Looking for WordPress performance/Optimization Advice

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  donniclark · Member · Nov 24, 2017 at 7:05 am

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  Hi all,

  We’ve been reluctant to host WordPress sites for clients based on the performance and security issues with WP. We’ve done a few small ones for family or friends (cohabiting with our other sites on our VPSs), but they don’t have the same performance expectations that our clients do.

  At the moment we have several clients who want us to provide WP blogs or sites. So it’s time to bite the bullet and set up a Linode config that is optimized for WP. I don’t know how many WP sites can comfortably coexist on a 1GB or 2GB Linode (WP is a RAM hog), though I assume it’s primarily based on overall traffic of all the sites (correct me if I’m wrong).

  Based on your experiences, here’s what I’m looking for regarding hosting WP sites:
  – is there a particular distro that seems to perform better?
  – does apache, nginx or nginx in front of apache perform best?
  – what PHP implementation (mod_php, fast-cgi, fpm, etc) performs best?
  – what PHP caching (zend, apc, xcache, etc) performs best?
  – does postgresql perform better than mysql, and are there any positives or negative to using postgresql with WP?
  – does memcached help?
  – are there specific tunings for any apache/nginx, php/fast-cgi/fpm, mysql/postgresql, etc that you’ve found to be beneficial?
  – what WP plugins have you found to negatively affect performance?
  – what WP plugins have you found that offer nice features with a low performance hit?
  – which WP security plugin(s) to use? Better WP Security? Bullet Proof Security? Others?

  I’m also looking for any positive or negative experiences you’ve had with hosting or supporting WP sites.

  We’ve all had our swings and misses, and I’d like to learn as much as I can from the mistakes of others as well as my own. Trial and error has its place, but I’ve found it’s usually a better idea to ask those who know more than I do.

  Any feedback would be appreciated.

  Thanks

  I didn’t find the right solution from the internet.
  References:
  https://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?p=62397

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  avydun · Staff · Nov 24, 2017 at 7:12 am

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  I happened to see another topic that you had published, and I have the same answer here too, donniclark.

  You’re currently on the WordPress.com community forums and this is meant for questions related to WordPress.com sites. For advanced WordPress questions and answers related to self-hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) sites, you will have to use self-hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) community forums available here. https://wordpress.org/support/

  You can always feel free to post any WordPress.com related questions you might have on this community forums meant for WordPress.com. Someone from the community or a staff will be able to help. Thanks.