9 WordPress Hacks to Encourage User Interactivity

In this post we’ll look at nine different things you can do to your WordPress theme to add the possibility of some type of interaction. Some involves comments, social media, and other ways of getting readers involved.

In my opinion this is pretty important for every blogger to see that somebody is reading yours blog posts, stats didn’t tell you anything about your readers.

1. Show Most Recent Comments
2. Allow Visitors to Email Posts to Their Friends
3. Add a “Share on Facebook” Link
4. Add Custom Bookmark Links
5. Rearrange the Comments to Show Most Recent Comments First
6. Add a User-Submitted News Section
7. Add Translation Links
8. Google Custom Search
9. Display Facebook Status on Your Blog

9 WordPress Hacks to Encourage User Interactivity

After implementing those tips you probably see some movement on your blog, is it really important to get opinions from your readers.

In this post we’re going to look at 26 .htaccess hacks, from A to Z.

I know it takes time to implement .htaccess tricks but i am pretty sure it’s worth to do it.In many cases you don’t need to use WordPress plugins, just simple .htaccess tricks.

A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks post presents 26 .htaccess hacks and those are my favorites :

1. C – WP-Config Protection
2. H – Disable hotlinking
3. L – Limiting number of simultaneous connections
4. M – Maintenance
5. P – Protect your .htaccess file.
6. U – Remove /category/ from your category URL
7. W – Redirect from http://www.whatever to http://whatever

I hope you find some free time to implement some of those hacks… as you can see there are many security tips also. Before you start your tests remember to have working backup !

Link to full post: A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks.

As you all know WordPress speed is one of most important factors that impack on your website popularity.

The Rule is very simple, your web site load need to be fast.

With simple new WordPress installation your blog should perform well. But with time running, your database will be bigger. Another problem that you need to deal with is tons of new plugins that will impact your website speed.

So the main quesion is what we can do to make our WordPress platform fast ?

Some Basic & Simple Steps

• Upgrade to latest WordPress release
• Remove unnecessary Plugins & upgrade current ones
• Minimize PHP and database queries
• Optimize and Repair your Database from myPhpAdmin

Take a good care of your Images

• Use Reliable image hosting service
• Optimize your images with this great tool

Great Advices for better performance

• Install WP Super Cache Plugin
• PHP Speedy WP
• WP CSS
• DB Cache
• Speed up access to your favorite frameworks via the AJAX Libraries API
• Display page loading time + number of queries
• Optimize DB

This was only summary, to read full post and start using those tips go here:
13 Great WordPress Speed Tips & Tricks for MAX Performance.