WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

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WordPress
Performance and Scalability
Joseph Scott
http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/
Thursday 28 August 2008
Utah Open Source Conference

WordCamp Utah

Saturday 27 September 2008
Provo, Utah (Novell)
http://utah.wordcamp.org

Minimize Context
Switches
Ask on topic questions (clariﬁcation)
as we go along

No, Seriously,
Backup First

Performance
How fast is a single request?

Scalability
Dealing with many requests at the same time

It’s Like An Onion

• WordPress
• MySQL / Memcache
• PHP
• Web server
• Network / Operating System

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

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WordPress Performance and Scalability Tips

1. WordPress Performance and Scalability Joseph Scott http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/ Thursday 28 August 2008 Utah Open Source Conference

2. WordCamp Utah Saturday 27 September 2008 Provo, Utah (Novell) http://utah.wordcamp.org

3. Minimize Context Switches Ask on topic questions (clariﬁcation) as we go along

4. No, Seriously, Backup First

5. Performance How fast is a single request?

6. Scalability Dealing with many requests at the same time

7. It’s Like An Onion • WordPress • MySQL / Memcache • PHP • Web server • Network / Operating System