What is Digg?46 Comments
- mjsteinbaugh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Packaging wp-cache with a WordPress install and changing the name to "Turbocharged" doesn't really constitute a new CMS.
- yongfookathome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12WTF? They bundle a bunch of plugins in Wordpress and charge you $29 for it? What a ***** disgrace - it's all free, open source software!
- hode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Really? I keep trying to access the page, but all I get is Error 419: Irony.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10It's a very good article but it really only applies to those who have full access to their server. If you're running off a web host like I am you are probably stuck with most service limitations MySQL and Apache are set to according to your account level and quotas.
Long story short here, install WP-Cache and increase the recache time if you anticipate heavy load. By default WP-Cache maintains individual page caches for 6000 seconds or so which should be much more than sufficient. I shortened mine to 600 because I get so little traffic.
--edit-- make no mistake - MySQL is the main bottleneck here, and the more plugins you have, the more likely you increase MySQL requests per pageview. My blog does something like 3 or 4 MySQL requests per pageview. - V1ncent, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Wordpress isn't unfairly maligned as a CPU-hog, it is a CPU-hog.
- etandrib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Hahaha. Is he using his own plug-ins? It seems his site is REALLY slow. :)
- coit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yeah, after hitting the frontpage, his site only took about 30 seconds to load. Not bad eh?
- himey, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12The page no longer loads. Buried as inaccurate.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5WordPress is GNU GPL so that's within fair use. They're probably charging for the storage medium.
- betobeto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh, the irony.
- aweblogs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Install the WP-Cache plugin especially if you dont run your blog on a dedi server.
www.wpthemesplugin.com - patience, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22 minutes later...still loading....This is a joke...
Please fix the front page...I have no desire to be on reddit at all - howtogeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's all marketing... this article is just very informative spam.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5MySQL is the cpu hog, not the blog platform. If you keep WordPress/Apache on a separate server than MySQL it won't be the Apache box that craps out.
- Vandon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Digg-vertisement for another product that is based off of wordpress.
- riohot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did you implement your ideas - site down - buried story as inaccurate!
- CarzorStelatis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Their site is down. I presume nobody will be buying their 'SUPER1337 YOUR WORDPRES!!!1!!one' product now?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3what a p.o.s. site. and why so many diggs?
dugg down for being a p.o.s. spammer - ThinkFr33ly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The primary problem with WordPress is that it seems to do at least 1 DB hit for every page view.
Unless the data you're displaying needs to be real-time, which blog posts typically don't, this design is inexcusable and is a sign of inexperience. - javaroast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Spam by any other name still smell as bad
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those .htaccess additions just return a 500 error when I try to access my blog. Guess it's server-specific, but not specific to mine.
- DrPill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow. Apparently it didn't hold up so well...the friggin website is down.
Thanks for the advice - zimsters, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1ah the irony! site is down
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The primary problem is that the design of Wordpress' database is poor, at best. I like and use the thing, but it's just badly designed on that level and needs to be reworked from the ground up. Maybe for 3.0 or something. :)
- Montrell274, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0his own site doesn't work...
- christopheles, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Digg effect irony.
Beautiful. - JamesonHuckaba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hilarious. :-) I love the irony.
- RuddO, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Okay, guys. I'm unbanned from Digg and can comment on the situation now. I enabled Share This! which consequently caused the site to die. I have disabled it, but the amount of traffic (sixty, seventy requests per second) is *exceeding* what a single non-load-balanced machine can handle.
And to the first commenter: it's not just WordPress + WP-Cache. It's a lot more. - nogurus, on 02/11/2008, -0/+0enjoyed the article at length gives me some new ideas and direction to try new things
- voodish, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1How ironic the fact that the page you linked to just timed out!
- HossStyle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That is ironic isn't it...?
- phoomp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Most valuable Digg story EVAR
- loafer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1-=- Ironic how quickly that site died -=-
Sounds like something I posted ages ago though, WP-cache2 and this .htaccess trick to enable php compression to get the connection outta-there extra quick.
I posted the tricks at http://blog.iloaf.com/2007/03/15/make-wordpress-quicker/ but you need WP-cache2 first
...that took a 6 page a second wordpress implementation on a shared server to 58/second in under an hour.
Possible kook alert? - RuddO, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Oh, by the way, the same Apache/Squid servers are serving Rudd-O.com... you know, the page whose submission started the Digg HD-DVD night?. Yes, it's a Xen dedicated virtual server. No, it isn't a monster server.
Apologies if it's still slow (it isn't over here), but you guys really jumped the gun with your judgments. - RuddO, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0So, is it still slow? Because the page hasn't failed for me since I disabled the Share This plugin.
- RuddO, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I don't think what you suggested would merit the name of "a new CMS" either. But, at least to my knowledge, Turbocharged isn't what you're suggesting. So I beg to differ with the spirit of your comment :-).
- webaj, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Use http://www.Drupal.org
Use http://www.dotcache.com - axisds, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3That was one of the better articles I've read in a while. I will implement these when I get a chance.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Your blog isn't popular enough, it's just a fact that wordpress buckles when you are hit with a big increase in traffic.
This is a great article for those who have a popular blog or have plans to get it linked to places like digg. - brianheys, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Interesting article. Looks like an interesting plug-in, too. Probably worth looking at if you regularly experience outages due to traffic surges.
- digdugdone, on 10/12/2007, -7/+109F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Dunno, get better hosting and don't rely on WordPress for major websites is my guess.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+109-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
- thejaan, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4I don't believe in that whole turbocharged thing. My blog loads just fine and I'll keep it that way.
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