Debugging the w3tc Page Cache

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Recently, I had a strange issue where some pages on my multisite were being cached, and others were not. There seemed to be no clear pattern as to what got cached and what failed the cache test. At first, it seemed a bit daunting to jump into the w3tc page caching code, but it actually [...]

How to Translate blogs.dir CDN Files in w3tc

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My main site has a WordPress Multisite setup that is divided based on directories. For example, My dog articles are in http://shibashake.com/dog/ and My art galleries are in http://shibashake.com/blog-art. In this setup, my image links look something like this – http://shibashake.com/dog/files/2012/12/dog-image1.jpg However, this is just a shorter more pretty url. The actual image file resides [...]

How to Create Dynamic User Agent Groups in w3tc

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Currently, in the w3tc plugin, we can create user agent groups by specifying agent names, e.g. android or iphone. By using this function, we can create different caches for different sets of devices. On my blogs, I need to create different caches based on screen width. This is because I serve up different widgets, ads, [...]

How to Selectively Load Plugins for Specific Pages

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In a previous article, we considered how to selectively disable certain plugin functions, in order to enhance page speed. I.e., only run expensive plugin functions on page content that needs it. Disabling plugin functions may help to save us some time and resources. However, the plugin files will still be loaded, and the initialization methods [...]

Shiba Plugin and Theme Updates for WordPress 3.5

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WordPress 3.5 was released a few days ago, and we have started testing and updating our plugins. This post shows our current progress, and we will update it as we move along. Please post 3.5 bugs on this page or on their respective plugin pages. Thanks. Updated for 3.5 Shiba Plugin Credits No updates necessary. [...]

Shiba Plugin and Theme Updates for WordPress 3.4

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Everything has been updated for WordPress 3.4. If you come across any new bugs, please report them on this page or on their respective plugin pages. – Updated for 3.4 Shiba Custom Backgrounds Updated for WordPress 3.4. Fixed loading background images. Cleaned up how background data is stored. Shiba Theme Updated for WordPress 3.4. Fixed [...]

Shiba Gallery 3.7

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Here is a detailed description of the Shiba Gallery Plugin. New features for Shiba Gallery 3.7 – 1. Control Thumbnail Size We can now specify thumbnail sizes for relevant galleries (Tiny Slideshow, Picture Slides, and Noobslide). Thumbnail size is set by using the tsize parameter, for example – [gallery id=”1969″ size=”(220,220)” tsize=”(54,54)”] The default tsize [...]

Shiba Media Library 3.3

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The main addition to this update is the ability to order images within gallery objects. Shiba Media Library was tested on WordPress 3.2. [Full description of the Media Library Plugin] Order Images Within Gallery Objects We may now easily reorder images within a Gallery object. Simply drag the image that you want to reorder and [...]

Shiba Widgets 1.5

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The Shiba Widgets plugin allows you to assign different widgets to different posts, pages, categories, or tags. Shiba Widgets 1.5 will only work on WordPress 3.0 and above. [Full Shiba Widgets description.] Shiba Widgets 1.5 is a big update with many new features. Make sure to test the plugin rigorously on a test site first [...]

Shiba Widgets 1.4

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The Shiba Widgets plugin allows you to assign different widgets to different posts, pages, categories, or tags. Shiba Widgets 1.4 contains updates for WordPress 3.1. It was tested on WordPress 3.0 and 3.1. Shiba Widgets 1.4 will only work on WordPress 3.0 and above. [Full Shiba Widgets description.] New features for Shiba Widgets 1.4 – [...]