I’ve just released a new service to set up, migrate and configure your WordPress site for you on Digital Ocean using the latest and greatest Mercury Install. BUT, maybe you want to set this up yourself? If so, read on for the full guide. This includes: Nginx – web server (far faster than Apache) Memcached […]
If you have purchased, or are thinking of purchasing the Rocket Stack, here are the steps you need to take in order to get your droplet ready for us to build upon. You need your own SSH keys Firstly, you need to have your own SSH keys. If you are using PuttyGen to generate keys […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Traffic spikes tend to hit one or two pages on your site, so to profit from traffic spikes you need to ensure everything is cachable and that everything is actually cached. Pages are only cachable if they do not have unique content per user. Unique content per user includes things like: Wishlist widget – if […]
If you’ve been following my WordPress cluster guides, you’ll know that I use GlusterFS or Unison to handle file replication between nodes in the cluster. This works well when there are not too many files per directory. But if you have thousands upon thousands of images in your uploads folder then GlusterFS can get a […]
Obviously we love our own plugins to help you speed up your WordPress website. But we don’t only use our plugins on our websites. Here are the key third-party plugins we also use for maximum WordPress speed: Autoptimize This plugin is great for minifying and combining CSS. On non-Chrome browsers, this can give massive speed […]