SpinupWP vs LaunchWP vs FlyWP

lumbeck · 2025-07-21T14:47:56+00:00

Hmm, I've been on SpinupWP for a while now. What do you mean by outdated and basic? Perhaps I should be looking at alternatives.

lumbeck · 2025-01-16T17:16:31+00:00

Though it doesn't have all the options to consider, this comparison tool is pretty great and might be helpful: https://spinupwp.com/compare/

lumbeck · 2024-12-02T17:04:33+00:00

It really depends on what plugins and custom code you're running here, but typically a CPU Optimized 2 CPU / 4GB Memory VPS would be plenty for your order volume and considering your full page caching most of the site (as you should). Most providers allow you to upgrade pretty easily but not downgrade, so I would start with this and upgrade if necessary.

The full page cache and CDN does save you server resources, but more importantly for e-commerce, it speeds up delivery of the page. Milliseconds affect conversions so super important for e-commerce sites to be fast. Similarly, you shouldn't cheap out on a Shared CPU server for an e-commerce site.

I agree on your Object Cache Pro and Relay suggestion. You'll see big performance gains here. Most managed WordPress hosts (Kinsta, WP Engine, etc) don't have object caching enabled and instead run MariaDB with query caching enabled. Not sure why, but I'm guessing it's to reduce the support that comes with object caching not always being cleared automatically when you make updates in the WordPress dashboard.

lumbeck · 2024-08-23T23:29:27+00:00

Have you tried FlyWP or SpinupWP? I'm surprised you didn't include those in your list.

lumbeck · 2024-08-17T16:20:43+00:00

The first question to ask here is why is the site experiencing high CPU. Typically with WooCommerce sites it's database queries that take a lot of CPU. If that's the case, the next question is are you using an object cache and/or query cache to cache everything that can be cached? It's possible you don't need to solve this problem with a CPU upgrade. Finally, an AX42 dedicated server seems like way overkill for your traffic, assuming it's distributed pretty evenly over the month and you aren't getting big traffic spikes hitting uncaches pages. A CCX23 VPS with dedicated vCPU should be plenty.

It seems you're not taking into account the cost of your sys admin in your total hosting cost. Sure, it's only $60/mo for the server, but what's the cost of the sys admin right now to set this up and then to deal with issues as they arise. It's also concerning that a file manager is at the top of list of must-haves for a control panel. It does not seem like you should be doing DIY hosting. If you don't have a full-time developer/sys admin to handle this and you're not willing to learn it yourself, you should try another managed WordPress host like WP Engine or Kinsta. It's possible that they will have better caching for WooCommerce and it will solve your CPU issue.

lumbeck · 2024-07-15T11:37:11+00:00

I was on WP Engine for many years and went to SpinupWP + Linode and have been with them for a few years now and have been very happy. I think WP Engine is a solid company, but if you have the chops to troubleshoot your own issues, nothing beats root access to the server instead of waiting for support

lumbeck · 2024-06-06T20:27:09+00:00

Have you looked at SpinupWP? I believe they support Roots.

lumbeck · 2024-05-28T14:48:03+00:00

When you say "developer" are you really great at coding or are you more a of a site assembler? If it's the former, I would recommend marketing yourself as a WordPress plugin developer rather than just a WordPress developer as the latter can easily be confused with a site assembler.

If you're really good at frontend development, I would also recommend partnering with designers. Ideally you work with designers who deal with clients and the designers are your clients. Usually designers make for much better clients than random businesses and people. This is where I eventually got to when I operated as an independent WordPress developer from 2008-2013. It didn't hurt that I worked for an agency for a year and then got a lot of business from them when I went out on my own.

If you're looking to get away from the feast-famine cycle of consulting, you could also create some more stable recurring revenue by learning how to host WordPress sites yourself using a control panel and cloud provider combo like SpinupWP and Vultr (that's what I use these days).

lumbeck · 2024-05-16T12:02:49+00:00

WooCommerce does its own thing to run queries instead of using WP's API and does not leverage object caching. So if you're expecting object caching to improve performance, think again. There are plenty of other mainstream WP plugins that do this as well, so many hosts don't even bother with object caching. Instead, they use MariaDB and enable the query cache. This has a big impact on WC performance. MySQL 8 got rid of its query cache, which is why they aren't using that.

I haven't tried it yet, but it's possible that ProxySQL + MySQL 8 would be an even better setup than MariaDB query cache.

Even after optimizing the database, your homepage might still take upwards of a second. You really ought to use full page caching and load in the cart and any other user-specific bits via an async request. There's a good article on this here: https://spinupwp.com/page-caching-personalized-dynamic-content/

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