[okfn-help] Performance tuning of okfn.org (+ associated wp sites)

Fri Apr 29 13:44:36 BST 2011

cc'ing okfn-help

On 28 April 2011 22:56, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> On 28 Apr 2011, at 10:51, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>> As I understand it wordpress, drupal etc perform pretty badly without
>> very much traffic -- ckan isn't that unusual. People who run it big
>> time do performance tuning, have aggressive caching etc.
>
>
> Correct. There is basically no caching and up to 20-30 database requests per pageview unless you install some tuning and caching plugins. WP-SuperCache is well regarded for this.

I installed this as I saw it used a a lot
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/ but it needs
configuring.

Basically we need someone to own this ticket (and enter it on
trac.okfn.org!). @Jason: would you be up for 'owning' it (even if you
get assistance from others)?

Rufus