Comments on: Plugin overhead when not in use http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/ binarytendencies.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:53:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tech Projects » Wordpress Plugin Bloat http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-41 Tech Projects » Wordpress Plugin Bloat Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:06:37 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-41 [...] brought to light unintended performance impact of just activating plugins without even using them in your theme. Highslide was one of the plugins [...] [...] brought to light unintended performance impact of just activating plugins without even using them in your theme. Highslide was one of the plugins [...]

]]> By: bnry http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-28 bnry Mon, 19 May 2008 19:01:39 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-28 Probably.. I haven't tested it out yet. The reason for this test was to se the load on the default not-configured state of the plugins. If I get the time and the energy I will configure the plugins and use them as intended and check the overhead then :) Should be interesting. Probably.. I haven’t tested it out yet. The reason for this test was to se the load on the default not-configured state of the plugins.

If I get the time and the energy I will configure the plugins and use them as intended and check the overhead then :) Should be interesting.

]]> By: alakhnor http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-27 alakhnor Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:14 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-27 Very interesting. :) I guess checking the option to use highslide with Post-Thumb will higher the load size. Very interesting. :)

I guess checking the option to use highslide with Post-Thumb will higher the load size.

]]> By: Jesse Heap http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-26 Jesse Heap Sun, 18 May 2008 14:53:43 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-26 Very useful experiment. I agree Trent - reducing to the packed version of highslide will save on the page load size and page load time. On a related note, Charles Proxy (http://www.charlesproxy.com/) is a very useful tool for determining load bottlenecks and helping optimize load time. Very useful experiment. I agree Trent - reducing to the packed version of highslide will save on the page load size and page load time.

On a related note, Charles Proxy (http://www.charlesproxy.com/) is a very useful tool for determining load bottlenecks and helping optimize load time.

]]> By: Alex http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-25 Alex Sun, 18 May 2008 11:05:50 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-25 Interesting thoughts. There are not many ways to get stuff included only if the post contains stuff. I will anyway do this with my whole JS stuff until 1.0 release of WordPress Imager but there is no good way to do it with the CSS Files - they shouldn't be added to the document body - but of course could be disabled by default... I will off course take your thoughts into consideration while the Imager is on its way out of beta. Alex Interesting thoughts.

There are not many ways to get stuff included only if the post contains stuff.

I will anyway do this with my whole JS stuff until 1.0 release of WordPress Imager but there is no good way to do it with the CSS Files - they shouldn’t be added to the document body - but of course could be disabled by default…

I will off course take your thoughts into consideration while the Imager is on its way out of beta.

Alex

]]> By: bnry http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-24 bnry Sun, 18 May 2008 06:54:34 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-24 You are partly correct. I configured Flickr Manager to use Highslide and it added 31 KB to the page load size. You are partly correct. I configured Flickr Manager to use Highslide and it added 31 KB to the page load size.

]]> By: Trent Gardner http://binarytendencies.com/tests/plugin-overhead-when-not-in-use/#comment-23 Trent Gardner Sun, 18 May 2008 06:03:56 +0000 http://binarytendencies.com/?p=22#comment-23 Interesting post, I'm assuming the overhead for Flickr Manager was using Lightbox as the image viewer in your options panel. If you switch to using Highslide it should drop to approximately 16kb as it uses a packed version. You've given me food for thought though, because as it stands there's no way of disabling the image viewer completely.. Next release will include this though. Thanks, Trent Interesting post, I’m assuming the overhead for Flickr Manager was using Lightbox as the image viewer in your options panel. If you switch to using Highslide it should drop to approximately 16kb as it uses a packed version.

You’ve given me food for thought though, because as it stands there’s no way of disabling the image viewer completely.. Next release will include this though.

Thanks,
Trent

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