Stack Guides & Tips

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…

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

Nginx is awesome – really fast compared to Apache. Cloudflare is also awesome – a fast…

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…

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 using the manual method in this article.…

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

Here’s what you will get by following this guide: The Server Pilot interface to manage your…

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

This article presumes you have a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 server and you can log into it.…

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

The Mercury stack is the fastest single-server stack possible so far for WordPress. It makes WordPress…

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…