UNC Cause 2014 | 8,000 Sites and Counting - Running a *Huge* WordPress Service
any of us know that WordPress is is an easy-to-use web publishing system that meets a wide range of our website needs. We also understand that supporting many standalone instances of WordPress can be a nightmare -- so we turn to WordPress Multisite. But what happens when your WordPress network explodes to include thousands of users and sites? At UNC-Chapel Hill our two WordPress multisite networks (self-serve/enterprise) power thousands of sites across a wide range of use cases. During this presentation, well explore topics such as scalability, security, user experience, and administration overhead as they pertain to these very large WordPress networks. Well share tips, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges. This talk will cover technical areas (i.e - caching, domain mapping, and custom theme development) as well as topics of interest to communicators and content editors.
UNC Cause 2014 | 8,000 Sites and Counting - Running a *Huge* WordPress Service
- 1. 8,000 Sites and Counting Running a HUGE WordPress Service Billy Hylton, Miles Fink, William Earnhardt | UNC Cause 2014
- 2. Who We Are Billy Hylton Manager Also pretends to be a surfer and skateboarder. Will Earnhardt Web Developer Can code almost as well as he can fish. Miles Fink Web Developer Likes his rock classic. @webdotunc
- 4. WordPress at Carolina Web.unc.edu Self service web publishing for Carolina faculty, staff, and students. Sites.unc.edu Enterprise web platform for divisions, departments, schools, and more. @webdotunc
- 5. WordPress at Carolina Collaborations Student Organizations Greek Community DH Press Instructional Resources Services Faculty CVs Portfolios Much More! Homepage Departments Divisions Schools Campus Units Centers & Institutes Research Labs Programs Student Government @webdotunc
- 10. A Few Numbers
- 12. Sep 20, 2013 Oct 20, 2014 sites.unc.edu @webdotunc
- 13. Sep 20, 2013 Oct 20, 2014 web.unc.edu @webdotunc
- 14. Pageviews: Sept. Oct. 6 Million @webdotunc
- 16. Multisite Makes it Happen
- 17. Single Site vs Multisite @webdotunc Single Site Multisite One WordPress Install One Database Supports Themes Supports Plugins
- 18. Single Site vs Multisite @webdotunc Single Site Multisite Number of Websites 1 Unlimited* *Only limited by system resources
- 19. Pros & Cons of Multisite @webdotunc Pros: Updates Reusability of code Shared Database Security Shared System Resources Messaging Single Sign-On Cons: Updates Reusability of code Shared Database Security Shared System Resources Single Point of Failure
- 25. Heelium Theme Built on Roots Theme Bootstrap-enabled Flexible sidebars Fully responsive UNC-branded Default web.unc.edu New UI components New Shortcode options @webdotunc
- 26. Next Steps Refresh web.unc.edu More solutions w/ WordPress App development Mobile Development workflow Security Collaboration Your Ideas @webdotunc
- 27. Thank You! E-mail You can contact us at webdotunc@groups.unc.edu On the web web.unc.edu twitter.com/webdotunc facebook.com/webdotunc