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[RESOLVED] WordPress Bulk Edit Leads to HTTP ERROR 414

Something odd came up in WordPress and no amount of searching presented a real solution. When I Bulk Edited over 800+ posts and clicked “Update”, I would get a 414 error from the server. The exact error in Google Chrome was: This page isn’t working If the problem continues, contact the site owner. HTTP ERROR […]

Best Responsive WordPress Gallery

So I have been trying to beef up a website and was just not able to find an easy solution to manage WordPress galleries. Many have recommended that I use the powerhouse NextGEN plugin (with over 8 million downloads) but given the high importance of managing photos on a website, I wanted a solution that […]

Fixed – WordPress Admin Pages Slow

Recently, something very odd has happened to WordPress that powers this blog. Front facing pages load fast but the back end WordPress admin pages are extremely slow to load. So slow that at times, when I save a draft, the new content would not even take. Nothing times out but many admin pages are just […]

Speed Up WordPress 2.5 – Install gzip Compression Plugin

It is always nerve wracking when WordPress needs to be updated. In fact, I just updated from WordPress 2.3 to 2.5.1. This time, I used the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin to perform the upgrade and it was indeed a treat. While it used to take me 30 minutes or more to manually update WordPress, this […]

WordPress 2.3 – Plugin Update Notification Makes Security Updates Easy

If you have not updated to the latest version of WordPress 2.3, you might consider upgrading sooner rather than later. Although there were no major security fixes, one of my most favorite updates in the latest release is the plugin update notification. What a great way to be notified of the latest security updates for […]