Improving Wordpress Performance

scottalanmiller

@thanksaj said:

I know Scott said he doesn't get a lot of feedback but all he has is the comments. I'm looking for a way to gather feedback more actively than that. Some people might not need it, but I crave it, whether it's good, bad, or indifferent.

And my feedback on your desire for feedback is.... force yourself to get over it. You, like me, are a metrics addict. This is an Aspy trait. You have to learn to control it because it, in general, controls you. Treat it like a gambling addiction.

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@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksaj said:

I know Scott said he doesn't get a lot of feedback but all he has is the comments. I'm looking for a way to gather feedback more actively than that. Some people might not need it, but I crave it, whether it's good, bad, or indifferent.

And my feedback on your desire for feedback is.... force yourself to get over it. You, like me, are a metrics addict. This is an Aspy trait. You have to learn to control it because it, in general, controls you. Treat it like a gambling addiction.

I do love statistics...grrr...

scottalanmiller

@thanksaj you're talking to someone who wrote an engine to gather all the stats on a huge community externally. Trust me I know. But if you apply metrics to yourself you are gaming and gaming outside of actual games, is always bad. Because gaming never drives you towards a real goal.

technobabble

@thanksaj well then change the way you have it setup. For best practices and SEO, the latest post should be a snippet.

@thanksaj said:

@Aaron-Studer said:

@thanksaj But how much time is solving this performance issue going to take you? What about the next issue?

The time is really irrelevant.

Really? Wow, you basically just said your time isn't worth anything.....

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@technobabble said:

@thanksaj well then change the way you have it setup. For best practices and SEO, the latest post should be a snippet.

I've considered doing it that way. I'll have to look into that as a possibility.

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@Aaron-Studer said:

@thanksaj said:

@Aaron-Studer said:

@thanksaj But how much time is solving this performance issue going to take you? What about the next issue?

The time is really irrelevant.

Really? Wow, you basically just said your time is worth anything.....

I think you mean isn't. Anyways, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that I don't mind taking the time, and I'm not in a position where I'd have to choose between working on my webserver and doing something else important. If my time was that compressed, I'd probably host it offsite. But at this point, it's not the case.

Are you running WP Super Cache?

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@Aaron-Studer said:

Are you running WP Super Cache?

Not doing any caching on the site at the moment. I've considered it.

@thanksaj Turn it on and test. My webhost installs it by default.

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@Aaron-Studer said:

@thanksaj Turn it on and test. My webhost installs it by default.

I had it installed already but it wasn't activated. I just activated it. We'll see if it helps. How long does it take to do the initial cache?

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Ok, the other thing I did was lower the number of posts per page for the main page. It's gone down from 4 to 2. That did improve system load times.