[wp-hackers] Quantity of Queries - Performance

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Mon Mar 30 21:35:37 GMT 2009


Getting an option shouldn't cause a query if the autoload is set to
true (which I believe is the default), as the option would have
already been loaded in the initialization of WP.

-Otto
Sent from: Memphis Tennessee United States.


On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Joost de Valk <joost at yoast.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I've been playing with this plugin a bit, and submitted a patch to Frank who
> was kind enough to immediately commit it, based on my experiences I've
> written a post on it: http://yoast.com/wordpress-performance-optimization/
>
> There's one paragraph in there that everyone should take note of about empty
> options, in short:
>
>    doing a get_option to check whether a certain option is set or not, is
> actually more expensive,
>    database wise, than just setting the option and leaving it empty, as it
> causes a query...
>
> Might be good to know for the plugin authors out there!
>
> Best,
> Joost
>
> Frank Bueltge wrote:
>>
>> or you use the plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-queries/
>> and read all your queries in the footer area, only for loged admins
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