What’s New With Kernl – April 2021

April was huge month for Kernl with regards to infrastructure! We also fixed a handful of bugs and started work on a new analytics feature. Let’s dig in. Features, bugs, & infrastructure RoboSwarm, the Kernl product that powers our load testing product, has been migrated to Heroku. This is part of a broader effort to… Continue reading What’s New With Kernl – April 2021

The Crucible – Extreme WordPress Performance Challenge

Load testing is fun. Breaking things is fun. Breaking WordPress with load testing is even more fun. But in the era of highly scaleable WordPress hosting solutions, can we even break WordPress anymore? Oh yes, yes we can. The Crucible Challenge can. Crucible Challenge The Crucible WordPress Performance challenge is a deceptively simple test inspired… Continue reading The Crucible – Extreme WordPress Performance Challenge

Cloudways WordPress Performance Value Review

Cloudways is a managed WordPress hosting provider that allows you to deploy your WordPress site onto several different platforms. These platforms are: AWS Google Cloud Linode Vultr Digital Ocean If you are just starting with Cloudways it can be tough to figure out where your money is best spent! The prices are different for each… Continue reading Cloudways WordPress Performance Value Review

WordPress Plugin Performance Implications: Wordfence

Wordfence - Maximum Requests per Second

In the world of WordPress there are a lot of different plugins you can install to extend its functionality. One of the most popular plugins is Wordfence, a security plugin developed by the fine folks over at Defiant. Test the performance implications of your own WordPress plugins with Kernl WordPress Load Testing. Most WordPress developers… Continue reading WordPress Plugin Performance Implications: Wordfence

WordPress Database Performance Showdown: MySQL vs MariaDB vs Percona

WordPress requires that you use a MySQL compatible database for its database backend. It used to be that you could confidently choose MySQL and go on with life, but in 2019 the choice isn’t quite that simple. With the MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona as the attractive options, how do you know which to choose? Choosing… Continue reading WordPress Database Performance Showdown: MySQL vs MariaDB vs Percona

Load Testing Vultr’s New High Frequency Servers with WordPress

Run your own WordPress Load Tests with Kernl! Back in June Vultr announced the general availability of their new “High Frequency” servers. Reading through the announcement I was intrigued by their claim of using “3+GHZ processors and blazing fast NVMe storage!” and immediately wondered what WordPress performance would look like versus their regular Cloud Compute… Continue reading Load Testing Vultr’s New High Frequency Servers with WordPress

What’s New With Kernl – June 2019

Hello everyone! Kernl got some pretty interesting updates this month, so let’s dive in! Features Average & Median Response Times for Load Tests – Kernl’s WordPress load testing services has always had this data available, we just never surfaced it in a way that was easy to consume. You’ll now see a new tab when… Continue reading What’s New With Kernl – June 2019

Digital Ocean 30 Hour WordPress Load Test for Reliability and Consistency

Perform your own 30 hour load tests with Kernl! Over the past 5 months I’ve been writing a lot of different articles testing WordPress performance when under heavy load. One of the comments that I often receive is “Yes, but how reliable is the host over time?”. To determine that answer I made some changes… Continue reading Digital Ocean 30 Hour WordPress Load Test for Reliability and Consistency

What’s New With Kernl – April 2019

Lots of great stuff came down the pipeline this month at Kernl, so lets dive in! Features / Bugs / Improvements Share Load Tests – You can now share your load tests publicly! Just click the “share” button that shows up after your load test is completed. Analytics Widget – If you scroll down past… Continue reading What’s New With Kernl – April 2019

Introducing Shareable WordPress Load Test Results

For quite awhile now Kernl has had the ability to throw some serious load at your WordPress site, but never a great way to share the results. Today that changes with the introduction of load test result sharing! Why would I share my load test results? The main use case for sharing your load test… Continue reading Introducing Shareable WordPress Load Test Results