http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/tags/plugins WPMU DEV - The WordPress Experts -- Tag: plugins - Recent Posts en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/search.php http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/batch-create-followup-registration-and-user-roles#post-180162 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:59:24 +0000 Myenterprise 180162@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I am keen to use the Batch Create plugin to make users/profiles on Buddypress for the users who have given us consent to do so, with names email addresses etc.</p> <p>However I have want to separate that into Students and Businesses, and in the fields that are asked when registering there is a drop down menu that allows them to select if they are Students or Businesses.</p> <p>How can I allow Batch Create to do this also, or if not possible, how do I then change them to show that information?, (even if that means going into the backend of the account and changing some of that information, I would need instructions on how to do it though).</p> <p>It is important they are separated in this way as I have a plugin which then allows for me to make a page directory listing the users depending on whether they are a Student or Business.</p> <p>Also what would be the best role to set them? for use with the Batch Create Plugin?, one for those that I want to be able to make and edit their own blogs I set up on the multisite, (but not deal with superadmin or any of my sites content) and one where they can just comment on posts , cannot create blogs.</p> <p>Please help, I look forward to your reply.</p> <p>Many thanks, Sam </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-175106 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:01:35 +0000 Timothy 175106@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <blockquote><p>You're right, there's too many variables to even attempt to warrant an answer to my question and I shouldn't have even asked it.</p></blockquote> <p>You were right to ask it, its a very valid question. Its just not the easiest to answer.</p> <blockquote><p>FYI, it was WPMUDev support videos in contextual menus and Ultimate Facebook that was slowing it down so much.</p></blockquote> <p>Both of these plugins make external calls (APIs), the Ultimate Facebook is also a fair sized plugin to accomodate the integration it has with Facebook.</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-175097 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:35:23 +0000 nbostic 175097@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>You're right, there's too many variables to even attempt to warrant an answer to my question and I shouldn't have even asked it.</p> <p>FYI, it was WPMUDev support videos in contextual menus and Ultimate Facebook that was slowing it down so much. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-175030 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:09:44 +0000 Timothy 175030@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey again.</p> <blockquote><p>It wouldn't be flawed at all though. All I want to know is how fast does the new post page load for other people. If I'm within seconds, I'm not going to worry about it. If I'm far off,</p></blockquote> <p>Well in that case then you are far off at 6 seconds.</p> <p>But I just connected through my iPhone over 3G and now your far off at all. Because a site loads slower over 3g with a weak signal.</p> <blockquote><p> If you told me across all of your installs on all your servers with 0-1000 plugins active that your average load of the one page I'm benchmarking against is .5 seconds, I know I have a problem. If you say it's 5 seconds, I'm not going to worry about it. If you say it's 15 seconds, I'm going to be happy.</p></blockquote> <p>OK lets say they are all highend servers then with multiple cores, all of a dedicated connections and I'm getting it loading in milliseconds then.</p> <p>But then if they are all on shared hosting with shared connections, those same sites might take 50 seconds (shared hosting can be real slow sometimes)</p> <p>Now lets I had a super efficient install on that shared host which takes 50 seconds (that would be the host, not the install so yeah thats wrong) and lets imagine that exact same highend server (mentioned above) has a load of inefficient plugins on there and now its taking 50 seconds despite being a super quick server (that would be the be the install and the plugins).</p> <p>If I compare apples and pears....... </p> <p>Thats not benchmarking. There is no consistency there, no common ground to make comparisons with.</p> <p>Because now I'm comparing an efficient wordpress install with an inefficient shared host. If we swapped those around the</p> <blockquote><p>If I said, "My 2011 MacBook Air takes 30 minutes to startup, is that normal?" would you answer about memory, CPU, SSD, malware, etc or would you say "No, that's not normal"?</p></blockquote> <p>30 minutes is rather different to 30 seconds.</p> <p>If you had maxed out the CPU, Maxed out the Drive, set every application to load on startup, had a ton of malware on there, then yeah it taking absolutely ages to load would be normal for that exact type of install because its inefficient and bogged down.</p> <p>It wouldn't be normal for a fresh install though with the base operating system.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/benchmark" target="_blank">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/benchmark</a></p> <blockquote><p>bench·mark (bnchmärk)<br /> n.<br /> 1. A standard by which something can be measured or judged: "Inflation . . . is a great distorter of seemingly fixed economic ideas and benchmarks" (Benjamin M. Friedman). See Synonyms at standard.<br /> 2. often bench mark A surveyor's mark made on a stationary object of previously determined position and elevation and used as a reference point in tidal observations and surveys.<br /> tr.v. bench·marked, bench·mark·ing, bench·marks<br /> To measure (a rival's product) according to specified standards in order to compare it with and improve one's own product.</p></blockquote> <p>We've not set any specified standards here. IE the spec of the server, the connection to the server and all the variables in-between. So we can't compare, it just would not be an accurate overview.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-175007 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:31:05 +0000 nbostic 175007@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>It wouldn't be flawed at all though. All I want to know is how fast does the new post page load for other people. If I'm within seconds, I'm not going to worry about it. If I'm far off, I'm going to continue to figure out what the problem is. I'm well aware of all of those variables, but as I've said several times now, I don't know if there's actually a problem or I'm impatient. If you told me across all of your installs on all your servers with 0-1000 plugins active that your average load of the one page I'm benchmarking against is .5 seconds, I know I have a problem. If you say it's 5 seconds, I'm not going to worry about it. If you say it's 15 seconds, I'm going to be happy. If this kind of data exists already somewhere, I'm not finding it, that's why I asked.</p> <p>If I said, "My 2011 MacBook Air takes 30 minutes to startup, is that normal?" would you answer about memory, CPU, SSD, malware, etc or would you say "No, that's not normal"? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174953 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:19:03 +0000 Timothy 174953@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>The comparisons would be flawed though, this is my point. Because both installs are not identical.</p> <p>I run on dedicated servers, all with decent specs and processing power. So I'm not sharing the resources you will on shared hosting. I have installs with no plugins and installs with many plugins. I have load times around a second to a fair few seconds depending on what its got to process. I'm also on a fairly quick dedicated fibre optic connection from my Mactop to the internet (my connection to the net not my servers as they are in a DC).</p> <p>My servers are located in the same country as me, in face they are just a couple of hours drive away, so my DNS is quicker for me thank it would be if my servers were in India, America, etc.</p> <p>I could throw figures of load times at you for multiple websites on multiple servers but non of this would mean anything because your not benchmarking. Your not comparing equal connection speeds to the net, equal machine speeds or equal installs. You might process 5 plugins which all have many files. I might process 5 plugins with only 10 lines of code.</p> <p>The page you refer to is also influenced by plugins and even themes.</p> <p>I'm not being evasive here with stating load times. I'm just pointing out that its not a far comparison. You might get 6 seconds to your server, I might get 2 on my connection.</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/any-free-plugins-or-themes-for-which-theres-not-a-premium-version#post-174949 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:07:18 +0000 Timothy 174949@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey again. :-)</p> <p>Yeah there are a few:</p> <p>Theme Switcher</p> <p><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/advanced-theme-switcher" target="_blank">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/advanced-theme-switcher</a></p> <p>Admin Footer Text.</p> <p><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/admin-footer-text" target="_blank">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/admin-footer-text</a></p> <p>Language at signup.</p> <p><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/select-language-at-signup" target="_blank">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/select-language-at-signup</a></p> <p>And there are more within the repository of projects. :-)</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/any-free-plugins-or-themes-for-which-theres-not-a-premium-version#post-174945 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:56:38 +0000 Clifford 174945@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Sorry I wasn't clear. Only asking about WPMU DEV stuff.</p> <p>An example I found: there's no Premium version of <a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/update-notifications">Update Notifications</a>, which is Free. Any others like that? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/any-free-plugins-or-themes-for-which-theres-not-a-premium-version#post-174932 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:37:38 +0000 Timothy 174932@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey Clifford.</p> <blockquote><p>As a paid member, I've focused on downloading all the Premium themes and plugins I could. Turns out there's a whole bunch.<br /> So... are there any Free plugins or themes for which there's not a Premium version?</p></blockquote> <p>Are we talking in general or at WPMU?</p> <p>The answer to both is yeah there are.</p> <p>For free things out in the wild you might like to read the following article:</p> <p><a href="http://wpmu.org/why-you-should-never-search-for-free-wordpress-themes-in-google-or-anywhere-else/" target="_blank">http://wpmu.org/why-you-should-never-search-for-free-wordpress-themes-in-google-or-anywhere-else/</a></p> <p>there are a load at WP.org as well - <a href="http://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/</a></p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174920 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:10:42 +0000 nbostic 174920@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <blockquote><p>Well I don't know your server, your plugins, or anything about your set up. So I wouldn't know to be honest.</p></blockquote> <p>That's why I'm just inquiring as to how long other peoples admin areas load with post-new.php as an example since that's a pretty common page for people to use :) I know all of those things can determine how fast or slow a site will load, I just am curious if mine is loading fast or slow compared to what others are using. Yahoo (and other page load tests) don't really work on the admin area, that's why I'm using the Chrome inspector.</p> <blockquote><p>I don't know who your optimisation people are but could they bias? Are they qualified in what they claim (not necessarily a formal qualification but experience)? Can they be trusted? You are doubting them...</p></blockquote> <p>They're all people I found through here since I use so many WPMUDEV plugins site wide. I'm definitely doubting them, but I also doubt my host, so again, that's why I'm just trying to see how my admin area loads compared to others. If I'm in a normal range, I will stop worrying about it. If I'm significantly slower than what others are experiencing...I'm not sure what I'll do since hosting and "consultants" are failing me on the support side. The host is a VPS with Hostgator.</p> <p>At this point, I know it's not a WPMUDEV issue, but I thought I'd ask for comparisons from people who are more likely to be running similar plugins as I am. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/any-free-plugins-or-themes-for-which-theres-not-a-premium-version#post-174890 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:10:44 +0000 Clifford 174890@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>As a paid member, I've focused on downloading all the Premium themes and plugins I could. Turns out there's a whole bunch.</p> <p>So... are there any Free plugins or themes for which there's not a Premium version? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174876 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:27 +0000 Timothy 174876@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey again.</p> <blockquote><p>I'm trying to figure out if I'm impatient or if I have a technology issue :) </p></blockquote> <p>Well I don't know your server, your plugins, or anything about your set up. So I wouldn't know to be honest.</p> <p>You may or may not go by what Yahoo tell you, but attached is their rating of your site.</p> <blockquote><p>My host keeps saying it's WordPress, the few WordPress optimization people I've hired all say it's hosting, so I'm getting a little tired of it and just wanted to know if it may be neither WordPress or hosting but me </p></blockquote> <p>6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I don't know who your optimisation people are but could they bias? Are they qualified in what they claim (not necessarily a formal qualification but experience)? Can they be trusted? You are doubting them...</p> <p>And as for your host, I don't know them either. But hosts are always reluctant to accept blame for slow speeds unless they absolutely have to. Some hosts will continue to deny issues even when you present proof. Not all are like this, but it happens sadly..... :-(</p> <p>If it is shared hosting, then I suspect it woud be slower than a VPS or Dedicated server with a good strong uplink.</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174851 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:51:51 +0000 nbostic 174851@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I'm aware of all the variables and have done tests on multiple computers/connections/browsers, that's why I was asking how my load is compared to other users loads. I'm trying to figure out if I'm impatient or if I have a technology issue :) My host keeps saying it's WordPress, the few WordPress optimization people I've hired all say it's hosting, so I'm getting a little tired of it and just wanted to know if it may be neither WordPress or hosting but me :) </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174627 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:26:23 +0000 Timothy 174627@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey nbostic.</p> <p>Loading of anything in WP can depend on so much...</p> <p>+ Server Spec<br /> + Server Bandwidth<br /> + User Uplink<br /> + Amount of plugins<br /> + Amount of plugins uninstalled but left tons of rubbish still in the DB<br /> + Same as above but for themes<br /> + Plugins and themes which are not efficient.<br /> + The size of files to include.</p> <p>And the list goes on. Have you tested on other connections and dones a clean out of plugins and data?</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-long-does-post-newphp-take-to-load-for-you#post-174538 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:22:20 +0000 nbostic 174538@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Using the built in inspector in Chrome, post-new.php makes 156 requests, is 107KB and takes just under 7 seconds to load. It feels like it's taking much longer. Am I just impatient? Is this the size it could/should be and how long it takes to load for others? If that's pretty normal, I'll just be quiet about my site feeling slow :) </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174406 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:06:52 +0000 Dannyoutlaw 174406@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I want to simplfy the signup process as much as possible. Id rather get customer in the door fast with a single, low monthly fee and then get more money buy selling upgrades in the dashboard. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174266 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:37:46 +0000 in-mn 174266@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Why not create tiers of themes. </p> <p>$10, $25, $50, etc</p> <p>Just group them. If they have a site with you, it is not as if they will be stealing all your hard work by giving them theme levels? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174199 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:13:26 +0000 Timothy 174199@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Oh I see what you mean now.... Can you tell it has been a while since I used a blog on the wp.com platform. :-)</p> <blockquote><p>Rather than create multipule leves, I want to create one level and then upsell everything else. So I would want to be able to price and sell the individual themes, like WP.com does. ( <a href="http://snapplr.com/yppm" target="_blank">http://snapplr.com/yppm</a> )</p></blockquote> <p>Its not possible to do it exactly like that.</p> <p>I suppose each level could have one theme. But I know thats not exactly what you are looking for.</p> <p>We could move this to the feature request forum and see if other members want that? WPMU Dev gauge the demand for a feature by the support it gets from members. Its that which helps direct the project. Once a request gets enough support the developer will assess how well it would fit with the plugin and the technical parameters needed.</p> <p>I'll move it there now.</p> <p>I'd love to see this, so its a +1 from me! :-)</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174194 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:06:48 +0000 Dannyoutlaw 174194@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Its definitely the later, Theme Upgrades.</p> <p>I know I can sperate themes out per level, but thats not what I want.</p> <p>Rather than create multipule leves, I want to create one level and then upsell everything else. So I would want to be able to price and sell the individual themes, like WP.com does. ( <a href="http://snapplr.com/yppm" target="_blank">http://snapplr.com/yppm</a> )</p> <p>Could the member credits plugin do something like this? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174181 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:28:29 +0000 Timothy 174181@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey Dannyoutlaw.</p> <p>Just to be clear in my mind, are you asking about selling themes?</p> <blockquote><p> to sell premium themes and plugins </p></blockquote> <p>If so then either Membership or MarketPress is best suited to that. The user signs up as a member and downloads the plugin. Or purchases one of copies in MarketPress.</p> <p>Or do you mean theme upgrades, so a user whom has a website within your install can use extra themes or plugins dependant on their level?</p> <p>If so then Pro Sites is best suited for this. You can specify multiple levels, each level can have its own themes and plugins which users can use within their website.</p> <p>Hope this answers your questions. :-)</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/selling-premium-themes-plugins-like-wpcom#post-174165 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:56:42 +0000 Dannyoutlaw 174165@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Is it possible to with pro sites and possibly the member credits, to sell premium themes and plugins inside members dashboards like WP.com does? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugins-dont-show-on-multisite#post-170812 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:59:32 +0000 sourcev 170812@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>It took me some time to find where the options of BuddyPress appear.</p> <p>I guess I need to get used to it.</p> <p>I have some issues with the bbPress installation, but I will open a new thread for that matter. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugins-dont-show-on-multisite#post-170778 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:48:35 +0000 Timothy 170778@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Same thing for BuddyPress, with the exception that those options and settings will not appear on sub sites, as this plugin is developed and designed to work with your primary blog.</p> <p>In other words, your users cannot install BuddyPress and have their own social networks.</p> <p>Hope this helps. :-) </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugins-dont-show-on-multisite#post-170777 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:39:44 +0000 sourcev 170777@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey Timothy,</p> <p>I figured that out after I posted my question. But it is good to know for sure.</p> <p>What about BuddyPress when I Network Activate it? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugins-dont-show-on-multisite#post-170771 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:27:47 +0000 Timothy 170771@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey sourcev.</p> <p>When they are network activated they are forced on all sites and so shouldn't show in the plugins section on the main or any sub site so they cannot be disabled. If you want them to be activated on a site by site bases then don't network activate them.</p> <p>Some plugins create admin options or extra panels, for example our MarketPress plugin when network activated would create MarketPress those extra areas to edit shop settings, create products, etc.</p> <p>Are you trying to achieve something specific here?</p> <p>Take care. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugins-dont-show-on-multisite#post-170743 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:48:49 +0000 sourcev 170743@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I have installed multisite and for some reason I am unable to see the plugins that I network activate on the main domain.</p> <p>The weird thing is that I can only see them in the main domain admin when they are I deactivate them in the Network (and even then not all of them appear). When I activate the plugins across the network, they simply disappear from the main domain admin.</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/letss-go-mobile/page/2#post-165514 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:30:56 +0000 MinFli 165514@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Plus(+) to the freakin one(1)! </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/letss-go-mobile/page/2#post-165458 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:41:45 +0000 SeanA 165458@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I would +1 this but it seems like this already has a lot of support already too. Hoping it'd happen soon. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/letss-go-mobile/page/2#post-165454 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:32:29 +0000 d3xta 165454@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>+1 from me. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/letss-go-mobile/page/2#post-162792 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:18:29 +0000 edealsbiz 162792@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>+1!<br /> simple detection and redirect to mobile optimized themes would be perfect and/or plugin that handles the whole thing... </p>