I was trying different kinds of image related plugins, and decided to check how much overhead each one of them have when just activated. What I did was upload some plugins, and before I timed it I just activated it. Nothing more. The plugins are activated but not configured or in use.
These are the plugins [...]
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Plugin overhead when not in use
Script compression pt.2 - Enter PHP Speedy
After the failure of getting Script Compressor to work, I decided to test out PHP Speedy by Leon Chevalier. A plugin that is suppose to to the same thing as Script Compressor.
There is one big difference though.. PHP Speedy works!
I timed the average load time of my blog page with, and without, the plugin activated. [...]
Script Compressor plugin not working?
I downloaded and installed the Script Compressor plugin with the intent to check how much faster the blog would load with scripts compressed. I don’t have much javascript on my site, so I thought I would start out with just the css compression.
But I can’t see any difference in the css file. Isn’t it working? [...]
Speedtest 4: Are you feeling social today?
This time I have decided to speedtest social plugins.. you know, the ones that lists small icons for you to bookmark your post or page on different social websites.
I quickly found out that there are quite alot of these plugins. Most of them just inserts a list of icons at the bottom of your post or [...]
Speedtest 2: Google Analytics plugins
This is the second speedtest of the three Google Analytics plugins I initially tested here. The reason I decided to test again is because the WP Google Analytics plugin har just been updated to a newer version.
This test was done on a slower internet access than the first one, so it’s no use comparing the [...]