I noticed this blog was loading like a sloth, so I complained about it on Twitter. @bma told me to use a cache plugin, so I went to the WordPress Plugin Directory and found WP Supercache.

After setting it up, the blog does seem to load dramatically faster. The main drawback is that the dynamic widgets are very slow to update now, which means you may not (let’s say probably not) get my most recent Tweets or tracks (not that it matters what I listen to). This doesn’t affect things too much- I’d rather have a quick loading page than an up-to-date Twitter update, but I just needed to make it known.

The other advantage to the cache is that the database will be under far less stress by multiple visitors. And that’s wonderful.