If you feel your wordpress blog is running slow, especially when you want to post a news, and if your blog is have more than hundred of posts, it might be your wordpress database is too large so that every query called from the admin panel or via your theme/template is slowly executed by the server.

To do some optimization I recommend using WP-DBManager plugin which provides this functionality as well as database backup, this is important for any blog installation. Database tables should be periodically optimized (and repaired if necessary) for optimum performance. Simply install the plugin if you don’t want to optimize it via such tools like phpmyadmin or any others.

WordPress 2.6 added a cool features when post version tracking mechanism was introduced. For example, every time you “Save” a post, a revision is written to the database. If you do not really need this feature you can easily turn it off by adding one line to your wp-config.php file, found in the installation directory of your WordPress site:

define(‘WP_POST_REVISIONS’, false);

If you have run a blog with revisions turned on for a while, chance is you will have a lot of revision posts in your database. if you wish to remove them for good, simply run this query (for example using the mentioned WP-DBManager) plugin.

DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = “revision”;

This will remove all “revision” posts from your database, making it smaller in the process.

NOTE: Do this with care. If you are not sure what you are doing, make sure to at least create a backup of the database first or even better, ask a professional to help you.

Ever heard one blogging engine like this? It’s quietely new and few people have use it. The name itself is taken from swahili greeting which means What’s the news?. I haven’t try this one because when I try to install it on my localhost it doesn’t works, it said need php_pdo_mysql.dll extension to be activated (although I’ve already have it activated).

Check out their website and see complete details. Below is some features excerpted from the website:

* Modular, object-oriented core for easy extensibility
* Supports multiple database backends (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL)
* Uses prepared statements throughout to protect against SQL injection attacks
* Media silos to directly access various ways of media storage, like Flickr, Viddler, or the server’s
filesystem
* Atom Publishing Protocol support
* Multiple users (authors)
* Multiple sites on one installation
* Support for static content (“pages”)
* Plugins
* Tagging
* Importers for Serendipity and WordPress

Screenshot:

This WordPress plugin turns your normal search string from:

http://www.domain.com/?s=search-term

into

http://www.domain.com/search/search-term

This plugin removes the unnecessary “?” and converts spaces (%20) into plus sign “+”, making your wordpress search string more readable, and looks good for search engine optimization.

Click here to download this plugin.

After the official release of wordpress 2.6 that i wrote yesterday, i also doing major upgrade to this blog which was using wordpress 2.5.1 as the publishing system, and so what can i say about the newest wordpress release? whoaaa… awesome!!

The main novelties are heading for WordPress 2.6 revisions, which allows a comparison of current and older versions of content; Press This is a bookmarklet which simplifies the process of creating content and links to other sites Google Gears support, which accelerates many publishing using a local cache for some pages, and the topic Overview support, which allows the administrator to preview their site will be with a new user interface, without pushing the life. These are all welcome additions, and they are based on the top of an already mature, feature-rich core.

Small improvements have been the icing on the cake for 2.6. What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editing is generally better with a better image, integrated word, and renewed TinyMCE. A number of improvements to security at their disposal, including improved support SSL, and a number of improvements cookies and a database of interaction.

Whenever a major upgrade to a software arises, backward compatibility is a concern. With nearly 2 million downloads of WordPress 2.5, it is an incumbent users to consider. Fortunately WordPress 2.6 is fully compatible, including plug-ins, so that the upgrade should be easy. Fresh also installs a breeze, as WordPress continues its tradition of a simple less minutes to install.

WordPress 2.6 was officially released today. Matt surprised many of us to release the WordPress 2.6 nearly one month ahead of schedule. There are several new features of WordPress 2.6, some of them, we covered the period from the past. WordPress team also created a video which shows that the new features of the package with WordPress 2.6.

It is not never had no reason not to use the management interface, but said that the versatility and flexibility of WordPress, many people are using, and built the software, which is against you here.

WordPress 2.6 to use Google Gears, which is available on the acceleration is a cache of static images, which are established every time you visit your WordPress admin panel. Here is the embed media to show what’s new in WordPress 2.6:

Don’t forget to download it as soon as possible, and so, this blog also proudly powered by WordPress 2.6

Templates Factory provides professional template service with a great collection of HTML, Swish and flash templates, in addition to logos and corporate identity. Interesting for websites owners to take their websites to the next level by getting a professional design at accessible prices. Web designers would be also interested to buy templates and customize it for their needs with thousands of ready to use professional templates.

The big collection of templates is really useful for anyone with templates available in almost all business categories from Agriculture, Pets, Architecture, Books … etc. Bloggers for example will be interested into ready to use wordpress templates for their personal or business blogs, with professional design and widgets enabled. For e-commerce also whatever you are using ZenCart, osCommerce or CRELoaded, there is a bunch of great commercial templates to get started.
What I find interesting at Templates Factory that they are providing a collection of 2000+ professional templates at the price of $99 including HTML templates, Flash, PSD templates, Logos … etc. In addition with every single template order there is a bonus worth $295 with 3500 free clipart, 900+ premium font collection, and more. I used similar services for many of my websites, blogs especially, and personally I feel very satisfied with templates quality and support service.

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