I don’t have much money for using expensive web hosting or vps or dedicated server for my wordpress blog. Is there any way to speed it up without touch plugin or something else?
Well, using cache is the best way to achieve blazing fast wordpress but one trick I found is using proper PHP version.
Yes, using latest PHP version is dead simple way to make wordpress faster.
By default cpanel user don’t get latest version, for example in my cpanel I see this :
For latest PHP version you can refer to php.net site :
As you can see there are 3 version :
- PHP 5.6.11
- PHP 5.5.27
- PHP 5.4.43
Since I use cpanel I can not compile nor install latest PHP version as I used to using VPS but I can use closest version to 5.6.11.
Click “select php version” under software and services menu.
By default native php (the ones that come with server operating system) will be shown.
Choose 5.6 from drop down and click save as current.
Of course you can choose extensions. Only use the one that you use. For example if you only use mysql then you need to disable pgsql (postgresql) from extension.
How do I know if I already use PHP 5.6?
Create new file using file manager facility and save it as coba.php with these lines :
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
save and open from web browser. If you see like this one then your previous configuration is working well.
