Related Posts Plugins performace – measured

Ernest Marcinko Blog, Reviews 16 Comments

Last week I found out that many WordPress hosts ban many of the most popular plugins from their users. Most of these plugins are Related Posts plugins. I guess they are afraid of excessive database usage. However I myself was interested in this topic as I already made one related posts plugin myself, called Related Posts Lite. Before you continue, please …

Changes in WordPress 3.9 you should know about

Ernest Marcinko Blog 1 Comment

Widgets One of the nicest changes are widget customizability. I’m still missing conditional tags like: don’t show the widget on certain pages and similar. It’s still nice to see an update on the widget interface. Key changes: Live preview of the widget changes! – Honestly, the best change ever. Now we can all test the changes on the production environment! …

Maximum performance with WordPress

Ernest Marcinko Tutorials, Wordpress 1 Comment

There is nothing better, than seeing the speed of the fresh “virgin” WordPress installation. After installing few plugins, making posts or loading up the webshop, this speed exponentially decreases. In the end, you get a nice looking website with crappy loading speed. Ruining the user experience with slow speed is easier than you think. More speed = Less abandonment There …