Tags to Delete From your WordPress Theme to Decrease Server Load WordPress themes are generally designed to be as easy to install as possible. Just upload your theme, activate it, and you’re done. It finds your blog’s name, description, feed URL and almost everything else. Behind the scenes (the backend) WordPress is working furiously with Continue reading »
Optimise Your MySQL Database using phpMyAdmin This article is part of the, ‘Reduce WordPress CPU Usage’ series. Do you have your files, books, toys, socks, etc. scattered all over the place? You do! In that case, this article is probably not for you. For the rest of us mortals who like to keep things in Continue reading »
Clean WordPress Options When you probably already know if you’ve read my other articles on reducing WordPress CPU usage, deleting a plugin can leave a small footprint in the MySQL ‘wp_options’ database. To help optimise the database and maximise page load times it’s a good idea to clean the WordPress Options database after you have Continue reading »
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage – Step #3 – Reduce Database Queries This article is part of the, ‘Reduce WordPress CPU Usage’ series. Plugins can enhance your blogs in so many ways. They can: enable readers to sign up for your RSS feed, automatically eliminate comment spam, optimise your blog pings, streamline your SEO efforts, automating Continue reading »
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage – Step #2 Display Page Load Time + Number of Queries This article is part of the, ‘Reduce WordPress CPU Usage’ series. A high CPU usage can be caused by the number of calls that WordPress has to make to the database. WordPress retrieves almost all of the data it needs Continue reading »
Reduce WordPress CPU Usage – Step #1 – General tips My web site was taken offline recently by my hosting provider (JustHost) due to excessive CPU usage. This was a complete and unexpected surprise as the site has had no problems until then and no new plugins had been installed. The first I knew of Continue reading »
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