can wp sites be speeded up?
 

i find if a wp site is full of content (or it could be becase its popular) they slow right up.

is there any way to speed them back up again?

WP Super cache is supposed to help.

WP Super Cache + eAccelerator or APC or XCache for PHP

I more prefer w3 total cache rather than wp super cache.
It has more options, and many things to tweak, but its harder to setup.
- caching
- gzipping
- minifing
- object cache
- browser cache
- etc
@ DVTimes, try cleaning and optimizing DB also
Also, make CSS sprites.
..
..
at last: configure CDN for static components
and if you need more computing power, make it on two dedicated servers :)

I forgot EA. Its good, it was better than xcache and APC a LITTLE bit ( in time when i done testings)
Greetz

I have a wp site with 100k+ posts that is still fast. Unless slow query logs are pointing to database efficiency, I'd look at other issues like plugins you've added, or the theme you're using.

+1 :2 cents:

Depends on your hosting. Go for grid!

:D

The advice people have given in this thread:


What DVTimes actually understood:

Huge rash of threads from him since he sold his sig.. .

Honest to God, you are so FUCKING stupid you need to be Osama'd to get you out the gene pool.

Oh no, you like fucking men off Usenet, my bad.

Carry on.

60k unique daily WP site....

W3 Total Cache with memcached for page caching, disk for database cache and APC for object caching.

The site slows down when the cache has to rebuild.

some pretty good advices in here...