memory

WordPress vps memory allocation

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First, I have to tell you that this all depends on the server size and the amount of resources your WordPress site uses. That being said, I set my php memory limit to between 256 and 512 MB. WordPress sites can be slow for a large variety of reasons. Performance often improves by tweaking database … Read more

How can I figure out where memory is being used?

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I found it: it was a massive set of WordPress cron jobs that I had inadvertently accumulated. The technique I used was to keep removing things from the database in the clone that weren’t in the blank install, watching the memory in query monitor to see what dropped it.

Will memcached improve performance with WP Super Cache already running?

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In the most simple terms, memcached/redis is for caching things like options and database values. WP Super Cache is meant for serving static HTML files, instead of loading PHP, but with that said, it will still have to run PHP code to generate those files. So yes, if you have the option of using memcached … Read more