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Manage your Edge CDN’s cache and website expiry date values
Implementing effective caching policies is a crucial part of creating a well-optimized website and managing your Edge CDN's cache and website expiry date values.
MariaDB vs MySQL: Which database solution is right for you?
MariaDB vs. MySQL — choosing MariaDB over MySQL improves performance, adds more features, hardens security, and future-proofs your database on a truly open source…
Monitoring Disk I/O with iostat
iostat monitors server disk I/O and CPU. It helps identify storage bottlenecks using metrics like request size, queue depth, wait times, and device utilization.
Moving WordPress local development to your server
Transferring code from localhost to a live website is similar to migrating a website from one server to another. Move WordPress local development to…
Optimizing Managed WordPress using the W3 Total Cache plugin
This article will shed light on advanced caching options for WordPress — and how to leverage the robust caching-related functionality of the W3 Total…
Overriding php.ini timeout values with your PHP script’s execution time limit
Learn how to set the maximum execution time using your PHP script's execution time limit — overriding the php.ini timeout set with the max_execution_time…
Performance
A slow website hurts SEO & user experience. Our guides cover site & server optimization, from performance metrics to advanced tuning techniques.
Redis Object Cache: How to Enable
Redis object caching can improve database query performance both on the front end of your site and in wp-admin. We automatically install the Object…
Server Optimization
Server optimization fine-tunes your server for peak performance. Learn to boost website speed, reliability, security, and your SEO rankings.
Site Performance Testing Tools
Google PageSpeed Insights analyzes page performance on mobile and desktop, offers improvements, and uses Lighthouse; WebPageTest offers detailed diagnostics.
System activity reporting with sar
sar monitors Linux system activity (CPU, memory, I/O) over time. It's crucial for historical performance analysis and troubleshooting server bottlenecks.
Testing Your Network Speed with ping
Test the speed of your network. Pinging a domain is when you send small packets of information to a target server and wait to…