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It looks like they have preemptively documented how to install Wordpress: https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/wordpress https://developers.google.c

by manacit 13y ago

It looks like they have preemptively documented how to install Wordpress: https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/wordpress https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/wordpress I wonder how the performance is -- will they support common cache plugins? If not, I wonder if stock wordpress on GAE will be able to withstand getting frontpage'd on HN/Reddit Edit: Unfortunately, as there is no CloudSQL free tier, there's no way to test it out without paying a small amount.

ajessup 13y ago
AJ here, a PM on App Engine (and the guy who wrote the tutorial). The Batcache plugin (which caches to Memcache) works on GAE out of the box, and gives a predictable improvement to performance, especially when you've got a lot of DB-heavy plugins.
- dchest 13y ago
  As Cloud SQL will provide it's own security features its
  - ajessup 13y ago
    Thanks, will fix :)
- jsdalton 13y ago
  That's a nice tutorial and the idea of running Wordpress on GAE is intriguing to say the least. I apologize that I have not closely familiarized myself with Google Cloud SQL. Is it really API compatible with MySQL, or are there limitation that one is bound to run into when one starts adding plugins etc.? I also don't quite understand (not having tried it out yet, obviously) how you'll handle static files (images, etc.) uploaded via the Wordpress "media" feature. Is GAE able to support that? Anyhow, congratulations on the launch. I'm not a huge fan of PHP myself but I frequently find myself having to use it (e.g. to host a Wordpress site!) so this is really an interesting avenue for me to explore.
  - ajessup 13y ago
    Google Cloud storage is a great place for uploaded media (it's pretty efficient at serving), and the PHP runtime integrates quite cleanly into GCS (you can fwrite() to a GCS object, for example). https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/php/googlestorage/overview https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/php/googlestora... We're working with a couple of Wordpress developers on a plugin to integrate Wordpress media uploads with Google Cloud Storage.

by manacit 13y ago

ajessup 13y ago

AJ here, a PM on App Engine (and the guy who wrote the tutorial). The Batcache plugin (which caches to Memcache) works on GAE out of the box, and gives a predictable improvement to performance, especially when you've got a lot of DB-heavy plugins.

dchest 13y ago
As Cloud SQL will provide it's own security features its
- ajessup 13y ago
  Thanks, will fix :)
jsdalton 13y ago
That's a nice tutorial and the idea of running Wordpress on GAE is intriguing to say the least. I apologize that I have not closely familiarized myself with Google Cloud SQL. Is it really API compatible with MySQL, or are there limitation that one is bound to run into when one starts adding plugins etc.? I also don't quite understand (not having tried it out yet, obviously) how you'll handle static files (images, etc.) uploaded via the Wordpress "media" feature. Is GAE able to support that? Anyhow, congratulations on the launch. I'm not a huge fan of PHP myself but I frequently find myself having to use it (e.g. to host a Wordpress site!) so this is really an interesting avenue for me to explore.
- ajessup 13y ago
  Google Cloud storage is a great place for uploaded media (it's pretty efficient at serving), and the PHP runtime integrates quite cleanly into GCS (you can fwrite() to a GCS object, for example). https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/php/googlestorage/overview https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/php/googlestora... We're working with a couple of Wordpress developers on a plugin to integrate Wordpress media uploads with Google Cloud Storage.