Problem: After updating the blog to WP 2.7 everything was running smooth. But when opening some of the plugin setting pages the server responded with a “500 Internal Server Error” – especially when using plugins like “XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress” or when uploading pictures. When I activated the “StatPress Reloaded”-plugin non of the admin section was accessible anymore.

Diagnosis: PHP is running out of memory.

Solution: If you are running your own root, dedicated or virtual server this is an easy bugfix: You just have to change the php.ini of your server and provide more memory to your PHP installation. On a shared hosting server – like at the webhosting solutions at 1and1 you often don’t have access to that central php.ini. But there is an easy workaround:

Create a text file and name it “php.ini” (without the quotes ) and with a single line of code in it:

memory=20MB

This file has to be placed into the directory /wp-admin/ within your Wordpress installation.

That’s it!

I just installed the Flash based tag cloud Wordpress plugin WP-Cumulus of Roy Tanck and integrated it into the tag-cosmos-page. That 3D-tag-cloud is really great! It functions properly and is easy to configure.
The only downer is Flash … but Roy can’t help it … the iPhone still does not know what to do with Flash and also search engines stop and do not follow links within swf files. But nevertheless – the 3D-tagcloud is really fun to use … just look here, so you know what I’m talking about!

Sources: WP-Cumuls at Wordpress.org