Wordpress speeds up with Google Gears

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Google gears logo

Wordpress 2.6 is out and it sports a new link in the top right that says Turbo. I clicked it and discovered that it speeds up the interface via Google Gears – a technology that caches files in order to speed web-based apps. So far so good.

The biggest drawback to Wordpress so far (especially on my powweb server, 1and1 hosting seemed to respond a bit better) is it’s long response time. It’s slow. But, in my cursory tests of the admin interface it seems much speedier. Way to go Wordpress and Google gears developers!

Dave Stone @ July 25, 2008