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 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, 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: March 17, 2026
