Comments on: WordPress and canonical plugins – boosting the platform http://tdh.me/wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform The writings of Thord Daniel Hedengren Mon, 21 May 2012 14:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mansj http://tdh.me/wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-86 mansj Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:02:58 +0000 http://tdh.me/?p=112#comment-86 I just have to second this. Currently a lot of time and energy is being spent on making WP faster, chiefly by using caching plugins such as WP Super Cache (which is great - don't get me wrong) beacuse the sad truth is that the WP core is too slow to handle sites with more traffic than a random personal blog. <br><br>While there is nothing inherently wrong with using cache plugins to speed up a web site, this is moving us more and more towards a less-than-real-time web where dynamic content is lost and all because our favorite publishing tool just can't cope. <br><br>In my eyes, the devs should do a "Snow Leopard" after releasing 3.0 and focusing for a year on tightening the nuts and bolts of WordPress. This is crucial to the long-term survival and reputation of WP, in my opinion. I just have to second this. Currently a lot of time and energy is being spent on making WP faster, chiefly by using caching plugins such as WP Super Cache (which is great – don't get me wrong) beacuse the sad truth is that the WP core is too slow to handle sites with more traffic than a random personal blog.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with using cache plugins to speed up a web site, this is moving us more and more towards a less-than-real-time web where dynamic content is lost and all because our favorite publishing tool just can't cope.

In my eyes, the devs should do a “Snow Leopard” after releasing 3.0 and focusing for a year on tightening the nuts and bolts of WordPress. This is crucial to the long-term survival and reputation of WP, in my opinion.

]]> By: franky http://tdh.me/wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-85 franky Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:10:24 +0000 http://tdh.me/?p=112#comment-85 First of all, there should be a new way, more modern way to implement plugins. It is lovely how many options there are with plugins but the security often suffers as well.<br><br>Canonical plugins *will* create a second standard market. Period, especially if they are called "core". If the ultimate aim of canonicals plugins is to improve coding standards, well they might first want to have a look at WP and consider the much wanted and shouted for rewrite of WP (not to mention the codex). First of all, there should be a new way, more modern way to implement plugins. It is lovely how many options there are with plugins but the security often suffers as well.

Canonical plugins *will* create a second standard market. Period, especially if they are called “core”. If the ultimate aim of canonicals plugins is to improve coding standards, well they might first want to have a look at WP and consider the much wanted and shouted for rewrite of WP (not to mention the codex).

]]> By: mansj http://tdh.me/wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-433 mansj Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:02:00 +0000 http://tdh.me/?p=112#comment-433 I just have to second this. Currently a lot of time and energy is being spent on making WP faster, chiefly by using caching plugins such as WP Super Cache (which is great - don't get me wrong) beacuse the sad truth is that the WP core is too slow to handle sites with more traffic than a random personal blog. While there is nothing inherently wrong with using cache plugins to speed up a web site, this is moving us more and more towards a less-than-real-time web where dynamic content is lost and all because our favorite publishing tool just can't cope. In my eyes, the devs should do a "Snow Leopard" after releasing 3.0 and focusing for a year on tightening the nuts and bolts of WordPress. This is crucial to the long-term survival and reputation of WP, in my opinion. I just have to second this. Currently a lot of time and energy is being spent on making WP faster, chiefly by using caching plugins such as WP Super Cache (which is great – don’t get me wrong) beacuse the sad truth is that the WP core is too slow to handle sites with more traffic than a random personal blog.

While there is nothing inherently wrong with using cache plugins to speed up a web site, this is moving us more and more towards a less-than-real-time web where dynamic content is lost and all because our favorite publishing tool just can’t cope.

In my eyes, the devs should do a “Snow Leopard” after releasing 3.0 and focusing for a year on tightening the nuts and bolts of WordPress. This is crucial to the long-term survival and reputation of WP, in my opinion.

]]> By: franky http://tdh.me/wordpress-and-canonical-plugins-boosting-the-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-432 franky Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:10:00 +0000 http://tdh.me/?p=112#comment-432 First of all, there should be a new way, more modern way to implement plugins. It is lovely how many options there are with plugins but the security often suffers as well. Canonical plugins *will* create a second standard market. Period, especially if they are called "core". If the ultimate aim of canonicals plugins is to improve coding standards, well they might first want to have a look at WP and consider the much wanted and shouted for rewrite of WP (not to mention the codex). First of all, there should be a new way, more modern way to implement plugins. It is lovely how many options there are with plugins but the security often suffers as well.

Canonical plugins *will* create a second standard market. Period, especially if they are called “core”. If the ultimate aim of canonicals plugins is to improve coding standards, well they might first want to have a look at WP and consider the much wanted and shouted for rewrite of WP (not to mention the codex).

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