WP-Admin Problems Fixed with Plugin Deactivation

by Gregory on March 9, 2013

I’ve been having a problem with my website. I had switched the type of my hosting service with Go Daddy, and after that switch the problem started. While the site was fast enough, my admin login was slow to the point of not even loading the page.

I got on the telephone with Go Daddy service support and they did a couple of things and then told me the server was just fine. They surmised that one or more of my plugins was causing the PHP files to load really slow.

The suggestion was to deactivate all of my plug-ins and delete the ones I was not using. Then to reactivate my plugins one at a time to make sure there was no problem. I tried deactivating my plugins, but the webpage was so slow that it kept timing out.

I found a support article on Go Daddy that suggested I rename the plug-ins folder so that WordPress wouldn’t know where the plugins were located. I named it plugins_test.

This certainly allowed WordPress to load quickly and I was able to navigate within the admin section, but I got an error because WordPress couldn’t find the plugin folder. Once I renamed the plugin_test folder to plugins, everything was back to its normal speed. I deactivated all my plugins, then activated those I thought essential, and deleted the rest.

The biggest problem was solved when I renamed the plugins folder to allow WordPress to run unfettered.

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Mobile Share Plans – Hurry Please AT&T [UPDATED]

by Gregory on August 20, 2012

[UPDATE]

My Bad. I misunderstood the Mobile Share plan to include the first Smartphone in the Data plan. What a bad assumption that was. Instead of saving money, I will increase my current bill by $5 and get 1 GB more of data. Not the savings I was hollering about below in my original post.

The 3GB Mobile Share plan is $70, but in reality you have to have a Smartphone, so for me, with two Smartphones, the additional cost is $40 for the first phone and $40 for the second phone. I just assumed that because at least one smartphone was require for a Mobile Share plan, that the first phone was included in the the Data plan. (I said that didn’t I) The other advantage, if you could call it that, is that the extra $5 also buys me FaceTime over cellular (3G) and Tethering. Plus the Mobile Share plans allow me to tap into the AT&T wireless networks for free.

Damn, I was hoping for some savings.

Original Post (Please Disregard)

I cant’ wait for the AT&T Mobile Share Plans to arrive because it’s going to be a really good deal for me. I save money and get twice the data!

Here’s the situation. I have an iPhone. My wife has an iPhone. My mother-in-law has a regular phone. We have a Family Talk Plan with AT&T.

Simple enough, but usage patterns come into play. My mother-in-law talks on her phone abundantly. It’s her lifeline. So I have AT&T’s Family Talk 1400 Plan.

Then there is my wife and niece who are in cahoots with the scrapbooking thing. That burns up a lot of text messages. This requires the Family Messaging Unlimited feature.

My Data use requires the DataPro 3GB plan. My wife gets by with 200GB of Data.

Here’s what my current AT&T plan is costing me per month without any taxes.

My Current AT&T Plan

When the new AT&T Mobile Share Plans arrive you buy Shared Data, and get unlimited texting and talk. Each phone is extra, but everyone shares the data and everyone gets unlimited texting and talk. (Did I mention that?)

Here’s what I’m looking forward to with the new Mobile Share Plans.

Mobile Share Plan

I can save $35 per month and still get 1GB more Data with the 4GB plan. However, I’ll probably get the 6GB Plan, which will double my Data and save me $20 per month.

FaceTime is likely to burn more data with the new availability over cellular with this Mobile Share plan, so the extra data will give me room to expand my usage without worry for the foreseeable future.

There’s been a big uproar in the Tech Press recently since AT&T has announced that FaceTime will expand to cellular (3G) only with the Mobile Share plans. Everyone is complaining they’re getting hosed by having to switch plans to get FaceTime over 3G. No one has considered if the Mobile Share plans are really an advantage over the older plans. Plans that will eventually be the minority, in my opinion.

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Notetaking with Notability

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How to Quickly Find Videos in the Photos App

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Compose an Email in the Notes App with Siri [Timesaver]

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Siri – The New Social Convention

10 February 2012

I feel very comfortable talking to Siri on my iPhone when I’m alone, but when I’m in the presence of my wife it feels too strange, almost private. Even when it’s in the seclusion of my living room. Well, that’s the way I felt at first. Now after spending some time learning HOW to talk [...]

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My Blog Post on the Drive Home

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My great idea today was to use the Notes app on my iPhone, my headset with mic, and Siri to dictate a blog post on the drive home. What I didn’t realize is that there doesn’t seem to be a hands-free way to activate the dictation button on the keyboard. However, voice dictation works fairly [...]

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Remote Dictate App Review

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The Remote Dictate app allows you to speak into your iPhone 4S and the text appears on your computer screen. This is a great way to get your thoughts out of your head and onto the screen in a hurry. Some of the commands don’t work, but that’s a small price to pay for this [...]

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