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# Turbocharging Wordpress
- URL: https://www.binarysludge.com/2012/09/05/turbocharging-wordpress/
- Published: 2012-09-05T13:45:29.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-16T17:58:11.000Z
- Author: Andrew Martin
- Tags: cache, blitz.io, linux, system adminstration, system architecture, varnish, #Import 2026-10-22 12:56

Thanks to [Varnish](https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/3.0/index.html?ref=binarysludge.com), [W3 Total Cache](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/?ref=binarysludge.com), [CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/index.html?ref=binarysludge.com) and [Blitz.io](http://blitz.io/gb9lamVoF2YbS?ref=binarysludge.com) this blog is able to serve considerably more requests on cheap hardware than it would without heavy caching.

The Varnish v3 `/etc/varnish/default.vcl` used is [here](https://gist.github.com/8337d36f3ca713542259?ref=binarysludge.com) (unsetting superfluous cookies gives the greatest Varnish performance gain).

![Blitz.io Sumamry](http://f33ddbb901d36ba16750-2feac5334b971873f806fac01717d664.r20.cf3.rackcdn.com/blitzio-summary.jpg)