WordPress Plugin Articles

May 26th 2008

How to Uninstall a WordPress Plugin

WordPress makes plugin deactivation simple enough — just go to the “Plugins” section, find the plugin, and then click “Deactivate.” But what if you want to get rid of a plugin for good? Here’s how: Read more »

By John Lamansky | Posted in Plugins | Comments (4)
May 23rd 2008

What to Do If Plugin Deactivation Breaks Your Blog

Say you just disabled a plugin, and now your WordPress blog’s front-end says “Fatal error: Call to undefined function.” Part of your site may even be missing. The problem is that your theme is calling on the plugin you deactivated. However, since that plugin is gone, the site displays an error and then stops rendering [...] Read more »

By John Lamansky | Posted in Plugins, Troubleshooting | Comments (21)
Mar 4th 2008

How to Optimize Your WordPress Database Tables

As time goes on, all the database operations performed on your WordPress tables (which are what store your blog posts and other data) will create what’s called “overhead.” To keep your database running smoothly, you can get rid of this overhead by “optimizing” your tables (similar to defragmenting your hard drive). Here are two ways [...] Read more »

By John Lamansky | Posted in Tutorials | Comments (12)