Speaker Announcement – Jake Spurlock

High Performance WordPress (WP_Query Performance and Best Practices)

WordPress websites are more then simple blogs these days, and building complex features may mean complex queries. Once upon a time, it was simple enough to install WP Super Cache and call it good, but with Javascript front ends, and lots of dynamic content, caching objects WordPress objects is a lot more important.

Jake Spurlock

Jake is a developer for Condé Nast where he works on the technology team for Wired Magazine. He has been working with WordPress since the good ol’ days, and when he has some free time, he enjoys basking in the sunlight, evening walks with his family, spending time outdoors, skiing and biking.