Have you tested how fast your WordPress host really is? How can you know what to expect from your hosting? To test the server and database performance, you can install a simple plugin called WP Performance Tester.
In this article we have tested two of our standard servers used for all our standard WordPress plans.
After installation you can find a menu item under Tools > WP Performance Tester.
Click the “Begin Performance Test” button, and wait until it prints the results (around 7-10 seconds on our servers).
The plugin does not test the performance of your particular WordPress installation, but tests how fast the server processes a variety of server tasks required to deliver your webpage.
The following is an example from one of our standard, highly scalable, servers. Highly scalable servers have slight disadvantage compared to servers with higher frequency CPUs, but will be able to deal with way more simultaneous traffic.
As you can see from the graph, our servers are finely tuned to deliver WordPress at an amazing speed – compared to all other hosts.
The green summaries are the numbers that are comparable and really matter.
So how does this compare to other hosting providers?
Reviewsignal.com publishes numbers for many other hosting providers. Unfortunately, we did not submit for testing – but we’ll make sure to participate next year!
As you can see from the table we outperform every enterprise host tested in terms of database performance for both tests. Lacking database performance is usually what makes WordPress and WooCommerce slow.
Install the plugin, test your host – and submit an honest review! We’d love to hear about what numbers your host produces in the comment field!
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