High-Throughput Caching Strategies: Scaling MySQL for WordPress Application APIs
Leveraging Redis for WordPress API Object Caching For WordPress applications serving high-throughput APIs, direct database queries to MySQL for every request become a significant bottleneck. Object caching, specifically for WordPress’s internal object cache API, is paramount. While WordPress has a built-in object cache, it’s typically in-memory and per-request, offering minimal benefit for repeated data retrieval. […]