How to scale WordPress

  • SteveCox

    (@stevecox)


    15 years ago

    Hi, can anyone help with some advice on how to scale wordpress.

    I’m am currently in partnership with a public figure who has just signed up to have his own TV programme here in the UK.

    The estimated viewing figures are expected to be 1.2m per show, of which there are 1 per week for 8 weeks.

    If we said that 5% of viewers went to the website after the show then we would receive 50,000 unique visits overnight. (currently running at around 1,000 p/month with a bandwidth usage of around 1gb)

    I understand that as a software solution wordpress is able to handle the volume however I wondered if anyone has had experience of putting in the necessary infrastructure to support this volume of interest from both a hardware and software configuration perspective.

    Thanks in advance,
    Cheers, Steve

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  • Phil

    (@owendevelopment)

    15 years ago

    It’s not so much WordPress (as there are some pretty big WordPress websites eg, CNN).

    I don’t think it’s a question of WordPress being able to handle the scalability, rather the host.

    It also all depends what the content is likely to be, eg, video streaming, image galleries or just mainly text content as all will have different requirements for bandwidth.

    I would talk to the host and clarify the flexibility of running a site and talk to them about load balancing and possibly a CDN.

    Phil

    Thread Starter SteveCox

    (@stevecox)

    15 years ago

    Thanks Phil, I’d agree with you about wordpress being able to handle the load.

    The content is likely to be mainly text and low res graphics. Any video will be presented through our youtube channel so should be now impact there.

    Thanks again,
    Cheers, Steve

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