Can WordPress Scale?

Yes. But there are requirements:

A single WordPress can push hundreds of millions of pageviews a month; it can serve tens of thousands of concurrent logged-in users; and it can be lightning-fast the whole time. It is known. The question is not whether WordPress itself can scale, but whether or not your implementation is ready.

This site contains best practices from teams with real-world experience in delivering WordPress at scale. They provide a solid foundation for planning a scalable implementation, both for development teams and site owners alike.

Developers

We all stand on the shoulders of giants. Learn trusted architectural patterns for scalable website infrastructure, as well as the optimizations that nearly all big sites leverage.

Site Owners

When and how to invest in scalability is one of the most important business decisions you'll make. Use this site to have productive discussions with your developers and vendors.

This website will arm you with the knowledge you need to realize your vision for a highly scalable WordPress implementation. Get started with the links below.

Elastic Architecture | Horizontal Scalability Is the Scalability That MattersPage Caching | The Key to Internet-Scale Traffic is Reverse-Proxy CachingObject Caching | Persistent Object Caching Speeds Up Dynamic PageviewsQuery Performance | The Database Is the Ultimate BottleneckSearching for Scale | Improve User Experience and Database Performance With a Search IndexA Real-World Scalable Architecture | Scalable Architecture is More Than Just LAMPDevelopment and Workflow | Measure Twice. Cut Once. Revert as Needed