Articles tagged as "Hosting". 19 results
What Are WAFs? A Detailed Look at Web Application<span class="no-widows"> </span>Firewalls

What Are WAFs? A Detailed Look at Web Application Firewalls

How WAFs work, the types of threats they protect against, the pros and cons of various kinds of WAFs, and whether you should consider installing one.

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James Clark

Mar 17, 2022
Is a Load Balancer Overkill in Your WordPress Hosting<span class="no-widows"> </span>Setup?

Is a Load Balancer Overkill in Your WordPress Hosting Setup?

We’ll cover what load balancing is, some of the benefits and drawbacks along with misconceptions.

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Ashley Rich

Oct 08, 2021
7 Reasons to Host WordPress<span class="no-widows"> </span>Yourself

7 Reasons to Host WordPress Yourself

Why host WordPress yourself? Understand the options and benefits so you can decide whether it's right for you.

Brad Touesnard

Mar 10, 2021
Varnish vs Nginx FastCGI Cache: Which is Best for<span class="no-widows"> </span>WordPress?

Varnish vs Nginx FastCGI Cache: Which is Best for WordPress?

The differences between Varnish and Nginx FastCGI cache with benchmarks to show which performs better.

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Ashley Rich

Feb 24, 2021
Hosting WordPress Yourself at Scale Part 2 – Network<span class="no-widows"> </span>Filesystem

Hosting WordPress Yourself at Scale Part 2 – Network Filesystem

In part two of this series, we'll scale our WordPress app to handle more traffic, while building a replicated network filesystem.

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Ashley Rich

Oct 17, 2017
Hosting WordPress Yourself at Scale Part 1 – Dedicated Database<span class="no-widows"> </span>Server

Hosting WordPress Yourself at Scale Part 1 – Dedicated Database Server

In part one of this series, we’ll look at how we can scale our WordPress app to handle more traffic.

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Ashley Rich

Sep 05, 2017
Microcaching WordPress in Nginx to Improve Server Requests by<span class="no-widows"> </span>2,400%

Microcaching WordPress in Nginx to Improve Server Requests by 2,400%

We demonstrate how to configure WordPress and bbPress with microcaching in Nginx.

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Ashley Rich

Apr 25, 2017
Performance Best Practices in the HTTP/2<span class="no-widows"> </span>Era

Performance Best Practices in the HTTP/2 Era

We cover what’s new in HTTP/2, some best practices and what you’ll need to change from HTTP/1.1.

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Ashley Rich

Jan 17, 2017
A CDN Isn’t a Silver Bullet for<span class="no-widows"> </span>Performance

A CDN Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Performance

We explain the major steps to optimizing your site for speed and explain when it’s appropriate to implement a CDN.

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Ashley Rich

Aug 09, 2016

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