Optimizing the MySQL database for WordPress

Have you ever been wondering about the database underneath WordPress? Lately I have had the issues that my WordPress seems to have become very slow. I started to check out my active plugins on my blog that I don’t need any more and that might speed things up a bit. Like always before I start on thing like that, I made a complete backup of my blog (MySQL database and files).

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What is new in the WordPress 3.5.2 Release

Yesterday June 21, 2013 WordPress 3.5.2 was released for public download. This updated is a minor maintenance update fixing 12 bugs in WordPress 3.5 and 3.5.1. It is mainly a security release and you should not wait too long to upgrade your blog. In fact the WordPress team “strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately”. The update includes 7 security fixes that you don’t want to miss.

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You have not won 100.000, but…

100000 visitors

Today my blog crossed the milestone of 100.000 visitors since I started this blog in late 2010. When I started this blog I did not know much about Blogging, SEO or link-building. As you can see below I did not have much traffic in my first month as a blogger. A lot have changed since then. I now I am the happy owner of this PR4 Blog that has reached this great milestone.

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