speed – WP site vs plain html/css site

  • bsapaka

    (@bsapaka)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    I have a question involving a bit of general knowledge:

    Assuming one WordPress site and one bare HTML/CSS site, both of equal functionality and front end content, which one would be faster/slower?

    While I am not completely informed, I am surmising that PHP is slower because the server has to put together the PHP from the database then send it as html/css, whereas the just sends the html/css site right out.

    If this difference is true, how much would we be looking at? Negligible? I am trying to decide if very simple sites are better off as plain html/css or not.

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  • Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    A well-made site using plain static html will likely be faster than a WordPress site of similar appearance as the Database will need to be queried and PHP will need to be process, however a well-made WordPress site which uses a correctly configured cache plugin will effectively be serving static files so might be much faster.

    The question of what the difference in speed might be is very general and the answer would rely on many variables, so it is not possible to give that question a useful answer.

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