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6 More Hidden Benefits Of Cloud Computing
Using high-quality cloud computing is typically a lot cheaper than building basic local infrastructure, but that isn’t the only reason why it’s something you should look into. In fact, it carries a vast number of advantages you might never have thought about. To...
Google Cloud vs AWS 2017 – 2018
It’s no surprise that cloud computing has literally taken the world by storm. For most businesses and enterprises, gone are the days of struggling with complicated on-premise server rooms and complicated networking. Over the past decade, cloud computing has become...
TIPS ON OPTIMIZING WORDPRESS FOR SPEED
At WP Engine, we have created a specialized environment fine-tuned for optimizing WordPress for the best performance. An optimized site is… Fast. Pages and media load quickly. Stable. There are no error messages or broken elements. Secure. It’s protected from...
PHP 7: The Easiest Performance Optimization I Ever Made
As a sign of our love for the PHP Renaissance, we rolled out public support for running your Drupal or WordPress site with PHP 7 on Pantheon. For those who have been following along at home, PHP 7 is a game-changing update to the programming language that runs a...
The Definitive PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 & HHVM Benchmarks (2018)
Each year we try and take a deep dive into performance benchmarks across various platforms and see how different versions of PHP and HHVM stack up against each other. This year we went all out and benchmarked four different PHP engines and HHVM across 20 different...
WP ENGINE: MAKE YOUR SITE 2X FASTER WITH PHP 7 WORDPRESS HOSTING
PHP 7 IS BETTER IN EVERY WAY On average, upgrading to PHP 7 hosting helps your site load twice as fast. A faster loading website results in lower bounce rates, higher conversion rates, and better SEO (especially on mobile). WHY DOES PHP 7 MATTER? WordPress uses the...