Zach Schnackel gives an example of an interesting use case for WordPress. He wants access to some WordPress functions, but doesn’t really want to use the WordPress theming system or load most of WordPress itself.
I remember reading this before I started Post Status. It needs to be noted here just how useful this post on classing up your queries is. Brad gives examples for making it easier to extend WP_Query in your projects.
Matt Cromwell compares a few different image optimization methods for WordPress sites, including EWWW Image Optimizer, manual optimization, and WPInject. Matt also mentions the WP Smush.it plugin, but interestingly, implies that it produces results similar to EWWW, only less effective. I would’ve liked to see it included as well, since it’s such a widely used plugin….
Konstantin Kovshenin announced a new plugin called Debug Bar Slow Actions, an extension for the Debug Bar plugin. Konstantin’s new plugin …adds a new panel with a list of the top 100 slowest actions (and filters) during the current page request. This should be very useful in conjunction with (as Konstantin mentions) the Query Monitor plugin to lookup…
Sometimes we get questions — because we have a form for WordPress Questions. Go ahead, ask away!
This one is from Jordan at DamnGood.tech.
A (reasoned) criticism of the architecture of WordPress, and how it should be fixed.
As a hosting company, I beg and plead with you, the developer of sites, to do some basic sanity checks, before you upload your code, for the world to experience. Your clients will thank you. So will our monitoring systems.
