Server Stack

Installing and configuring the fastest possible WordPress stack on Ubuntu 16.04

June 12, 2017 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 137

This article presumes you have a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 server and you can log into it. I recommend using SSH keys if you can, but that doesn’t affect this article. Install PerconaDB Run the following commands to install PerconaDB: wget https://repo.percona.com/apt/percona-release_0.1-4.<span class=”k”>$(</span>lsb_release -sc<span class=”k”>)</span>_all.debdpkg -i percona-release_0.1-4.$(lsb_release -sc)_all.debapt-get updateapt-get upgradeapt-get install percona-server-server-5.7 -q -y Note: The […]

Migrating huge WordPress sites reliably

May 18, 2017 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 5

None of the WordPress migration or backup and restore plugins can handle huge sites reliably – you’ll run into timeout issues etc. Here’s how to migrate your huge sites reliably. The guide below presumes you have an origin WordPress server and a destination WordPress-ready (PHP+MySQL+Nginx) server. Use SSH and Screen You need to be able […]

Creating a Digital Ocean Droplet for the Rocket Stack

April 3, 2017 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 0

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 […]

Optimising front-end WordPress Performance

April 3, 2017 Dave Hilditch Performance Analysis Performance Analysis, Price Comparison Pro, Scalability Pro, Server Stack, WordPress Speed 0

If you’ve used tools like Pingdom, Google Page Speed Insights or GT Metrix, you’ll have seen that they can help figure out why ‘front-end’ performance of your site is slow. Front-end performance includes all the stuff that happens on the users browser. It doesn’t include things like PHP execution time or MySQL query time – […]

Configuring NginX to pass through real IP Addresses from Cloudflare, compatible with fail2ban and WordPress

March 24, 2017 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 3

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 […]

How to migrate your WordPress site to a new host

January 12, 2017 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack 5

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 […]

How To: Install the fastest server stack for WordPress on Digital Ocean using Server Pilot in less than 30 minutes

August 25, 2016 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 30

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. […]

The mercury stack for WordPress

December 2, 2015 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Scalability Pro, Server Stack, WooCommerce 2

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 […]

Complete guide to WordPress security

February 4, 2015 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 8

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 […]

DIY Mercury installation for super fast WordPress performance

February 4, 2015 Dave Hilditch Stack Guides Server Stack, WordPress Speed 39

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 […]

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