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Connecting WordPress to Database using Unix Domain Socket.

ByPieter Bakker

According to a recent study by the Percona team, a significant performance improvement can be achieved when a “Unix Domain Socket” is used instead of a TCP/IP loopback for communication between database and application. Although in most WordPress tutorials the database connection is made via a TCP/IP loopback, it is also perfectly possible for WordPress…

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How to boost WordPress Performance with Redis.

ByPieter Bakker

In today’s fast-paced digital world, website performance is crucial. Slow loading times can lead to a poor user experience and even impact your search engine rankings. Thankfully, there are powerful caching solutions available to speed up your WordPress site. One such solution is Redis Object Cache, a plugin that leverages the speed and efficiency of…

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Install latest version of Redis on Ubuntu 22.04.

ByPieter Bakker

Redis is a popular open-source in-memory data structure storage that is often used as a caching layer for Web applications. In the context of PHP MySQL applications, such as WordPress, Redis can be used as an object cache to speed up application performance. Object caching is a technique that involves storing the results of expensive…