Category Archives: HowTo
WordPress Caching Comparisons Part 2
This post has been on my mind for quite some time now, ever since I wrote Part 1 over 1 year ago. Part 1 only really addressed opcode and Object caching and didn’t really touch page caching. In this post … Continue reading
WordPress Caching Comparisons Part 1
For some time now I have been wanting to write an up to date XCache object cache plugin for WordPress. Around 4 years ago I did an opcode caching comparison between APC, XCache and eAccelerator. My results had shown that … Continue reading
Using MySQL Sockets in the WordPress wp-config.php
Recently I have been getting a lot of questions about how to use a MySQL socket in place of the DB_HOST constant for WordPress in the WordPress IRC channel. Fortunately this is pretty easy, unfortunately if you are using the … Continue reading
Detect wp_head and wp_footer from a Plugin
Normally I start these posts with “Every so often someone asks a question in the WordPress IRC channel that sparks my interest”, however today, to my great surprise someone actually caught my attention on the wp-hackers mailing list. For those … Continue reading
WordPress Maintenance Mode Without a Plugin Part 3
A few months ago I wrote part 1 and part 2 of WordPress Maintenance Mode Without a Plugin. Part 1 covered the basics of using the .maintenance file, and part 2 covered styling the maintenance page using wp-content/maintenance.php. Part 3 … Continue reading
