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. 

 * 
   ### 󠀁[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.
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   ### 󠀁[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