Nexcess Knowledge Base

Let's examine the history of MySQL vs. MariaDB and see how they compare — MySQL vs. MariaDB — and the performance advantages behind why the Nexcess application stack is built using MariaDB.

Cloud auto scaling allows your website to instantly handle more concurrent visitors. At Nexcess, our "autoscaled PHP workers" fortify site resources when there are spikes in web traffic.

In this article, you will learn about PWAs in the context of the Magento 2 platform for ecommerce. You will be able to better understand how the Magento PWA can help you optimize Magento store setup.

Right-sized cloud container services at Nexcess can be enabled leveraging the Elasticsearch, Varnish, RabbitMQ, and Apache Solr technologies when you use our smart cloud hosting platform.

Learning how to empty the cache for Magento 2 and WordPress websites can help you propagate changes across your website much faster. Let's go over the details and methods involved.

Magento admins seek the best Magento 2 search extensions to optimize the user experience their online store delivers to those conducting a product search. Let's review the best free and paid options.

This article will shed light on advanced caching options for WordPress — and how to leverage the robust caching-related functionality of the W3 Total Cache plugin and its many features.

At Nexcess, our hosting plans provide the WordPress CDN Enabler plugin by KeyCDN to facilitate the setup required to turn on your CDN in the context of your Nexcess-hosted website.

Managing plugin, theme, and WordPress core updates are an essential part of a WordPress site administration — knowing how to rollback plugin updates is vital in this context.

The Jetpack plugin for WordPress includes a collection of tools that work together to enhance your website in the areas of SE0, performance, and security.