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The actual checklist we work through on a WordPress audit, walked end to end against a real Cape Town site. PHP, MySQL, Redis, Cloudflare, and what the slow log actually says.
Everything I use WP-CLI for, from one-command updates and database operations to automated maintenance scripts. A practical guide for WordPress developers and site managers.
How we handle WordPress image optimization with EWWW Image Optimizer, and why every bulk scan runs through WP-CLI instead of the dashboard.
Every guide says install Redis. Here is when WordPress object caching actually helps, when it hurts performance, and how to configure and monitor it properly.
The wp_options table is the most common source of WordPress bloat. Here's the exact SQL process I use across client sites to audit, clean, and optimize it.
Most WordPress sites run default PHP-FPM settings. Here's the actual math behind pm.max_children, pm.start_servers, and the monitoring to get them right.
Caddy, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, and Redis in containers. Here's the Docker Compose stack we run on every client site, documented from container to deployment.
Query Monitor tells you a query is slow. It doesn't tell you why. Here's how to fix slow MySQL queries using the slow query log, EXPLAIN, and targeted indexes.
WooCommerce stores everything in wp_postmeta. Every product, every variation, every attribute. Here's why that kills performance and how to fix it.
Most WordPress sites running WP Rocket and Cloudflare together have at least one misconfiguration. Here are the exact settings we use across client sites.
WooCommerce's Action Scheduler silently accumulates hundreds of thousands of completed tasks. Here's how to find the bloat, clean it safely, and keep it from coming back.
Your WordPress site was fast when you launched it. Now it drags. Here are the 5 most common causes of WordPress performance degradation and the SQL to diagnose each one.