Tag: optimization

  • WP Rig – A WordPress Starter Theme and Build Process in One

    WP Rig – A WordPress Starter Theme and Build Process in One

    Morten Rand-Hendricksen, Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning, has released WP Rig. WP Rig is a WordPress starter theme and build process combined into one. The starter theme provides a minimal set of templates with the ability to drag-and-drop files from the WordPress template hierarchy. It contains a heavily optimized code and file structure, support…

  • WPWeekly Episode 320 – Building a Sustainable Web

    WPWeekly Episode 320 – Building a Sustainable Web

    In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Jack Lenox, Software Engineer at Automattic, to discuss his new project, SustyWP. Lenox explains how he built the site so that it only has 7KB of data transfer, what sustainability on the web means to him, and the relationship between sustainability and optimization to…

  • Why Some WordPress Plugins Leave Orphaned Tables in the Database

    Why Some WordPress Plugins Leave Orphaned Tables in the Database

    Reviews of WordPress plugins on the directory come in all shapes and sizes. Some are really helpful while others are short and to the point. For example, this review from a recent WP eCommerce user, “I uninstalled and it left orphan tables I now have to clean up manually. Poorly done.” This type of review…

  • Talking WordPress With Vladimir Prelovac

    Back on episode 47 of WordPress Weekly, I had the chance to interview Vladimir Prelovac but due to technical difficulties, I had to edit out the interview. So to make up for that interview, I’ve asked Vladimir a set of questions from the interview which covers most of what was discussed on the show. Thanks…