Everyone loves to get loads of traffic to their websites, however, websites get timed out or respond very slowly when many users try to access it at the same time. WordPress does a pretty good job of handling lots of users at once, however it in itself cannot help you manage all the traffic, and you need proper server setups and cache setup to scale to accommodate more users.
WordPress Super Cache does a pretty neat job too at handling heavy traffic, however, there will be a time when the cache in itself will not solve your problems and you will need to make changes to your server setup in order to ensure that your website loads properly and fast.
One of my pet projects on my personal websites has been to scale the site to allow around 70-100 thousand+ users to seamlessly access the site without having to suffer slow load […]
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Now that WordPress 2.8 has been released, it really would be more useful and helpful to get a big list of tips and tricks that addresses several new things in WordPress 2.8 and helps to learn or tweak the new features, these tips come from several users who have been using WordPress 2.8 for sometime and have contributed with several posts that may help you make the best out of the latest version in WordPress.
WordPress Codex – Version 2.8
Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 2.8 – Justin Tadlok
Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget – WP Engineer
WordPress 2.8 and the body_class() Function – Nathan Rice
Authentication in WordPress 2.8 – Will Norris
Loading JavaScript in Footer in WordPress 2.8 – Lester Chan
This is non-exhaustive and I will keep updating it regularly, if you have any resources please do feel free to add to the list by commenting.
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WordPress 2.8 Tips and Tricks Collection
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