WordPress 3.1 Very Slow? Disable The Admin Bar [Quick Tip]

Ever since I upgraded to WordPress 3.1, I found that getting around in the admin area becomes very slow. Typing a post in the text editor is extremely laggy and becoming more of a nightmare. Apparently. this was due to the admin bar taking up the system resource. One good way is to disable it for good.

Here’s how you can disable the admin bar:
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WordPress 3.1 Hands On

wp-logoIf you are still not aware, WordPress 3.1 was (finally) released on 22nd Feb 2011. The planned release was supposed to be Dec 2010, but apparently there were too many bugs to be fixed and the actual release was delayed by two months. Fortunately WordPress 3.1 is full of goodies and is definitely worth the waiting. Let’s take a look at what’s in store in WP 3.1.

Internal linking

One common practice for most bloggers is to internal link to other article in their blog. The usual way is to open a new tab, search for the article, manually copy the URL and link it in the WordPress text editor. As of WordPress 3.1, you can now internal link right within the text editor.
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