Title: CouponCodePlugin's Replies - page 3 | WordPress.org --- # CouponCodePlugin [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 31 through 45 (of 108 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/?output_format=md) [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) 3 [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/4/?output_format=md)… [6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/6/?output_format=md) [7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/7/?output_format=md) [8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/8/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] How to hide W3TC information in source code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-hide-w3tc-information-in-source-code/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-hide-w3tc-information-in-source-code/#post-3481302) * [@paulieb81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulieb81/) you are assuming that we all knew how to remove it. The best option was the answer that we all gave as removing it has little point and is the longest way around this. The only difference between our answers is that you said you didnt know how to do it. Everyone else proposed better solutions. Surely the valuable reason that you claim no one mentioned is that it is pointless, which we mentioned. I mean no offence, but your reply adds little. Surely we shouldnt just be telling people how to do what they want, we should be helping them find the best way to do what they want to do and explaining why they shouldnt do what they want to do. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] Cannot optimize any more after update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-optimize-any-more-after-update/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-optimize-any-more-after-update/#post-3481301) * Hello, I will tackle the items one by one below. One thing that you need to keep in mind is that the recommendations may not relate to items on your website. Therefore, you should identify which items are from your website and which are not. There are some items that you can do nothing to rectify except from removing them from your website. * **Overview** I am using WebPageTest.org and you can view the results here: [http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130226_Q4_ES6/1/details/](http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130226_Q4_ES6/1/details/) * There are a number of issues that I can see from the very start. First and most obscure, your website is causing a 301 (permanent redirect). This is a major issue and you should investigate what is causing it. If you are redirecting from http:// to [http://www](http://www). I do not think you should be using a 301. Loading of myblogtrainer.de and the redirection to [http://www.myblogtrainer.de](http://www.myblogtrainer.de) takes 1233ms, which is pretty massive. Even after the redirect, it then takes 3848ms to load, which again is absolutely massive. These loading times are one of the main reasons your website is taking over 6 seconds to load a 356kb page on a 5mbps connection. This is before any major part of your website has been loaded. The best way to solve this issue is to simply find another host who is better and has faster servers. Many hosts cram as many customers as they can onto a single server, causing it to be much slower. The server that you are on has more than 10’500 other websites on the same server. That is an awful lot. Our system usually has one site per server/ip. Our smaller websites are added to a group server where we tend to have 10 or so sites per server/ip. This is one of the areas that google and other search engines will likely look at when deciding how relevant your website is. The more websites on the same server, the less relevant your website is deemed to be. * **Leverage browser caching** You can view the details here: [http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130226_Q4_ES6/1/performance_optimization/#cache_static_content](http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130226_Q4_ES6/1/performance_optimization/#cache_static_content) * Browser caching is telling users browsers to keep certain items as they may be needed later. When the website is loaded again, all the cached items are loaded from the users computer, which makes it load a lot faster. * Using the link above, you can see the items that are not being cached in the browser. You can only effect the items that are on your website, not items on other websites. * Under Browser Caching in WTC, I select all options except the last 3 in General, All options except the last 2 in CSS & JS, all options under html & xml, all options except the last two in media & other files. * These are the settings that I use and they are also the same settings that I use on all of my own websites. * If you check the link above showing the items that are not cached by the browser, many of them are for gravicon, which I have stopped using as it seems to cause more issues than it solves. If they ever allow their images to be cached, I may add it to my sites again. The only other item is google analytics and this can not be browser cached as it needs to load each time to log your users. * Changing your settings as detailed above, then clearing all your cache should solve this issue and allow browser caching of all the files on your website. * **Minimize redirects** This is more of a nightmare. Redirects are when an address is loaded, but it forwards the user to another address. The more redirects, the longer the connection takes to complete. * To solve this issue, you should address the 301 issue mentioned at the top as that is one redirect as well as being a pretty major issue. Next, you should address gravicon as all of the other redirects are for gravicon. * The other issues that I would also address would be minify as that will reduce your css and js files down to one each, providing your theme and plugins work with it. If they do not, you may need to add the files one by one using manual mode. * I hope this helps you get started. Caching is like a whole new world. I have been using WTC on all my sites for over a year, but I am still learning new stuff. This is mainly because WTC comes with no manual at all and therefore you are left to wildly guess each new feature they add and how it works and should be used. * Best wishes Dave * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Drafts are live!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drafts-are-live/) * Thread Starter [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drafts-are-live/#post-3503101) * Doh! What an idiot! I had wondered if that was the case, but I did not know that this was a feature as that is what the preview feature is for. When I tested the same with my other sites, it didnt happen with any of my other sites, they all correctly showed a 404 when I was logged in as admin and was the author of the draft post. * Why would this only happen with one website? Surely this is not a feature of WordPress as all my sites use the same version and this is the only site that this happens on. * Thanks for your help 🙂 * David * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Fluency Admin] [Plugin: Fluency Admin] Fix for this (now unsupported) plugin…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fluency-admin-fix-for-this-now-unsupported-plugin/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fluency-admin-fix-for-this-now-unsupported-plugin/#post-2866172) * Hello, one of the main advantages of GNU / GPL is that you can edit the coding and provide updated versions. This is ideally used in cases such as this when the plugin has fallen into disrepair. If you can contact me via [http://couponcodeplugin.com/contact-us/](http://couponcodeplugin.com/contact-us/) and we can provide a mirror or put it on the wordpress repository. Another option would be to add it to a site like dropbox. Please let me know wherever we can help as it seems this is a really good option for wordpress and there are no other options like it. * Best wishes Dave * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Live Dashboard] dashboard turned white page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/#post-3411006) * Hello and thank you for your continued support. I activated the plugin and it did so without any errors. * It seems to be working now, so I will jump in and test it. * Thanks again Dave * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Live Dashboard] dashboard turned white page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/#post-3411000) * No problem, I just wanted to check in. As mentioned, I can provide you with access to our server so that you can test it with the latest php version. * Thank you Dave * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] Cannot optimize any more after update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-optimize-any-more-after-update/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-optimize-any-more-after-update/#post-3481182) * What is your domain? Then we can test it and see what is causing the delay. I would advise you to not downgrade as that can cause a lot of issues. The best thing you can do is identify what is causing the delay in loading. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] How to hide W3TC information in source code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-hide-w3tc-information-in-source-code/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-hide-w3tc-information-in-source-code/#post-3481181) * I am not sure why you would want to waste time removing this as it is in the code and not displayed to users unless they check the source code. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] W3tc moved a script from the top to the bottom, now another plugin won't work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3tc-moved-a-script-from-the-top-to-the-bottom-now-another-plugin-wont-work/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3tc-moved-a-script-from-the-top-to-the-bottom-now-another-plugin-wont-work/#post-3482293) * Hello, some plugins do not like to be minified, so you either need to disable it or use manual mode and add the files to be minified one by one. When you make changes, remember to empty your cache and then do a hard refresh of the front end page you are viewing (ctrl + F5 on windows machines). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[W3 Total Cache] Apache RAM usage doubled after installing W3TC](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-ram-usage-doubled-after-installing-w3tc/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-ram-usage-doubled-after-installing-w3tc/#post-3481737) * [@selfagency](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selfagency/) cloudflare can cause more issues than it solves. All of my serious sites do not use cloudflare. I have seen ping times go through the roof for no good reason as well as “website is offline” messages when I am logged into the server and can clearly see that it is online and has 99% free resources. Cloudflare is free and you get what you pay for. Instead, I used max CDN and had 4 CDN addresses for each site. This caused the loading time to be less than a second. With times like this, adding cloudflare would do nothing at all. However, that being said, I do use cloudflare for sites that are free and will not make any money. This is done to save a bit of money when compared with a high end CDN. * You should monitor your ram to make sure it drops and see what processes are running. You should see it drop. If not, disable the plugin and all its settings, then start over and activate one feature at a time, checking your resource usage before activating the next feature. You should also do a speed test with something like pingdom or webpagetest.org so that you can see where the bottlenecks are( as Otto mentioned). Then you can see what the issues are and address them. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Live Dashboard] dashboard turned white page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/#post-3410998) * Any news Mike? I would love to trial your plugin but as of now, it will not activate, so I am stuck. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Strx Magic Floating Sidebar Maker] {Fraud} Why are you showing your own ads on my website ?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraud-why-are-you-showing-your-own-ads-on-my-website/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fraud-why-are-you-showing-your-own-ads-on-my-website/#post-3353357) * Any reply? Sadly, it seems that so many plugins are in direct violation with the repository rules or license. * There seems to be something wrong with your site. When I follow your link: [http://www.designrapid.com/wordpress-plugins-security-issue/](http://www.designrapid.com/wordpress-plugins-security-issue/) It looks like a mobile site. When I click on next page: [http://www.designrapid.com/wordpress-plugins-security-issue/?wpmp_tp=1](http://www.designrapid.com/wordpress-plugins-security-issue/?wpmp_tp=1) It shows like a normal website and looks totally different to page one. * Also, there seem to be a lot of letters missing. For example, instead of saying“ We” it says “e”. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Live Dashboard] dashboard turned white page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/#post-3410990) * Hello, You are most welcome. we use the latest stable releases for everything on our server, but I see we are one minor update behind as we are using PHP version is 5.4.10. * Updated plugin to latest version and activated. The following error now displays: Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed; If you would like to pass argument by reference, modify the declaration of apply_filters(). in / wp-content/plugins/live-dashboard/lib/live-admin/lib/class.settings.php on line 109 * If you like, you can contact me via [http://couponcodeplugin.com/contact-us/](http://couponcodeplugin.com/contact-us/) so that I can give you login details for our test site. I will have the php updated to 5.4.11. If it works with 5.4.11, it will be backwards compatible, so you can be sure it will work with all previous php versions. * Thanks * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Live Dashboard] dashboard turned white page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/) * [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-turned-white-page/#post-3410983) * Hello, I got a white screen when I activated this on our test blog. Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I think it is very likely the same issue and I hope I can help to resolve it for other users. * I am using the latest version of wordpress with no other plugins activated and the default theme is active. I have a dedicated 16 processor server with more than enough resources and more than enough ram assigned per account. * Server Errors Checked the server error logs and could not see any recent issues, only old issues that I have previously addressed. * Debug Flipped on wordpress debug mode in wp-config.php by adding: define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true); * Two errors were found which relate to the plugin: * Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /wp-content/ plugins/live-dashboard/live-dashboard.php on line 64 * Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed; If you would like to pass argument by reference, modify the declaration of apply_filters(). in / wp-content/plugins/live-dashboard/lib/live-admin/functions.php on line 27 * I suspect these two errors to be the culprit for the white screen. * Looking forward to being able to test this plugin and see what it can do. * Thanks * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Coupon Code (LITE)] Questions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-6/) * Plugin Author [CouponCodePlugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/) * (@couponcodeplugin) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-6/#post-3391311) * Hello and thank you for contacting us. I will address your issues one by one. * 1) I created a coupon, (there are no editing capabilities once created…) * Once you create a coupon, you can edit the coupon to alter the details. If you are having issues editing the plugin, please contact our technical support team via our support page for [Coupon Code Plugin](http://couponcodeplugin.com/support) * 2) It was to go to the the affiliated website…so it only shows a blank image… no verbage, with print me under it.. * The image should not be blank unless you have used white on white. You should add information about the coupon code to the post or page you added the shortcode to. The “print me” you mention is not part of our plugin and is likely part of your sharing options. When clicking on the coupon code, it will open the affiliate link and take you to the affiliate link you used for that coupon code. * 3) When I clicked on the print me (set to open in new window)…I got the same page…no coupon in site… * As mentioned in #2, the print me option is not part of our plugin and you should consult with the dev for that option should you wish to use it for coupons. We would need to know how the option worked so that we could see how you wanted it to work and run some tests. * Best Wishes David Viewing 15 replies - 31 through 45 (of 108 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/?output_format=md) [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) 3 [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/4/?output_format=md)… [6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/6/?output_format=md) [7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/7/?output_format=md) [8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/8/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/couponcodeplugin/replies/page/4/?output_format=md)