Tagged: plugin

January 16, 2012

Plugins that can spike CPU

I learned tonight that three plugins that I was running caused so much CPU usage that my hosting provider shut me down. So if you are using this, watch your CPU usage or the same might happen to you.

Broken Link Checker – This makes sure that you don’t have any broken links. I had it running all the time. It was only 50% in accuracy. So if anyone has anything that works better I would love to know it.
SEO auto links and related posts. This provided many links automatically from my past post history. It has the side effect of finding the same content, so it’s not the best in my opinion.
SEO Friendly images. This automatically provides alt and title descriptions. This was the third most cpu intensive plugin.

So it looks like dynamic plug-ins can cause some serious issues.

Also I had been having a small increase in traffic lately and so reinstalled WP-Supercache plugin. I used the mod-rewrite feature which I haven’t used before, so perhaps this will make a difference.

October 23, 2011

What to do if your WordPress site has been hacked

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Nice informative article. I wish I had read this when my site got hacked. If you run a WordPress site this is required reading.

July 31, 2011

40+ Most Useful WordPress Plugins | Dzinepress

40+ Most Useful WordPress Plugins | Dzinepress. I have used many of these plugins and they are very useful. Some are not currently working with the latest shipping version so check the details before you download them.

June 30, 2011

Top WordPress Plugins – Rising Stars | Prelovac.com

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Top WordPress Plugins – Rising Stars | Prelovac.com. I tried out some of the suggestions on this blog and they worked great. If you feel something is missing on your site, you may want to look this list over. Now I need to update my list of what plugins I do use!

June 30, 2011

Need a simple Banner plugin for WordPress?

You might want to take a look at a plugin called BannerMan. I have been using it since yesterday and it works great. I wanted to share why I am using this now, and what it means for WordPress plugin creators.

I had been using a plugin for Banners in the past called WordPress FrontPage Banner. It worked great, and I was glad to have it. The problem happened yesterday when WordPress had an update, and that also triggered an update for the WordPress FPB plugin. That new plugin created a notice at the top of the WordPress Interface, that is rarely used and only used for emergency messages. It was invasive, and unnecessary. A one time message would have been fine. I logged out and back in thinking perhaps it was a one-time trigger, but it stayed advertising its new services. Listen I don’t mind an author making a one-time plea for their services, but if they attempt to hijack my interface, that isn’t cool or acceptable. So I started looking for alternatives, and found BannerMan.

BannerMan has features that the WFPB did not. I am thrilled with it. Officially it is not supported on my version, but it is simple and seems to work great. I think WordPress authors would do well to have a free version of their software, and then a premium version to entice people who need additional functionality. Especially those of us like me who are paying for our own hosting, and using free software, having a forced commercial message does not sit well with us. We know you have to pay the bills, just stop being so pushy about it.

Another option is called Add to Header. It works on many themes in which Bannerman failed to work on. I think it is more straightforward but it requires that you understand more technical things. If you understand URLS, and how to get the URL of your banner (photo) you wish to use, you can use it.