21. Too Many Revisions
• WordPress is clever enough to ignore
revisions on the front end
22. Too Many Revisions
• WordPress is clever enough to ignore
revisions on the front end
• MySQL is clever enough that a lot of
revisions make no difference to query
speed
23. Too Many Revisions
• WordPress is clever enough to ignore
revisions on the front end
• MySQL is clever enough that a lot of
revisions make no difference to query
speed
• Myth: Revisions have no effect on your site
speed
26. Emptying The Trash
• Too much trash slows down your site
• Myth:As per revisions
27. Emptying The Trash
• Too much trash slows down your site
• Myth:As per revisions
• Setting define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 );
will delete all your trash posts after 10 days.
28. Emptying The Trash
• Too much trash slows down your site
• Myth:As per revisions
• Setting define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 );
will delete all your trash posts after 10 days.
• Myth: It will delete 10 day old trash every day.
35. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
36. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
• CNN
37. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
• CNN
• Number 10 Downing Street
38. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
• CNN
• Number 10 Downing Street
• Dept of Health
39. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
• CNN
• Number 10 Downing Street
• Dept of Health
• Ford Motor Company
40. Only for Blogs
• Also: It’s only for amateurs and hobbyists
• Wall St Journal
• CNN
• Number 10 Downing Street
• Dept of Health
• Ford Motor Company
• Myth: It’s not just blogs, and it’s not just for
amateurs
42. WordPress is Insecure
• Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security
problems for at least a couple of years
43. WordPress is Insecure
• Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security
problems for at least a couple of years
• Automattic employ more than one security
specialist.
44. WordPress is Insecure
• Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security
problems for at least a couple of years
• Automattic employ more than one security
specialist.
• But you do need to take the proper
precautions
45. WordPress is Insecure
• Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security
problems for at least a couple of years
• Automattic employ more than one security
specialist.
• But you do need to take the proper
precautions
• Plugins and themes can be insecure
46. WordPress is Insecure
• Myth: WordPress hasn’t has a major security
problems for at least a couple of years
• Automattic employ more than one security
specialist.
• But you do need to take the proper
precautions
• Plugins and themes can be insecure
• Sometimes the hosting company is the problem
49. Function Calls
• Removing functions calls like
blog_info(‘blah’) saves a database call
• Myth: Those options are cached.
50. Function Calls
• Removing functions calls like
blog_info(‘blah’) saves a database call
• Myth: Those options are cached.
• Removing them prevents plugins doing
clever things.