SLTy Plugins

This release: is tested on latest WP version, and generalizes support for almost any kind of unusual query.
Please post your comments and questions below. I reserve the right to snip inappropriate commentary, flame wars and so forth.
If you are reporting a problem:

Please set Debug Level to 1 and copy the wpTuner Diagnostics report here
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August 24th, 2009 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (22)

WP Tuner Plugin
Updated 24 Aug 2009 to Rev 0.9.6. Compatible with latest WP.
The (mu-compatible) WP Tuner plugin for WordPress is a powerful and easy to use way to answer many hard questions about why your blog is slow or cranky. What’s causing the slowdown? Is it a plugin? Is it your host?
Used with a bit [...]

August 24th, 2009 | Tags: Performance, Plugin, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments Off

This release: fixes all bugs reported to date. As part of my bug-hunting, I added more low-level capabilities (only of use to die-hard tech folk):

Once installed, a tech can use WP Tuner to debug issues in WP’s installation sequence. A few lines of code in the install and/or admin footer allow use of wptL() debug [...]

December 2nd, 2008 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (57)

This release: fixes all bugs reported to date. It also introduces an advanced feature some might find useful:

“Ignore Query Contents” is a small speed-related feature. If blog performance is of utmost importance, this disables all WP Tuner analysis of database queries, which normally uses up the bulk of WP Tuner’s time.

Below is the archive [...]

November 24th, 2008 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (6)

This is the archive of comments for WP Tuner 0.9.3.
This release contained several important improvements:

Thanks to user feedback, I dug in carefully and found (and worked around) a bug in WordPress. The admin user in a new install does appear to have admin privileges if the traditional ($user_level) test is done.
I found a way to [...]

November 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (3)

Everything I ever needed to know about computer speedups, I learned when cleaning my bedroom. OK, maybe not everything. But certainly this first hint belongs in that category. What did your mom always say?
“Throw away the trash. Then, put away your stuff. Then, do your chores (or homework, or whatever.) And then you can go [...]

November 20th, 2008 | Tags: Activation, Hints, Performance, Plugins, WP Tuner | Category: Performance Tuneups, Plugins, Simple Tech, WP Tuner | Comments (18)

This is the archive of WP Tuner 0.9.1 user comments.

November 20th, 2008 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (21)

Here’s the archived Questions, Hints and Comments for Rev 0.9 of the WP Tuner plugin.

November 15th, 2008 | Tags: Hints, Questions, User Thread, WP Tuner | Category: Plugins, WP Tuner | Comments (23)