The document discusses scaling WooCommerce sites with WP Engine. It outlines WP Engine's platform architecture including load-balanced routing, security layers, high-performance databases and storage. It then discusses WP Engine solutions and case studies of how they helped different clients like Campfire Guitar and Enterprise Cosmetics scale their WooCommerce sites through load testing, performance monitoring, and working closely with support. The summary emphasizes that load testing, understanding traffic projections, and choosing the right development and support teams are critical to successfully scaling for high volumes on WooCommerce.

1. Scaling WooCommerce
with WP Engine

3. 1. About WP Engine
2. The platform
3. Solutions
4. Customer Stories
5. Summary
Agenda

4. We Are WP Engine!
Support - 45%

5. Stats of the Woo

6. Who’s running WooCommerce on WP Engine?
Startup/SMB Agencies Enterprise

7. WP ENGINE PLATFORM

8. INTERNET
LOAD-BALANCED REQUEST ROUTING
NETWORK SECURITY LAYER
HA Service Capabilities
Enterprise-Grade
Architecture Isolation
WPE MANAGED ON-SERVER SECURITY
WEB & CACHING LAYER w/ HA Evercache / Queueing
ACTIVE / PASSIVE DATABASE LAYER
HIGH-PERFORMANCE BLOCK STORAGE
OFFSITE-BACKUPS
DEVELOPER TOOLS
PLATFORM ANALYTICS
WP Engine Platform Tools
Independent DB Layer w/
High-Performance Replication
SSD Scalable Storage
WordPress-Specific
Protection
WP Engine | Enterprise Architecture
Latest Revision: Q4 2015
Multi-Node,
Clustered HA Environment

9. WP ENGINE SOLUTIONS

10. WP ENGINE CUSTOMERS

11. Case Study: Campfire Guitar

12. Case Study: Campfire Guitar

13. SOLUTION SHARED

14. Agency Partner: Pragmatic

15. SOLUTION PREMIUM

16. Agency Partner: Pragmatic
• Premium Environment
• multiple installs, multiple systems
• load testing, performance monitoring
• working closely with support
How did they scale?

17. Case Study: Enterprise Cosmetics

18. SOLUTION ENTERPRISE

19. Case Study: Enterprise Cosmetics
• Enterprise Cluster
• massively redundant
• load testing
• working closely with support
How did they scale?

20. Case Study: Oscar Mike

21. Case Study: Oscar Mike

22. SOLUTION NEXT GEN

23. Case Study: Oscar Mike
• HHVM, Next Gen
• high concurrency, peaky unexpected traffic
• load testing
• working closely with support
How did they scale?

24. SUMMARY

25. Load Testing
How much can you handle?

26. Traffic
Understand how to accurately
project visitors.

27. Choose Your Team Wisely
Development, planning and
support are critical to your
success.

28. Summary
• Scaling for WooCommerce is an important part of the the WP Engine Platform
• Small sites with low visitors can bring in big sales
• Load testing and support are critical

29. Thank you!
@spicecadet
edmund.turbin@wpengine.com