I’ve been running a WordPress-based blog focused on pets and lifestyle. I’m using Virtualmin to manage my server. The site has grown recently, and I’d love some advice on how to optimize performance and server resource usage for content-heavy WordPress installations.
Here’s my current setup:
Ubuntu 22.04
PHP 8.2 with FPM
MariaDB 10.x
Nginx as a reverse proxy
Things I’m specifically interested in:
Tuning MariaDB for higher traffic and lots of media files
Best way to configure Nginx + Apache under Virtualmin
Backup strategy recommendations
Any Virtualmin modules I should look into?
I’ve followed the official documentation, but I’d appreciate community insights from those who’ve hosted similar sites.
Please post one topic per specific question, don’t as a bunch of different questions in one. It’s impossible to follow and impossible to really provide useful answers to general questions.