Wordpress and WooCommerce Site Performance Optimization: The Web Stack
To achieve maximum performance from a WordPress or WooCommerce site, it is essential to configure the server correctly.
This includes choosing the right hosting components, configuring the operating system, and managing server resources.
The Choice of Hosting Components
The choice of the provider plays a key role in this context: it is essential that it offers a reliable, fast service that is compatible with the specific needs of the website.
In addition, it is important that the provider offers an efficient and fast recovery service.
For these reasons, we provide consulting Google Cloud Platform, due to its excellent infrastructure, support for opensource, and the quality of its network.
The Web Stack for Wordpress and WooCommerce
The efficiency of your WordPress or WooCommerce site depends largely on the web stack you use.
Apache2 or Nginx
The choice of web server is another key factor in site performance.
Apache2 offers better support for plugins and features that are not yet present on Nginx.
Although Nginx remains faster, it is possible to optimize Apache2 to achieve similar performance. Optimizations include HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS, hierarchical process management.
A note to keep in mind for NginX, the famous `htaccess` is not supported, which is only implementable on Apache, and possibly via reverse proxy
HTTP/3
HTTP3 is the latest version of the HTTP protocol. It stands out because it is a QUIC-based protocol.
Unlike the TCP protocol, QUIC provides a faster and more secure connection, reducing the number of connections to the webserver and speeding up content distribution.
In simple terms, QUIC improves connection speed and reliability, especially for sites with high traffic and for users with unstable connections.
NginX Cache
The Nginx cache can be a useful tool for increasing the performance of your Web site.
It works by storing a copy of frequently requested resources, such as images, CSS, JavaScript, and HTML pages, allowing you to reduce the load on the server and speed up content distribution to end users.
PHP-FPM
PHP Fast Processing Module (PHP-FPM) is a module that processes PHP code up to 3 times faster, requiring less computing power and decreasing loading time.
It is a completely separate process from Apache or NginX, does not affect webserver operation, and can be used to improve the performance of your WordPress or WooCommerce site.
Opcache
Opcache is a PHP extension that improves performance by storing precompiled bytecode in shared memory, greatly improving the code execution performance of your WordPress or WooCommerce site and reducing the time it takes to load
Memcached and Redis
Memcached is a system for caching objects in memory, used to speed up dynamic web applications by decreasing the load on the database. The use of Memcached can lead to a significant increase in the performance of your website.
In the same way, Redis, a key-value in-memory storage system, can be used to manage sessions, caches and NoSQL databases, increasing the speed and efficiency of your website. Redis is known for its flexibility, as it can handle a variety of data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets and ordered sets.
MariaDB or Cloud SQL
MariaDB is an open source database developed by the creators of MySQL.
It offers high performance, is highly configurable and supports a wide range of storage engines.
Cloud SQL, on the other hand, is a fully managed database solution that makes it easy to configure, maintain, manage and administer your relational databases on Google Cloud Platform.
Content Optimization
To optimize content delivery, there are numerous tools and techniques.
Including Mod_pagespeed, CloudFlare, and plugins available for various CMS and e-commerce platforms such as WordPress, Magento, and Drupal.
These tools help optimize images and content, reducing file size and improving loading time.
Conclusions
Optimizing your site's web stack is critical to ensuring a quality user experience and maintaining high search engine rankings.
If you are looking to improve your website's performance, consider working on these aspects to maximize results.
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