Scaling WordPress

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk scaling WordPress, and what to do when you think you might’ve reached WordPress’s limits. From meta data, to users, to traffic management, they break down some of the most common scaling issues. Topics Posts Meta Search Database Users Traffic (types of caching) Links Elasticsearch ElasticPress More Like This Query Elasticsearch WP_Query Memcached Redis Rarst Fragment Cache Plugin Human Made Fragment Cache drop-in Sponsor: iThemes iThemes has a full suite of excellent products to help you level up your WordPress website. From iThemes Security, to BackupBuddy’s new live backups, to Exchange for your next membership site, iThemes has you covered. Thanks to the team at iThemes being a Post Status partner!