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What are some key lessons learned from scaling WordPress to handle 150,000 domains and tens of millions of unique users every day? In this presentation we'll cover some takeaways from the last three years of growing a successful business around the open source product WordPress that are applicable to any number of other businesses.
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Scaling WordPress For Fun and For Profit
RC Johnson
WordPress user since 2007 !
Software developer !
Director of Engineering for WP Engine
Managed WordPress
Hosting
>600 TB Daily
40M Uniques/ Day
24/7 Support
Growing by
25%/Q
17,000+ Customers
>140,000 Domains
WordPress ~20% of Internet
Scaling WordPress For Fun and For Profit !
Leverage Monitor Scale
Leverage
Strengths of WordPress
Community Existing enhancements Workflow WordPress as a Platform Know thyself
Playing to the Strengths
Allow by default Cautious Blacklisting Everyone’s doing it
Caching Backups
Know The Enemy
Scale Security Updates
Monitor
Measuring?
Measuring
Scale
Getting help
Scaling Out with Fire
Proto-CM Zabbomation Ansible + Cloud
The Future!
Questions? There are some “less good” ones…