{"id":715,"date":"2013-02-15T01:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/websitepsychiatrist.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:37:21","slug":"how-does-your-wordpress-server-stack-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitepsychiatrist.com\/how-does-your-wordpress-server-stack-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How does your WordPress server stack up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Just found an extremely handy tool. We are assisting a new client and their WordPress install just seemed sluggish. We weren’t sure if we were imagining things or just being impatient. As we like to say: “There’s a plugin for that”, so after searching we found a plugin simply and aptly titled “Benchmark” by Mark Maunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These are the results we got after running “Benchmark”. I’d say we weren’t imagining things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/th>\nYour System<\/th>\nIndustry Average<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU Speed:<\/th>\n2,319 BogoWips<\/td>\n20,410 BogoWips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network Transfer Speed:<\/th>\n3.99 Mbps<\/td>\n8.94 Mbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Database Queries per Second:<\/th>\n162 Queries\/Sec<\/td>\n1,354 Queries\/Sec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

Update<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In reviewing website content, we see that this plugin has been abandoned. We’ve found a new plugin that gives even more details than “Benchmark” did. You can find the WordPress Hosting Benchmark tool<\/a> in the WordPress repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a very thorough test, it can take 5 to 10 minutes to run. But, wow, what details. This should give anybody adequate ammunition when dealing with a slow server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just found an extremely handy tool. We are assisting a new client and their WordPress install just seemed sluggish. We weren’t sure if we were imagining things or just being impatient. As we like to say: “There’s a plugin for that”, so after searching we found a plugin simply and aptly titled “Benchmark” by Mark … <\/p>\n

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