Tag Archives for " OPcache "

Automatically flush Redis cache after publishing a WordPress post

4 April 2019
/ WordPress
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 1 COMMENT

In a previous post I explained that clearing PHP opcode caches before WordPress Updates helps in streamlining the update process. WordPress updates no longer fail because of cached file locations. Did you know you can automatically flush opcode caches like Redis when you publishing a post or page in WordPress? Doing so ensures you and your visitors see the newly created content immediately.

Clear PHP opcode caches before WordPress Updates: ease the updating process

19 October 2016
/ WordPress
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 1 COMMENT

In various hosting environments, WordPress core-, plugin- and theme updates sometimes fail because of enabled opcode caches. Popular PHP opcode caches are OPcache, WinCache and APC. This little WordPress Must Use Plugin tries to flush opcode caches. Making your live a bit easier when updating WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes.

How to optimize your WordPress hosting – 9+ practical tips

31 August 2016
/ WordPress
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 14 COMMENTS

Isn’t it true that, when you (start to) develop WordPress websites for clients, and you host them yourself, you find yourself in a situation where you need to know a lot about “stuff” other than WordPress development? In this optimizing WordPress hosting post, I provide 9+ practical tips for you, to improve WordPress hosting performance. Especially useful if you plan to develop and host WordPress websites yourself.

Binary webshell through OPcache in PHP 7

28 April 2016
/ Security
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 1 COMMENT

GoSecure wrote up a new PHP exploitation technique using the default OPcache engine from PHP 7. Using this attack vector, it’s possible to bypass certain hardening techniques that disallow the file write access in the web directory. This could be used by an attacker to execute his own malicious code in a hardened environment.

How to optimize PHP OPcache configuration

31 July 2015
/ IIS
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 5 COMMENTS

Tune OPcache and make PHP OPcache perform even better! Now that you’ve optimized PHP realpath_cache_size, it’s time to fine-tune OPcache. With just a few tweaks you can tune PHP OPcache to make it perform much better, and here is how…

Custom PHP version on IIS Express and WebMatrix 3

19 August 2014
/ IIS
/ By Jan Reilink

PHP 7 with OPcache in IIS Express for WebMatrix 3: learn how to create your own PHP development environment easily with Microsoft WebMatrix and IIS Express and your own custom PHP version. Note: this guide also applies to newer PHP versions, just change the version numbers.

8 Tips to improve Joomla performance

29 June 2014
/ Misc
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 5 COMMENTS

How to speed-up Joomla performance on Windows Server IIS: 8 important, but simple, tips to improve & speed up Joomla Add caching, gzip compression, set your sessions & optimize MySQL database functions… Provide your visitors with a blazing fast Joomla website!

PHP with WinCache on IIS

5 February 2013
/ Windows Server
/ By Jan Reilink
/ 8 COMMENTS

In this article you’ll learn how to install PHP with Windows Cache Extension (WinCache) on Windows Server IIS. WinCache enabled PHP gives a great PHP performance boost for WordPress, Drupal or Joomla websites, and decreases CPU usage. This post will show you it’s not hard to set up a high performing PHP stack on Windows Server (IIS). And as a bonus, we’ll dive a bit into Windows TCP/IP tuning too. Learn how this very blog optimized it’s PHP hosting on Windows!