WordPress database optimization: autoload, revisions, and cruft
A bloated WordPress database makes every query slower. What to clean up, starting with autoloaded options, the one thing that taxes every single page load.
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I build and maintain websites: the kind that load fast, do not break, and quietly do their job. I lead web development at GrowME Marketing, a Calgary agency, where I have spent the last several years shipping custom WordPress builds and brand experiences for clients across Canada.
Background in math and computer science. Electronics tinkerer outside of work. Allergic to mediocrity, in the most polite Canadian way possible.
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{
"name": "Ammar Mahdi",
"role": "Lead Web Developer",
"company": "GrowME Marketing",
"since": 2018,
"location": "Calgary, Alberta",
"focus": [
"WordPress",
"performance",
"site reliability"
],
"education": "BSc, Mathematics & Computer Science",
"status": "shipping"
} ls stack/
A published remittance app for sending money abroad. I worked across the Flutter app, the Firebase backend, identity verification, e-transfer reconciliation, and the dealer tools.
An AI CRO audit agent. Point it at a domain and it crawls up to 25 pages, scores each against a 50-point checklist with multimodal AI, and returns prioritized fixes with code patches.
Built the site and launch system for Dr. Fatima Mahdi's medical aesthetics clinic: a fast Astro site, booking-first analytics, medical structured data, and a local-SEO and Google Business playbook.
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