How big can a WordPress site be?

  • write2kill

    (@write2kill)


    18 years ago

    This is not so much of a trivial question really.

    I want to know how big a WordPress site can be at its maximum. That would obviously be the maximum number of items both in terms of the wp_posts and wp_comments. I.e. without WordPres facing any problems.

    Anyone know which is the largest WordPress site in cyberspace? Say, in terms of the database size itself?

    I ask this because I plan to integrate four different (non-WP) installations into one. And the number of items is likely to be more than 30,000. Over the years this number will grow as well.

    Would like to anticipate possible site size problems in advance 😉

    The server specs where I will be installing/integrating the new site is PHP 4.4.2, MySQL 4.0.25 and Apache 1.3.34.

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  • lunabyte

    (@lunabyte)

    18 years ago

    30k? That it? 😀

    The limit on the number of posts/comments is huge.
    Technically, the database is set for bigint(20). Which means,
    that the highest id of a post in the database can be
    99,999,999,999,999,999,999. I’d say that’s probably
    sufficient. 😉

    What it will come down to, is the server more than anything.
    If the sites are really going to be ‘that’ big, and have heavy traffic,
    you will need a quality host. Not the cheapest you can find, but
    one with the power to handle a large traffic site. Your best option,
    if this is the case, would be to get a dedicated server.

    whooami

    (@whooami)

    18 years ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/Famous_Blogs

    Thread Starter write2kill

    (@write2kill)

    18 years ago

    99,999,999,999,999,999,999? wow.

    Is it possible to retract my question? 😉

    Yeah, lunabyte, I am aware of the server requirements. I just needed to be sure about WP. You bet, now I AM.

    Thams whooami also for that list. The list itself more than allays my fears. 🙂

    lunabyte

    (@lunabyte)

    18 years ago

    You’re welcome.

    Just wanted to basically make the point that hardware limits a WP site more so than actual content amount. 😉

    Comments are the same way, so that should be plenty.
    At least, I “hope” it would be.

    If not, someone would have more worries than what software they were running. 🙂

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