I recently wrote a blog post on my current WordPress server setup, which uses nginx and Batcache with WordPress multisite (http://evansolomon.me/notes/faster-wordpress-multisite-nginx-batcache/). It’s been very popular so far and the feedback has been that it’s really useful for setting up a fast, reliable WordPress system. I’d love to do a presentation on it that walks through:
* Setting up a VPS and how it differs from normal shared hosting
* What goes into the backend for WordPress (nginx, PHP, MySQL), and how to install and configure it
* Installing WordPress and activating multisite with domain mapping
* Setting up a fast caching system for WordPress (using Batcache)
* Setting up a small set of security and performance-focused plugins
* Testing to benchmark your site’s speed
I work on WordPress.com and pulled together some of the best practices of what we do there, combined with with advice from a few experts in the field, to come up with a really good system for hosting WordPress sites. Since this is something everyone goes through at some point — and something developers and consultants are constantly dealing with — I think a single presentation with well-documented instruction would be really valuable.
