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Tuning PHP FPM on nginx

March 8, 2023Lance Cleveland

As the Store Locator Plus® SaaS platform continues to grow we are finding it more important than ever to fine tune our web server and PHP processes to better serve…Continue readingTuning PHP FPM on nginx

AWS Databases RDS Technology

Aurora MySQL Storage Monitoring & Reduction

August 4, 2022Lance Cleveland

Using Aurora MySQL is a great way to host a MySQL database at low cost while providing a scalable and fault tolerant environment. Once you’ve setup your multi-zone cluster AWS…Continue readingAurora MySQL Storage Monitoring & Reduction

Plugin Development WordPress

Why WordPress REST Performance Sucks

May 15, 2018Lance Cleveland

WordPress REST performance sucks. There, I said it. Not because I dislike WordPress — in fact I think it is the best open source web application we have seen…Continue readingWhy WordPress REST Performance Sucks

WordPress

Redis Object Cache 1.3.6/1.3.7 Takes Down WordPress Sites

March 23, 2018Lance Cleveland

If you are using Redis to boost your WordPress data I/O performance you are likely using one of the most popular Redis plugins available: Redis Object Cache by Till Krüss Even…Continue readingRedis Object Cache 1.3.6/1.3.7 Takes Down WordPress Sites

PHP Programming WordPress

Improving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

February 8, 2018Lance Cleveland

One of the common processes that runs in Store Locator Plus is deleting locations. For sites with a few dozen locations the process runs smoothly. For sites with thousands…Continue readingImproving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

JavaScript Programming Languages Technology

Optimizing JavaScript for Chrome

February 7, 2018Lance Cleveland

A recent discussion with a tech guru at Automattic posed a great question — how does JavaScript asynchronous processing work on a single-threaded app? Great question, but before I found…Continue readingOptimizing JavaScript for Chrome

Plugin Development WordPress

Profile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV

December 16, 2017Lance Cleveland

I recently found that I needed to Profile WordPress Cron to figure out the best way to improve the processing time on background file imports. In an effort to better…Continue readingProfile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV

Development PHP Programming Languages Technology WordPress

PHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

August 17, 2017Lance Cleveland

Once every couple of years I take a month off from hacking away at the Store Locator Plus products and delve into some personal projects. It is a way to…Continue readingPHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

Plugin Development WordPress

WordPress Plugin Overhead

March 24, 2017Lance Cleveland

I recently wrote an article on why you should bury the bulk of your plugin PHP code at least TWO levels deep from the top-level directory. The short version: WordPress…Continue readingWordPress Plugin Overhead

Plugin Development Technology WordPress

Why Your WordPress Plugin Should Have Almost Nothing In The Main Folder

March 3, 2017Lance Cleveland

As we continue to roll out our Store Locator Plus SaaS service built on top of WordPress as our application foundation we continually refine our plugin, theme, and API architecture. …Continue readingWhy Your WordPress Plugin Should Have Almost Nothing In The Main Folder

Tag: performance

Tuning PHP FPM on nginx

Aurora MySQL Storage Monitoring & Reduction

Why WordPress REST Performance Sucks

Redis Object Cache 1.3.6/1.3.7 Takes Down WordPress Sites

Improving wp_delete_post in WordPress Core

Optimizing JavaScript for Chrome

Profile WordPress Cron Jobs With VVV

PHP Autoload and Singleton(ish) Model

WordPress Plugin Overhead

Why Your WordPress Plugin Should Have Almost Nothing In The Main Folder

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