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

Thu May 12 18:50:08 BST 2011

Yes I can take ownership on this - can you point me to which Trac you want this in as I think I have missed the intro to the new Trac setup...

Thanks,
Jason

On 29 Apr 2011, at 13:44, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> 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

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