Nginx is awesome – really fast compared to Apache. Cloudflare is also awesome – a fast and free for most CDN. If you are running WordPress however, there is a problem you have to deal with – namely WordPress Botnets. Countering Botnets Cloudflare itself helps to counter a lot of bot attacks, but really if […]
I’m busy working on a cool new plugin to let me chat directly with my customers. When I finally migrated the plugin over to my AWD site I found terrible performance. I know it’s not poor performance from my code (I would be very embarrassed if it was!) so I set about finding out why […]
The most reliable way to migrate your site is using the manual method in this article. However, the manual method can be tricky for less-technical users. The Duplicator plugin promises to make this easy, but I’ve found it to be incredibly buggy and has failed me on numerous ocassions. Because of this, I use UpdraftPlus […]
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Here’s what you will get by following this guide: The Server Pilot interface to manage your server A really fast server using the latest tech to make your WordPress site as fast as possible A real CRON job to process your imports/backups more quickly and efficiently Free SSL certificate Very low monthly cost – e.g. […]
In the video below, I show an example of performance analysis of a WordPress plugin. Performance optimisation is firstly performance analysis – you need to find out where your performance bottlenecks are. Performance bottlenecks in WordPress are most commonly found in the database, so a plugin tool like Query Monitor can help a great deal. If […]
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I’ve just been sent the link to my filmed talk down in Brighton at the WordCamp there. I hate seeing myself recorded, but if you want to watch my talk made on the day this site launched then here it is. I don’t get into too many technical details, but I do sort of talk a […]
There are a multitude of profilers available for WordPress but they all fail in some way to provide the real results you need. Query Monitor, for example, is fantastic for profiling database queries, which is normally where performance problems come from, but it lets you down a little when it comes to finding out which […]
Edit your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file – the default file comes with a bug for setting up this slow query log, but find the line which starts log_slow_queries (it’ll be commented out probably). Don’t uncomment it, instead use something like these values: slow-query-log = 1slow-query-log-file = /var/log/mysql/slow.loglong_query_time = 1log-queries-not-using-indexes long_query_time can be a decimal if you wish – […]
The Mercury stack is the fastest single-server stack possible so far for WordPress. It makes WordPress VERY fast. Transcription: So I’m going to tell you about the mercury stack, it is good for wordpress, it makes it really fast. So what is it? Normally if you are on a normal host it’ll host your wordpress […]
Here it is people – the complete guide to WordPress security. In this guide I’m going to cover everything you need to know to keep your WordPress site secure. Security requirements will vary – if you’re running a large store, the last thing you need is someone gaining access to your site, gaining access to […]