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We break down why you might want to use Ansible as your automation engine, how to install it and get it set up.
Brad Touesnard
Apr 24, 2023
In this final chapter, we offer a complete Nginx configuration optimized for WordPress sites. Not only does it amalgamate all the information from the previous chapters, but we also draw upon the best practices from our experience over the years.
Ashley Rich
Apr 04, 2023
We’ll start this chapter with a benchmark of site speed without caching and end it with a benchmark with caching enabled. We’ll install Redis and a companion WordPress plugin that will work together to enable object caching. Next we’ll return to our Nginx config files and add a batch of directives to enable FastCGI Cache and tell it what not to cache, including some directives for WooCommerce.
In this chapter we’ll discuss HTTPS and why it’s so important before updating our DNS and obtaining our first SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt. Then we’ll add a new config file to Nginx for our first site complete with a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Next we’ll create a database for the site and we’ll use WP-CLI to install WordPress. We’ll wrap up with a discussion about creating more sites on the server.
This chapter is all about setting up the software needed to run a WordPress site. First we’ll install Nginx and configure it with better settings for our use. Next we’ll install PHP and its packages required by WordPress and configure PHP-FPM. Then we’ll install WP-CLI and MariaDB.
Configuring aggressive page caching rules for your WordPress site gives you most of the benefits of a static site without the downsides.
Jan 27, 2022
Learn how WordPress page caching plugins work, why they perform poorly in Nginx and how to serve cached pages directly from Nginx.
Sep 30, 2021
We go over the differences between Varnish and Nginx FastCGI cache, why we chose them and share some benchmarks to show which performs better.
Feb 24, 2021
In this article, we demonstrate how to configure WordPress and bbPress with microcaching in Nginx.
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