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Optimizing WordPress Permalinks

Jan 20th, 2009

Permalinks were invented to make the URLs permanent and also more easier to remember. WordPress blogs by default use dynamic URL structure, in the form of http://mysite.com/?p=344. This is dynamic as the page is retrieved using the number parameter which changes for every page. Using permalinks, the previous URL becomes something like http://mysite.com/cooking-tips-tricks. Why use permalinks?

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Optimize your WordPress page loading times with a simple tweak

Dec 2nd, 2008

I have recently enchanced my WordPress optimization guide with seven new tips and one of them includes moving your JavaScripts to footer of the page when possible. Why is this important? When the browser loads the page, it loads the files as they appear meaning, your html, then css, images etc. If the javascript code is in the header, they will load before any of the other files listed below them.

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WordPress Optimization Tutorial Released

Nov 10th, 2008

Today I released the "WordPress Optimization Guide". The document is a comprehensive guide to WordPress optimization and performance. If you ever experienced slow WordPress site or WordPress admin panel crawling to a halt, this is the guide for you. "WordPress Optimization Guide" collects my experiences but also experiences of other users of WordPress throughout the Internet into an easy to follow tutorial. It's all about speed, speed and more speed. Read on "WordPress Optimization Guide".

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How to Speed up WP Super Cache

Nov 8th, 2008

When preparing the blogs for large amount of traffic, first thing I usually do is install a caching solution for WordPress in form of WP Super Cache plugin by Donncha O Caoimh. From the plugin page: WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin for WordPress. It generates html files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts. By using this plugin you will speed up your WordPress blog significantly.