Still need guidance getting your site ready for Gutenberg? On Tuesday, June 5th at 10 am PT, I’m heading up a webinar with Pantheon to cover how you can get your site ready. More specifically, we’ll cover: How to formulate a testing plan. Common Classic Editor customizations and their equivalents. What to keep an eye […]
Tag Archives: Pantheon
Musings on the WordPress REST API
I did a webinar (gag) with Pantheon covering real world examples, writing custom endpoints, and including test coverage. Turned out surprisingly well, if I do say so myself.
WP LCache v0.5.0: The big alloptions breakup
Splits WordPress’ alloptions cache into separate cache keys to mitigate cache pollution caused by race conditions.
WP Redis v0.6.0: new WP-CLI commands, precise hash groups
Install, activate and enable with `wp plugin install –activate wp-redis && wp redis enable`
Introducing WP LCache v0.1.0
A new persistent object cache drop-in for WordPress that I’ve been working on with the folks at Pantheon.
Testing WordPress Plugins on Pantheon with CircleCI
Great writeup by Steve Persch on how we’ve been using Behat and CircleCI for WordPress plugin integration tests.
“Like a fine wine with steak…”
“Like a fine wine with steak, persistent object caches are best paired with complex data generation.” I’d have to say that 8-bit avatar is pretty awesome. From Pantheon’s “Level Up: 5 Expert Tips for Optimizing WordPress Performance“
You absolutely need test coverage for your WP REST API project
You absolutely need test coverage for your WP REST API project. I wrote a tutorial for Pantheon that I hope becomes the canonical reference point for everyone considering whether or not to write tests for their endpoints — please do.
WP Redis v0.5.0: Performance boost!
WP Redis v0.5.0: Performance boost! Removes redundant exists call from wp_cache_get(), which easily halves the number of Redis calls.
Persistent object caches are like a fine wine paired with steak
A quote I put together for an upcoming Pantheon whitepaper on scaling WordPress. Used appropriately, a persistent object cache like Redis or Memcached can be an incredibly helpful tool for scaling your WordPress site. Say, for instance, you have an unavoidable query which takes an entire second to run. Or, you need to make an […]