calls like blog_info(‘blah’) saves a database call • Myth: Those options are cached.
- 50. Function Calls • Removing functions calls like blog_info(‘blah’) saves a database call • Myth: Those options are cached. • Removing them prevents plugins doing clever things.
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