We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. We do it every day at w3 edge and our client retention rate is the best indicator of our success. Best wordpress plugins to improve your blog pages wpexplorer. Boldgrid frederick townes maxicusc gidomanders brad markle harry. This presentation provides practical tips for your site. I am getting the following error message when trying to update any plugins. Also some discussion of search engine optimization and social media optimization.
An influential wordpress developer, frederick is the creator of w3 total cache, a web performance optimization framework with over one million users that powers. Frederick townes, founder of w3 edge, issued the following statement to the tavern. Understand the techniques that prevent your users from spending more. Frederick is the founder of w3 markup, w3 edge, the popular wordpress plugin w3 total cache, and was the. Beginners guide to w3 total cache premium wordpress themes. Frederick townes of w3 cache was kind enough to leave a comment explaining how to fix the vulnerability with an updated version of w3 cache now available on wordpress.
W3 total cache is created by frederick townes as a product of w3 edge, a webbased business he also founded. I realized i need to up my game and move from amateur status to. Its a long journey to go from idea, to a documented, commented, socially mentioned, commonly installed and productive project. W3 total cache gets official update from frederick townes. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover frederick s connections.
As can be expected, the volume of tutorials and resources are a little thin on the ground at the moment, but the tutorials are all of a high standard, and the resources are truly indispensable. Download from the plugin directory page or search for w3 total cache from within wordpress you should see by frederick townes in the description and install and. Login as an administrator to your wordpress admin account. View frederick townes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Frederick townes confirms w3 total cache is not abandoned.
Usability, content marketing strategy, transparency, performance and monetization. Wordpress performance optimization with frederick townes. Discussion of wordpress performance optimizations pitfalls, remedies and tips. Understand the techniques that prevent your users from spending more time on your site or from getting a small boost in sales or rankings. And one brilliant wordpress caching plugin is w3 total cache by frederick townes, a seasoned wordpress developer. Frederick townes chief product officer ready education. Issues with w3 total cache and buddypress on multisite. In the right panel left top you will see upload plugin button. A serial web entrepreneur frederick continues to found, fund and consult startups in his spare time. Punypng is a free online image compressor tool that dramatically reduces the file size of your images without any loss.
Boldgrid acquired the w3tc plugin and retained its creator, frederick townes. W3 total cache has lived up to its users high expectations as a wordpress caching plugin but there are still improvements on the way, says the creator hi. While the plugins core functionality is free to use, theres a. Join facebook to connect with frederick townes and others you may know. A native of milwaukee, wisconsin, frederick is a graduate of boston university where he studied computer science and mathematics. Followed by a quick tips for social media optimization engagement. This is a super good news for millions of wordpress user who relies on w3 total cache. Even if you havent heard of frederick townes, theres a pretty good chance youve seen his work. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Interested in functions, hooks, classes, or methods. Compared to lots of other open source communities, the wordpress community has a lot to offer. Frederick is the founder of w3 markup, w3 edge, the popular wordpress plugin w3 total. Product attachment for woocommerce unable to download pdf after payment.
Frederick is the founder of w3 markup, w3 edge, the popular wordpress plugin w3 total cache, and was the founding cto for mashable. Became one of the top wordpress projects in less than a year. Using the add new menu option under the plugins section of the navigation, you can either search for. Does giving wordpress its own directory add to security. Lucky for us, he agreed to give us the inside scoop about this premium caching tool and. February 25, 2014 if youve ever wanted to make your wordpress passions a full time job youre not alone. Plugin author frederick townes described w3 total cache as follows. As youve probably seen, this is quite an extensive guide, and so i decided to split this post into 2 parts. Boldgrid joins forces with w3 edge, acquires w3 total. A lot of product download links do not work properly anymore. Joost is joined by frederick townes, author of the w3 total cache plugin and cto of, who updates us the latest news on wordpress. Configure wordpress to use a content delivery network cdn. W3 total cache wordpress performance plugin boldgrid. If you have a web site thats terribly slow or just not fast enough and want to stop losing money as a result, were the team for that.
Arbitrary file download, arbitrary php eval and the xss vector. If you want your files to download faster, you can remove this whitespace before serving your code. Learn how performance is a building block for success with practical examples. W3 total cache speeds up your wordpress website by reducing its download time, which makes your page load extremely fast. Posted by frederick townes, 3 years ago, leave a comment.
Founded in 2003, w3 edge is among many webbased businesses started by frederick. Png compression and online image compressor punypng. But you forgot to include our cdn in your providers list we integrate super quickly and easily with wordpress thanks to frederick. Adding wordpress caching, and combining wordpress and nginx, are solid answers. This week, i spoke with frederick townes, cofounder and cto of placester, creator of. And for new sites that want to head wordpress performance problems off at the pass. If you are using wordpress then watch out for w3 total.
In a nutshell, the plugin will help you to increase your wordpress. Wordpress plugin development using oop stack overflow. The wordpress community podcast features exclusive interviews with fellow wordpress developers, topics such as wordpress hosting and seo, and news on the latest plugins and updates. Once you become a w3 edge client, you wont trust anyone else with your seo. Boldgrid, a wordpress product and services company, announced today that it has joined forces with w3 edge, the parent company behind the popular w3 total cache w3tc plugin. Db cache, wp super cache, w3 total cache and ultimately it would trash my wordpress database and serve up white pages. We know how to shave those valuable seconds of your sites load time. Frederick townes frederick is a widely published blogger covering various topics including. Frederick townes from mashable discusses what to do when you run into a problem developing an engaging user experience. This session is tips and techniques to optimize your wordpress site for better performance. It is the total performance solution for optimizing your wordpress website. Issue with getting wordpress in own directory visible on root. We posted yesterday about the highrisk vulnerability and also a quick fix.
In the episode, matt talks about blogging with wordpress, specific plugins he. Our journey to enable great user experiences in wordpress continues with todays release. This discussion talks about respecting users, customers, industr. Now, if youre really into oop, you should download some cool plugins out there and read through the code to see how other people do it.
Posts about frederick townes written by and wordcamp boston. Go to wordpress admin area and click plugins and then add new menu item. W3 total cache has lived up to its users high expectations as a wordpress. Prior to starting w3 markup, frederick spent 3 years wearing a cto hat at various startups including the first of its kind live video entertainment web site and one of the top 3 blogs worldwide, wordpress powered blog. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. W3 total cache is a free, caching wordpress plugin created by frederick townes thats active on more than one million sites. After last weekends workshops, i felt a swift kick in the pants about my blogging habits. If you are using wordpress then watch out for w3 total cache. Founding cto and former technical advisor at mashable.