Debug WordPress rewrite rules matching

Few weeks ago I have tested 35 plugins to find how they affect WordPress in terms of loading and resource usage. What can plugin author do to make plugin loading faster, to use less memory and to lower its impact on website loading? There are several things to consider.
How to optimize plugin loading

Few weeks ago I have tested 35 plugins to find how they affect WordPress in terms of loading and resource usage. What can plugin author do to make plugin loading faster, to use less memory and to lower its impact on website loading? There are several things to consider.
Additional templates for posts and date archives
Theme templates supported by WordPress by default can be limiting in some cases, and while you can always use alternative methods, having named templates is always better solution, since you can separate code the way you want it without conditional if blocks.
Choosing mySQL Database Engine: myISAM or InnoDB?
WordPress is designed to run only on MySQL database. So, optimizing MySQL is very important thing if you want to run WordPress as fast as possible on the hardware you use. But, that might not be as straightforward as you may thing, considering that MySQL can used many storage engines.







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