[olug] Ultimate Wordpress Server

[T. J. Brumfield]

I'm looking to build a new Wordpress server on a VPS. There are guides out
there to do a basic LAMP stack, and I've done that in the past. But because
a VPS has limited resources, I'm looking for an optimal build in
performance and security.

Is nginx really the way to go over Apache? And my last Wordpress install on
Apache ended up with a lot of .htaccess rewrite rules and I'm not sure how
to implement them in nginx.

For PHP, should I run FPM or Fast-CGI?

Should I run PHP-NG, HHVM or what? Check out these benchmarks -
https://kinsta.com/blog/real-world-wordpress-benchmarks-with-php5-5-php5-6-php-ng-and-hhvm/

Should I run another DB other than MySql?

There are literally millions of Wordpress sites out there. I'm assuming
someone has to have a guide on how to build the best possible Wordpress
server right now.

-- T. J. Brumfield
"I'm questioning my education
Rewind and what does it show?
Could be, the truth it becomes you
I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
-- Pearl Jam, Education