Scaling WordPress for the world and on a (relatively small) budget

Presented by Alan Lok, • Code Creators Track

WordPress deployments are mostly on a single LAMP stack, but what happens when you have been asked to help scale WordPress to handle an international press release? In October 2013, Alan deployed the Global Slavery Index for the Walk Free Organization (the world’s largest anti-slavery movement with an international audience). This presentation will discuss the technologies and strategies utilized in this deployment.

Level: Intermediate developer, Advanced developer

Prerequisites: Best suited for DevOps, Ops or anyone launching WordPress sites on a Linux environment from scratch. Emphasis on utilizing Amazon AWS to deploy.