Performance
The WordPress VIP Platform provides a resilient infrastructure that includes full page cache, object cache, database indexes, database read replicas, separate handling of static files, dynamic image size transformation, and auto-scaling 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, 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 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.
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Resources for identifying 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.
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Insights & Metrics
The Insights & Metrics panel in the VIP Dashboard provides insights into the performance, health, and usage of an application.
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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
Query Monitor provides a developer tools panel on WordPress sites for debugging database queries, PHP errors, warnings and notices, and more.
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Analyze a site’s 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.
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Analyze requests and application code for performance
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.
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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: December 08, 2025
