Re: front page takes 50 mysql queries
Actually he can’t really “fix” the plugin, it’s an overall integration failure which necessarily adds more mysql queries (just like the plugin needed to allow spaces adds more overhead).
Basically the output template will HAVE to use a difference function call than the “use display name” which fixes it everywhere else before it’s written back to the database.
It’s the cost of integration and yet another example of why bbpress isn’t magically better than any other forum for integration with wordpress.
(or just use my workaround to cut out the extra queries
ps. “mdawaffle” wasn’t a “dig” – isn’t that his nickname?