Scaling WordpressHow we scale Wordpress Multisite to server millions of users

Lana Wordpress team

Content● Why Wordpress?● Architecture● Scaling Wordpress● Demo● Q & A

Why Wordpress?● Most popular CMS● Open source● Lots of plugins & themes● Simple database model● Large community

Architecture

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY STACK

MySQL

PHP

Wordpress vBulletin

MySQL MySQL

Customized vbSSOJasperR

eport

Server

Social

Data

mining

Cloud Tools

WP/vBB Customization

InfrastructurePlatformOur code

Google

Analytics

Nginx, Caching

Architecture

WordpressMultisite

Homepage

LamMe

TVMore...

Scaling Wordpress

Load Balancer

HTTP

Web1-n

Site 1Site 2

Site 3Site 4

Site 5Site 6

Mem Cache

1-n

Scaling Wordpress

WORDPRESS TEMPLATE

WORDPRESS CORE & PLUGINS

Core Files3rd-party PluginsOur plugins

Template 1 Template 2 Template 3

Demo● Plugins● Templates● SSO

Open Source● vBulletin plugin for Wordpress integration

○ https://github.com/projectlana/vbb-wp-integration● More to come in the next

Q & A

Q & A