{"id":1691,"date":"2011-03-02T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2011-03-02T17:25:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T21:25:05","slug":"scaling-wordpress-for-high-traffic-sites-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2011\/03\/02\/scaling-wordpress-for-high-traffic-sites-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaling WordPress for high traffic sites video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Herzberger <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mherzber\/status\/42945823629258752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a> a link to this presentation by Ryan Allen, talking about how Envato uses WordPress for their sites, which does millions of pageviews a month. It&#8217;s not as much about scaling as about a look at some tools which you can use to monitor your hardware and identify bottleneck points in your WordPress and hardware implementation. There are some good tips in this video. <\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYKnsiYC\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>Things mentioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><A href=\"http:\/\/scalingwp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scaling WordPress Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scalingwp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@scalingwp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newrelic.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Relic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pingdom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to learn more about WordPress and using it at your institution? Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/higheredexperts.com\/edu\/webinar\/wordpress-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this webinar series<\/a> at HigherEdExperts going on in a few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Herzberger tweeted a link to this presentation by Ryan Allen, talking about how Envato uses WordPress for their sites, which does millions of pageviews a month. 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