Comments on: WordPress Installation & Optimization Check List

By: Tim West

Tim West — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:15:29 +0000

Thank you so much Luke! Just building my first WP site after years of dreamweaver and then SquareSpace….I’m super excited!
Cheers from the Great Canadian North
Tim

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:21:53 +0000

Thanks for the tip Josh… I will amend!

By: Josh Janssen

Josh Janssen — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:04:14 +0000

Some nice tips there, Luke.

One small thing – At the recent WordCamp in Melbourne, a few speakers mentioned that it is not a good idea to start permalinks with category, tag, author, or postname fields. As it can drastically slow down the speed of the site. I think this is mainly an issue for people with larger WordPress sites. But something to consider nonetheless.

By: Lotus R

Lotus R — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:55:24 +0000

Thanks for the Ping services list. I have updated most of the plugin mentioned in your post. I am using Platinium SEO plugin for title and meta updation as this plugin automatically adds 301 redirects for permalink changes.

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 16 May 2010 06:21:51 +0000

Thanks Gents. Sexy bookmarks is definitely a good addition Danny.

By: Ryan T Malone

Ryan T Malone — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:29:32 +0000

Nice checklist Luke. Surprisingly, a lot of people miss out on these settings, and plugins. You even touched on a few that I haven’t used as much as I should, nice work!

By: Frank Dickinson

Frank Dickinson — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:15:41 +0000

Nice run down Luke. Like Danny, I haven’t been doing the ping settings – definitely have to look into it.

By: Danny Batelic

Danny Batelic — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:48:39 +0000

Nice touch with the ping list. I haven’t been doing that.
Don’t forget sexy bookmarks plugin. Not only do they look cool, but a great way to get your new blog indexed in a hurry.