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WP Benchmark: Blog
I have completed the second stage of testing different WordPress versions. This time I have tested on some of the blog pages using the same conditions as for the previous tests. But, in this case, I...
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WP Benchmark: 2.8.1
Now that the WordPress 2.8.1 is released, as promised, I have tested this latest version. But I didn’t want to show the same data again, so this time I will test WP 2.8.1 against WP 2.8. Also, for some...
View ArticlebaseScape theme on GD Star Rating
Beta version of baseScape theme is now deployed on GD Star Rating website. As you can see, theme has very simple design, but still has plenty of features built. And all that has produced some very...
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WordPress 3.0: Step in the right direction. But…
There is no doubt about it, WordPress 3.0 represents significant step forward for WordPress with merging with WPMU adding custom post types and many more minor elements that you will notices as soon as...
View ArticlexScape.info upgraded to WordPress 3.0 Multisite
With WordPress 3.0 almost reaching RC stage, I decided to upgrade xScape demo website to the latest nightly build. Procedure for upgrading WPMU 2.9.2 to WP 3.0 Multisite took about 3 minutes and was...
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WordPress Benchmark: 3.0 vs 2.9.2, Part 1
WordPress 3.0 has been released few days ago, and judging from the search queries that brought visitors to this website, the transition has not been without problems. So, here is the first part of...
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WordPress Benchmark: 3.0 vs 2.9.2, Part 2
After the first part of the benchmark of WordPress 3.0 versus 2.9.2, here is the second part focusing on the admin section of the WordPress and the execution on the client side. Part 3 is coming in a...
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WordPress Benchmark: 3.0 vs 2.9.2, Part 3
Third benchmark is used to measure the performance on the actual website or blog side visible to all visitors. Since WP 3.0 has a new theme, test was expanded here to include both Kubrick and Twenty...
View ArticleCustom posts filtering with taxonomy terms
Only when you get to work on a really huge WordPress website with hundred thousands of posts, post tags and other elements, you will realize that many operations you think as common are going to get...
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Teaser: GD Press Tools 4 XML Sitemaps Generator II
I have almost completed the work on the XML Sitemaps Generator feature for upcoming GD Press Tools Pro 4.0 and it works very well in both normal and multisite installations. This post shows you how the...
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WordPress Benchmark: 3.0 vs 3.1 vs 3.2
With release of new WordPress 3.2, it’s very interesting to see benchmarked performance of last 3 major versions, and how far the new WordPress has come. This is first benchmark post with the results...
View ArticleHandling encryption in backups
On of the things I want to do with backups is to add encryption of files inside the archive, mainly database and some of source files at least. But, web servers and PHP is not really well suited to...
View ArticleMeasuring impact of plugins on WordPress loading
One of the best things about WordPress are plugins. With plugins you can expand WordPress and make it into anything you need it to be. But, each plugin requires time for loading and processing and it...
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WordPress Benchmark: 3.0 vs 3.1 vs 3.2 vs 3.3
WordPress now has 4 versions in 3.x line. With slow adoption rate for previous two major versions, despite great 3.2 release, question is will the new WordPress 3.3 manage to persuade users to upgrade?...
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