What issues would you face if you use Nginx

I unfortnately have no experience with this but evidently it can be done as these articles and plugins address some of the issues: HOWTO: Install WordPress On Nginx WordPress + nginx Compatibility Plugin Howto nginx + wordpress + ubuntu shortest setup Nginx front-end proxy cache for WordPress WordPress Pretty Permalinks with Nginx WordPress, Nginx and … Read more

Best hosting for WordPress blog(s)? [closed]

Saw that you and a few others had their doubts about Media Temple. First off, if you have any questions feel free to ask. We have a good amount of customers with different experiences, be it bad or good. The shared service gets a lot more grief than our VPS, which many of our customers … Read more

Where should I host my images?

I’m probably overcomplicating things. Right now, you are. As I have no traffic as of now I don’t really need to do this, but …. I don’t know what to choose as I don’t understand what these services really do, other than it’s supposed to be “better” to host externally… Then why bother with a … Read more

nginx or cherokee ( +php-fpm ) for WordPress backend?

From what I’ve seen on the market, Nginx and Cherokee are pretty interchangeable for what you’re doing. If you’ve already got things set up on Nginx … there’s no reason to switch to a different system. But if you want some benchmarks … I did a quick Google search and came up with these: http://blog.mudy.info/2009/02/nginx-vs-cherokee/ … Read more

How do you seamlessly switch hosting?

Put old host in read-only mode Go to WP Admin -> Settings -> Discussion and check “Users must be registered and logged in to comment” Disable authentication: Create a PHP file inside the wp-content/mu-plugins folder, with the following content: <?php function wp_get_current_user() { return new WP_User(-1); } This will prevent all logged-in users from leaving … Read more

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