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How to Improve Performance of Sitemap Generation in WordPress

This article provides a simple trick to reduce the load on the server when generating a sitemap. We do this by disabling all widget-related code if the current request targets the sitemap or its stylesheet. The trick is compatible with many existing plugins.

wwa August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 WordPress No Comments Read more

Newer Is Not Necessarily Better: Updated Yoast SEO to 8.3

Newer Is Not Necessarily Better: Updated Yoast SEO to 8.3

Yesterday I made a terrible mistake by updating Yoast SEO plugin to its latest version (8.3) without prior testing. This resulted in significant server load. Luckily, the fix was easy.

wwa October 3, 2018March 11, 2019 WordPress No Comments Read more

PHP: A Good Algorithm Is Not Always Better

PHP: A Good Algorithm Is Not Always Better

I was looking how to improve performance of Slim’s Http\Cookies::parseHeader() function: as a C developer I find it rather non-optimal because it uses regular expressions and excessive memory allocations. I wondered it it is possible to use the same optimizations that I would use in C and if it gives any benefit.

wwa May 9, 2018May 22, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Performance in PHP: Pimple Container

Performance in PHP: Pimple Container

From time to time you have to deal with someone else’s code. And the code you have to deal with sometimes surprises you. For example, Pimple, a small Dependency Injection Container for PHP; recent versions of which, according to README, are more focused on performance. Learning something new is always interesting and sometimes funny, and therefore I started to read the code.

wwa May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

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