Archive for September, 2008
WordPress MU 2.6.2
Written by Donncha on September 30, 2008 – 5:44 am -WordPress MU, the multi blog version of WordPress that runs on WordPress.com has been updated.
Version 2.6.2 is now available for <a href="download and is a required update. WordPress MU isn’t vulnerable to the security bugs that were the reason for WordPress 2.6.2 but it does contain a number of important bug fixes, including:
- xmlrpc.php works better if you use multiple sites. #735
- get_option() wasn’t reading all options.
- Configurable media buttons on the Write page. #598, #738
- 404 “file not found” errors on folder installs is mostly fixed. #745
- And more .. (timeline)
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The Publisher
Written by Matt on September 29, 2008 – 5:54 pm -I’ve been dubbed The Publisher by BusinessWeek as one of their “25 Most Influential People on the Web.” Before anyone else writes in that I beat Rupurt Murdoch, I think the slideshow is in alphabetical order. 
Want to test super speed caching?
Written by Donncha on September 29, 2008 – 2:33 pm -Yesterday morning was one of those mornings. I couldn’t sleep, but not for want of trying. Around 5am our 17 month old baby wasn’t too keen on the whole notion of shut-eye. Instead I took him downstairs to feed him, and do a little surfing and hacking to pass the time until the sun rose.
Lucky for you that I did.
I discovered that WP Super Cache was compressing the page output twice! That’s right, it’s my own fault, but for over a year that little bug has gone unnoticed. I won’t bore you with details, but it’s fixed now and if you compare wp-cache-phase2.php from the latest release with that in the development version you’ll spot the differences.
In testing, I noticed that pages were generated more quickly. Sometimes twice as fast as before if everything else had been cached by the object cache. I even posted a message to the support forum asking people to try it out but the silence is deafening which is why I’m turning to the power of the blog post.
If you’d like to give this bit of code a go, grab the development version of WP Super Cache, test it, and leave a comment here. Before you install it, grab a few pages while not logged in and record the page generation time, then after install, check out the same pages. I’d love to hear if it improves things.
You could also try setting “$cache_rebuild_files” to 1 in wp-cache-config.php. That will enable some experimental code that moves supercache files out of the way when the page becomes stale but then restores them while the page is being rebuilt. That should help significantly on busy sites where lots of comments are made. It’ll be switched off by default because I don’t think it will benefit most sites, and will only result in more I/O. Check out this forum thread for further info.
If you’re interested in testing the plugin in the future, you could subscribe to the wp-super-cache-dev tag, where I’ll post development updates on the plugin.
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Startonomics This Thursday
Written by Matt on September 29, 2008 – 11:41 am -The Startonomics conference is happening this Thursday in San Francisco and looks pretty interesting, I’m going to try to go by.
An Irishman in Georgia
Written by Donncha on September 28, 2008 – 2:58 pm -Gavin is in Telavi in Western Georgia. Not the first place in the world I’d go on holiday, but he’s having an interesting time, including almost being arrested.
The naval base at Poti, where Russian soldiers destroyed most of Georgia’s navy
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Video - How WordPress Has Changed My Life
Written by Matt on September 28, 2008 – 1:36 am -Hat tip: Nancy Zimmerman.
Carrington
Written by Matt on September 27, 2008 – 6:25 pm -Alex King is on stage at WordCamp Utah and just announced and launched the Carrington theme. It allows really advanced conditional template displays based on any number of variables and executed by naming conventions and its structure. I think this could be the base for a whole new generation of themes and development.
Mark Cuban, Jason Calacanis, Hackaday, and Royal Navy
Written by Matt on September 27, 2008 – 5:20 pm -Mark Cuban, Jason Calacanis, Hackaday, and the Royal Navy all now have WordPress-powered blogs. The first three switched from Blogsmith. Hat tip: Automattic Publisher Blog.
That’s a lot of spam comments
Written by mike on September 27, 2008 – 8:13 am -Akismet has caught 2,000,190 spam for you since you first installed it.
Two million is a ridiculous number of spam comments on my little ol’ blog.
I can’t imagine it will get any better, either.
I have to be thankful for Akismet. If you get a lot of spam comments, that you no longer have to deal with because Akismet protects you from them , please consider paying for at least a pro-blogger subscription. It’s well worth the money.
