6 Essential WordPress Performance Optimization Tips

wordpress performance optimizationListed below are a few tips to help you get the most out of your WordPress site:

Use reliable Hosting
It is one of the most significant factors when running a successful WordPress based website. Generally, there are three types of hosting that are available to host your WordPress site: Shared, VPS and Dedicated server hosting. You will get the best possible results in terms of performance and flexibility if you host and maintain your WordPress blog on a VPS Hosting solution.

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Install Squid on Debian 6 ‘Squeeze’

Squid is a high-performance proxy server and web cache daemon that optimizes website operation by caching pages so that they load more quickly for the users. Squid is provided as free, open source software and can be used under the GNU General Public License (GPL) of the Free Software Foundation.

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How to check data integrity using md5sum under GNU/Linux

Data Integrity PreviewIn this article, we will describe how you can check the integrity of your data using the md5sum utility under the GNU/Linux operating system.

What is md5sum?

md5sum is a tool generally used to check data integrity. It calculates and verifies 128-bit MD5 hashes, so you could know if a particular file is a valid one or a corrupt one.

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Install WordPress on Debian VPS

Today we will show you how to install WordPress on a Debian VPS using Apache web-server and MySQL database. WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. Currently WordPress is the most popular of the blogging platforms available. Before you begin installing, please make sure you have Apache/PHP and MySQL installed on your WordPress VPS .

 

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Install and Configure openDKIM on Debian Squeeze

Installing and Configuring openDKIM on Debian

This guide will show you how to install and configure openDKIM on a Debian Squeeze VPS. DKIM is a signature/cryptography email authentication technology used to validate that a message was sent by an authorized source. DKIM allows an organization to take responsibility for transmitting a message, in a way that can be verified by a recipient. More information can be found at the official DKIM web site.

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Prevent DoS/Brute-Force attacks with mod_evasive

How to install and configure mod_evasive on ArchLinux VPS, Debian VPS, Ubuntu VPS, CentOS VPSWhat is mod_evasive?

mod_evasive is an evasive maneuvers module for Apache to provide evasive action in the event of an HTTP DoS or DDoS attack or brute force attack. It is also designed to be a detection and network management tool, and can be easily configured to talk to ipchains, firewalls, routers, etc. mod_evasive presently reports abuses via email and syslog facilities.

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