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Why I’m Moving Away From WordPress
- pan69 15y agoSo, you run a Wordpress blog on your own server. You make it to the front page of HN and you get a lot of traffic. Your server can't keep up. So your conclusion is to get rid of Wordpress. My guess is that you should get rid of your own server and host your blog somewhere else where they are capable of hosting Wordpress and deal with traffic spikes. If you do want to keep your own server there is plenty you can do: 1) Use some Wordpress level caching. 2) Install something like Varnish (https://www.varnish-cache.org https://www.varnish-cache.org) 3) and/or load balance your server with NginX (http://markmaunder.com/2009/12/01/how-to-handle-1000s-of-concurrent-users-on-a-360mb-vps http://markmaunder.com/2009/12/01/how-to-handle-1000s-of-con...).
- nathanpc 15y agoI had WP Super Cache installed. Also the server isn't the only thing that made me get off from WordPress. I wanted something more social and Tumblr fits that need with the Like and Reblog buttons.