Title: Performance
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: September 20, 2023
Last modified: March 17, 2026

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#  Performance

The WordPress VIP Platform provides a resilient infrastructure that includes [full page cache](https://docs.wpvip.com/caching/page-cache/),
[object cache](https://docs.wpvip.com/caching/object-cache/), database indexes, 
database read replicas, separate handling of static files, dynamic [image size transformation](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-file-system/image-files/transformations/),
and autoscaling of web containers.

However, resilient infrastructure is not a guarantee for a site to perform well 
in all scenarios. Every site has a unique combination of custom code, third-party
code, functionality, site settings, and traffic patterns that contribute to the 
quality of a site’s performance.

[Analyzing a site’s performance](https://docs.wpvip.com/analyze-your-sites-server-performance/),
and making any necessary adjustments to improve it, will help to ensure a site’s
performance and resilience on a daily basis, and particularly during unexpected 
high traffic situations.

**Professional Service Upgrade**

Customers who add [WordPress VIP Performance Service](https://wpvip.com/wordpress-vip-professional-services/#performance-service)
to their support package can work with a team of VIP’s skilled engineers to address
needs and goals related to site performance, conduct performance testing, and identify
opportunities to improve the performance of its WordPress VIP hosted website. 

 * 
   ### 󠀁[VIP Application Performance Monitoring](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/vip-application-performance-monitoring/)󠁿
   
 * VIP Application Performance Monitoring (VIP APM) monitors PHP code performance
   for WordPress environments on the VIP Platform. It provides sampled request, 
   scheduled job, and command-line activity to help identify slow code, errors, 
   database work, cache activity, WordPress hooks, and outbound HTTP requests. Prerequisites
   To enable or disable VIP APM, a user must have an Org admin role or an App admin
   role for the application. If New Relic is active on the environment, review the
   switch behavior before enabling VIP APM. Enabling VIP APM automatically disables
   New Relic on that environment. Limitations during open beta Enabling VIP APM 
   VIP APM…
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Resources for identifying performance issues](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/identify-performance-issues/)󠁿
   
 * Many performance issues can be identified with available performance analysis
   tools. Once these performance issues are identified, developers should work towards
   correcting them.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Insights & Metrics](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/insights-metrics/)󠁿
   
 * The Insights & Metrics panel in the VIP Dashboard provides insights into the 
   performance, health, and usage of an application.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[New Relic](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/new-relic/)󠁿
   
 * New Relic is an application performance monitoring (APM) tool available for WordPress
   environments and Node.js environments.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Query Monitor](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/query-monitor/)󠁿
   
 * Query Monitor provides a developer tools panel on WordPress sites for debugging
   database queries, PHP errors, warnings and notices, and more.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Analyze a site’s server performance](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/analyze-server-performance/)󠁿
   
 * Analyzing a site’s performance, and making any necessary adjustments to improve
   it, will help to ensure a site’s performance during unexpected high traffic situations,
   including unpredictable types of request spikes.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Analyze requests and application code for performance](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/analyze-requests-and-application-code/)󠁿
   
 * When analyzing a site’s performance, specific types of site requests and the 
   pages that receive the largest amount of traffic should be the subjects for analysis.
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Load testing](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/load-testing/)󠁿
   
 * Prior to initiating any load or stress testing, notify VIP by creating a Support
   ticket and outline the objectives and planned methodology of the load test.

Last updated: March 17, 2026