I gotta disagree with the whole "make sure you're ready" idea here. It goes against the launch-and-iterate mantra that I live by. Always remember, the vast maj

I gotta disagree with the whole "make sure you're ready" idea here. It goes against the launch-and-iterate mantra that I live by. Always remember, the vast majority of sites don't scale...because they don't have to. Just don't do anything really stupid when you're setting things up at first, and be ready to make changes when (more like if) you ever get popular. Still, I do agree with not shooting from the hip in the middle of a huge traffic load. Installing new plugins or tweaking code at these times is an awful idea. Much better to call your host and ask to be bumped to a beefier machine. Throw money at the problem and hope it helps.