WordPress 2.5 is out (and the WordPress site got a facelift), and I’ve already upgraded MaisonBisson using SVN. The changes are exciting, and seem to reflect a tradition that’s developing in WordPress of delivering some really revolutionary features in the x.5 release.
The loss of file-based object caching was a bit of a problem, as my [...]

Posted March 30, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: caching, concurrent editing protection, upgrade, wordpress, WordPress 2.5. 2 Comments.

Nobody doubted that full Gravatar support would make it into WordPress eventually. Weblog Tools Collection shows what they look like, how they’re managed, and how theme designers can implement them.

Posted March 6, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: gravatar, theme design, wordpress, WordPress 2.5. Be the first one.

Jacob Santos‘ FuncDoc notes:
The WordPress Object Cache changed in WordPress 2.5 and removed a lot of file support from the code. This means that the Object Cache in WordPress 2.5 is completely dependent on memory and will not be saved to disk for retrieval later. The constant WP_CACHE also changed its meaning.
I’ve just started using [...]

Posted February 7, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: cache, changes, object cache, performance, wordpress, WordPress 2.5, wp-cache. 5 Comments.