{"id":6856,"date":"2019-02-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2025-01-29T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:46:13","slug":"tune-up-your-vps-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/tune-up-your-vps-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune Up Your VPS For WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tune-Up-Your-VPS-for-WordPress-Hero-Image--1024x538.png\" alt=\"Tune Up Your VPS For WordPress - Hero Image \" class=\"wp-image-69690 skip_lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tune-Up-Your-VPS-for-WordPress-Hero-Image--1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tune-Up-Your-VPS-for-WordPress-Hero-Image--300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tune-Up-Your-VPS-for-WordPress-Hero-Image--768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tune-Up-Your-VPS-for-WordPress-Hero-Image-.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress will run well on any server that has Apache, MySQL, and PHP installed. But you can definitely optimize a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/wordpress-hosting?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress Hosting<\/a> environment to run faster and more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you run a WordPress site (or several) on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\/linux-vps\">Linux VPS hosting<\/a> account, this article is for you. We&#8217;ll explain how you can get an optimized WordPress stack in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting?utm_campaign=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=id6856&amp;mktgp=t\">VPS<\/a> so you can serve WordPress sites at blazing fast speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#why\">Why Go With a VPS?<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Our-WordPress-Recipe\">Our WordPress Recipe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Get-WordPress-Hosting-VPS\">Get WordPress Hosting VPS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why\">Why Go With a VPS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our managed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/wordpress-hosting\/managed-wordpress\">WordPress hosting<\/a> provides a great WordPress experience that will meet the needs of most users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some users require the flexibility of the VPS hosting environment. The Virtual Private Server option provides more access to critical computing resources for users that plan on operating multiple sites or providing sub-accounts to other users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>InMotion offers managed and unmanaged hosting environments, for more information see our post on <a href=\"\/blog\/cpanel-vps-vs-cloud-server-hosting\/\">managed vs unmanaged VPS hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Our-WordPress-Recipe\">Our WordPress Recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We make no secret of what our optimized WordPress stack consists of. And you can follow along with our Support Center guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/optimize-wordpress\/\">tune up your VPS<\/a>. 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