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Thanks @amandasjackson and @linux4me2 for the responses. These are exactly what I was looking for. Cheers

Hellooooo Ipstenu-DH,
See below for a message I from the plugin author:
“, I have figured out the issue and have altered the plugin to work around it. I would recommend contacting your host to address the problem as they will need to change settings on the backend. The download link was failing because of the inability to retrieve the get variable because it had an extension (query vars failed also in case they ask). For example, the url file=34/file1.pdf would fail while file=34/file1.pdf&s=y would work since the url does not end with the .pdf extension. Oddly, this did not happen in a test with a standalone php file and only with wordpress variables, I suspect this is part of the “optimizations” for wordpress. Regardless the issue is fixed, careful updating the plugin in the future as this could cause it to break again.”

Sorry Ipstenu-DH,
– “Which plugin?” http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/user-files/
– “Are they logged in to WP as they download?” Yes, they must be logged into the website. When the users login, the files become visible.
– “How big are the files?” They are mostly PDFs and approximately 66-925KB.
– “You have wp-super-cache on.” I will turn this off. Any recommendation of cache plugin to use in its stead? or do I forget about cache plugins?

Thanks

Thanks guys (Ipstenu-DH & esmi) for the info.
Since we’re talking weekends,I saw Kathy Griffin in Napa Valley…..hilarious as always 🙂

Ipstenu-DH, a friend’s son just took up the sport. Let’s see how long that lasts.

Think its time to close this one out. Thanks again for all your help Ipstenu-DH.

Ipstenu-DH,
I’ve converted to DreamPress and so far so good. Of course I have to reconfigure my FTP settings. I noticed in the “manage user” tab for the new DP user that SFTP rather than FTP is selected. Also, the select box that says: “disallow FTP” is checked. Is this part of the DP optimization? Should I leave it as is? and use SFTP? BTW what is the difference between both?

Thanks Ipstenu-DH,
I want to use DreamPress for my website and take advantage of the introductory offer. I’m glad you’re the MM for DP support because I can rely on every advice you give.
What should I do to deactivate the VPS trial I’m currently using and activate DreamPress?

Thanks for the code virendra930. Sorry for the late response. Please let me know how the code will help performance.
Thanks

Thanks for the response Ipstenu-DH. It’s the most comprehensive I’ve seen from a DH staff lately.

The conundrum with AIOSEO is I’ve used it forever and do not want to loose the page/post optimizations I’ve religiously worked on. That said, I must say I deleted AIOSEO from the site in last month (base on a DH’s rep recommendation) and did not see a difference in performance so I re-installed it after 3 weeks.

I see a tap in the control panel that says “enable VPS” with a free weeks trial.
1) How much will VPS cost me in addition to what I pay now?
2) Will this guarantee better performance?
3) If I try it for a week and don’t see changes in performance, will getting things back to the way it is be a problem?
4) I also see MySQL VPS. Is this better than VPS in terms of performance?