Tagged ‘wp super cache’
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
The problem is that while the info is definitely out there, it's not all in one place (at least as far as I've browsed). Moreover, there are a couple of specific applications of the speed tricks that haven't been clearly laid out before (particularly, applying Cache-Control headers to dynamic images generated by the WordPress Facelift plugin, or the ideal .htaccess settings if your host is MediaTemple). In the interest of time (and laziness, our one true virtue), I've compiled an easy-to-apply series on YSlow that will get your WordPress sped up in no time.
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
For those of us cheapskates on shared servers, our greatest weapon against the admonitions of YSlow is .htaccess, that innocuous text file that has the capacity to blow up your website if you mistreat it. To defeat rules #3: Add an Expires or Cache-Control Header, #4 GZip Components, and #13 Configure ETags, we need the following .htaccess swank.
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
This is all fine and good, and works beautifully.* One small problem with WP Super Cache, however, is that if users update the information in their profiles, that information won't appear on the site until WP Cache gets cleared. Also, the second time you Preview a saved draft, you'll be seeing your last saved draft because it got cached.
