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Adding shared disk storage to a WordPress cluster
If you’ve been following my WordPress cluster guides, you’ll know that I use GlusterFS or Unison…
Choosing WordPress Hosting for Performance
Your host matters far less than the stack it gives you. Two servers with identical specs…
Configuring NginX to pass through real IP Addresses from Cloudflare, compatible with fail2ban and WordPress
This guide gives you the exact Nginx config to restore the original visitor IP behind Cloudflare…
Configuring Redis for WordPress and WooCommerce for Maximum Performance
Redis is widely used with WordPress as an object cache, storing the results of expensive database…
Creating a Digital Ocean Droplet for the Rocket Stack
If you have purchased, or are thinking of purchasing, the Rocket Stack, here are the steps…
DIY Mercury installation for super fast WordPress performance
I’ve just released a new service to set up, migrate and configure your WordPress site for…
How to configure nginx for Yoast SEO sitemaps
If you’ve been following my WordPress fast stack guides, you’ll know I’m a big fan of…
How to maintain and manage a WordPress cluster
One of our most popular articles is our guide to building your own WordPress cluster. If…
How to migrate your WordPress site to a new host
The most reliable way to migrate your site is the manual method in this article. The…
How to use Unison instead of GlusterFS for faster file replication
GlusterFS is great if you don’t have a lot of files in your folder, but it…
How to: Setting up a WordPress cluster for huge sites
If you have a huge site, chances are you also do a lot of data processing…
Installing and configuring the fastest possible WordPress stack on Ubuntu 16.04
If you are setting up a fresh server today, follow my current guide, Installing the fastest…
Installing the fastest WordPress stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
A step-by-step guide to building the fastest WordPress hosting stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - MySQL…
Installing the fastest WordPress stack with Ubuntu 18.04 and MySQL 8
If you’ve been following my stack guides, you’ll have seen how popular my previous stack-build guides…
Installing Ubuntu on Windows & Cloning your WordPress website to it
I use WSL to develop locally. I have a few local websites for testing purposes and…
Migrating huge WordPress sites reliably
None of the WordPress migration or backup and restore plugins can handle huge sites reliably –…
Migrating your WordPress website to Cloudways safely and quickly
Follow our step-by-step preparation and post-migration guide along with visuals along every step of the way.
The mercury stack for WordPress
For a current, supported build see the WordPress stack configuration, customisation and optimisation guide, and if…
Transfer files quickly from Amazon S3
It may be that you’re running a migration for someone, or you’ve decided to switch to…
WordPress stack configuration, customisation and optimisation guide
In the article below, I cover various tips and tricks to help you run your WordPress…
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