Scaling WordPress

WordPress is powering some of the biggest publishing sites on the web (CNN.com, techcrunch.com, wired.com). It's no accident that one of best CMSes on the web is chosen to be the publishing platform of choice by these content providers. That said, each of these companies have had to work hard to push the limits of the software to scale to meet the needs of their enormous audiences. In my talk, I will discuss the essential ingredients needed for scaling WordPress to millions of users. This talk will include discussion of integrating external services and technologies along with performant PHP practices to provide a stable publishing experience for the masses.

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1. SCALING
   WORDPRESS
   with Zack Tollman
   

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3. Slashdot effect
   Digg effect
   Reddit effect
   Farked
   Drudged
   

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4. Dinner
   

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5. Celebration
   

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6. Phone rings
   

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7. Not at dinner
   

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8. https://flic.kr/p/pLarbf
   

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9. Triage
   approach
   to scaling
   

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10. Stabilize
    

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11. Diagnose
    

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12. Treat
    

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13. Prevent
    

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14. PAGE CACHING
    Stabilize with
    

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15. WordPress as a Static Site
    https://flic.kr/p/6bun5f
    

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16. https://medium.com/message/how-paper-magazines-web-engineers-scaled-kim-kardashians-back-end-sfw-6367f8d37688
    #breaktheinternet
    

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17. Reduce
    Site Load
    

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18. Batcache
    

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19. Varnish
    

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20. Edge Caching
    

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21. Tips
    Low TTL to avoid
    invalidation pains
    

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22. EXPERIENCE
    & TOOLS
    Diagnose with
    

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23. Database
    Queries
    

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24. Remote
    Requests
    

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25. Slow Methods
    

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26. Query Monitor
    

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27. Query Monitor
    

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28. XHProf/XDebug
    

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29. New Relic
    

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30. OBJECT
    CACHING
    Treat with
    

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31. https://flic.kr/p/bxuzPB
    

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32. WP_Object_Cache
    tollmanz.com/grokking-the-
    wp-object-cache/
    

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33. Memcached
    github.com/tollmanz/
    wordpress-pecl-memcached-
    object-cache
    

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34. APC
    wordpress.org/plugins/apc/
    

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35. WordPress core
    uses object
    caching
    

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36. wp_cache_set
    

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37. wp_cache_get
    

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38. $args = array(

    'number' => 5,

    'username' => 'tollmanz',

    'include_rts' => false,

    );

    

    $key = md5( $args );

    $group = 'tweets';

    

    $tweets = wp_cache_get( $key, $group );

    

    if ( false === $tweets ) {

    $tweets = get_tweets( $args );

    wp_cache_set( $key, $tweets, $group, 600
    );

    }
    

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39. On Demand
    

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44. Proactive
    

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45. Proactive
    On save
    

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46. Proactive
    On scheduled event
    

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47. Stale While
    Revalidate
    github.com/markjaquith/
    WP-TLC-Transients
    

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48. Stale While
    Revalidate
    Liveblog
    

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49. A SOLID
    STACK
    Prevent with
    

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50. Edge Network
    

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51. Edge Network
    Load Balancer
    

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52. Edge Network
    Load Balancer
    Varnish Varnish
    

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53. Edge Network
    Load Balancer
    Varnish Varnish
    WEB WEB WEB WEB
    

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54. Edge Network
    Load Balancer
    Varnish Varnish
    WEB WEB WEB ADMIN
    

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55. Edge Network
    Load Balancer
    Varnish Varnish
    WEB WEB WEB ADMIN
    DB MEM DB MEM
    

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56. Object cache
    + Page cache
    ———————
    Happy life
    

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57. Zack Tollman
    @tollmanz
    tollmanz.com/mwphp15
    

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