{"id":38678,"date":"2026-05-01T00:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/?p=38678"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:17:50","slug":"infrastructure-upgrade-performance-benchmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/hk\/infrastructure-upgrade-performance-benchmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Staq upgrade leading to massive speed boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have <strong>massive news<\/strong> to share \u2014 something that has been <strong>1.5 years in the making<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve completely re-engineered how scripts load and execute across NGINX, PHP and Redis Object Cache \u2014 the core layers that determine how fast your WordPress sites actually run.<\/p>\n<p>But we didn&#8217;t just optimise for today. We&#8217;ve improved the platform in a way that positions us for what&#8217;s coming next \u2014 including better support for AI-driven workloads and the tools agencies will need as the industry evolves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This isn\u2019t a cosmetic upgrade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fundamental change focused on:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Execution efficiency, scalability, and real-world WordPress performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This upgrade is now <strong>live across all sites on WPStaq<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<p>This upgrade wasn\u2019t about changing WordPress, installing plugins, or upgrading hardware.<\/p>\n<p>It was about <strong>rebuilding how WPStaq executes and delivers requests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Across real-world testing on the same site and the same infrastructure class we measured:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Up to 35% faster PHP execution<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Up to 42% faster cached page delivery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Up to 38% faster WordPress AJAX round-trips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Up to 37% faster internal PHP processing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Up to 25% faster dynamic pages with Redis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dramatically improved response consistency \u2014 <strong>spread reduced from 2.9\u00d7 to 1.2\u00d7<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PHP 8.5 availability<\/strong> on the new platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The result is simple:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faster page generation. Faster PHP workers. Better stability under load. And a platform that scales far more efficiently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The Website We Tested<\/h2>\n<p>We didn\u2019t benchmark a blank WordPress install.<\/p>\n<p>We used a <strong>real WooCommerce website<\/strong> running <strong>33 active plugins<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Accelerated Mobile Pages<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Custom Fields<\/li>\n<li>Ally \u2013 Web Accessibility &amp; Usability<\/li>\n<li>Beaver Builder Plugin (Unlimited Version)<\/li>\n<li>Beaver Themer<\/li>\n<li>Cart Popup for WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>Change WooCommerce Add to Cart Text<\/li>\n<li>Code Snippets<\/li>\n<li>Disable Comments<\/li>\n<li>Disable Gutenberg<\/li>\n<li>Duplicate Page<\/li>\n<li>Export and Import Users and Customers<\/li>\n<li>Formidable Datepicker Options<\/li>\n<li>Formidable Forms<\/li>\n<li>Formidable Forms Pro<\/li>\n<li>Formidable Mailchimp<\/li>\n<li>Formidable Visual Views<\/li>\n<li>GTranslate<\/li>\n<li>Head, Footer and Post Injections<\/li>\n<li>Heroic Favicon Generator<\/li>\n<li>Order Export &amp; Order Import for WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>Pixel Manager for WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>PowerPack for Beaver Builder<\/li>\n<li>SOGO Add Script Header Footer<\/li>\n<li>Sticky Menu (or Anything!) on Scroll<\/li>\n<li>SVG Support<\/li>\n<li>Variation Price Display Range for WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>WC Fields Factory<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce Stripe Gateway<\/li>\n<li>WP Business Reviews<\/li>\n<li>WP Mail SMTP<\/li>\n<li>Yoast SEO<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Same site. Same plugins. Same workload.<\/p>\n<p>Because performance claims only matter if they reflect <strong>real WordPress environments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>How We Tested<\/h2>\n<p>No synthetic scripts.<\/p>\n<p>No \u201chello world\u201d benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>We measured real WordPress execution paths including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PHP execution via <strong>php-fpm<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>admin-ajax.php<\/strong> requests<\/li>\n<li>Uncached page generation<\/li>\n<li>Cached page delivery via NGINX<\/li>\n<li>Redis Object Cache performance<\/li>\n<li>WordPress internal PHP execution (measured from inside PHP itself)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We tested across:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old infrastructure \u2014 PHP 7.4<\/li>\n<li>Old infrastructure \u2014 PHP 8.2<\/li>\n<li>New infrastructure \u2014 PHP 7.4<\/li>\n<li>New infrastructure \u2014 PHP 8.2<\/li>\n<li>New infrastructure \u2014 PHP 8.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each configuration was tested with <strong>Redis Object Cache enabled and disabled<\/strong> \u2014 giving us 10 full benchmark runs.<\/p>\n<p>All requests were executed <strong>locally on the server<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Which means:<\/p>\n<p><strong>No CDN No network latency No geographic influence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This isolates the performance of the <strong>execution platform itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Testing With and Without Redis<\/h2>\n<p>To isolate infrastructure performance, we first ran all benchmarks with <strong>Redis Object Cache disabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This allowed us to measure the raw execution performance of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PHP<\/li>\n<li>SQL queries<\/li>\n<li>WordPress plugin execution<\/li>\n<li>NGINX delivery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After establishing the baseline, Redis was enabled and the tests were repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Redis primarily improves <strong>scalability and concurrency<\/strong>, not necessarily the speed of a single cold request.<\/p>\n<p>This means Redis helps most when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many users hit the site simultaneously<\/li>\n<li>Database queries repeat<\/li>\n<li>PHP workers would otherwise become saturated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Same Hardware. Same Resources. Faster Engineering.<\/h2>\n<p>One of the most important aspects of this upgrade:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 We did not upgrade hardware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No larger servers<\/li>\n<li>No additional CPUs<\/li>\n<li>No additional memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both old and new infrastructure were tested on identical <strong>AWS EC2 instances<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, performance gains came from <strong>deep infrastructure optimisation<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System-level tuning<\/li>\n<li>Improved request scheduling<\/li>\n<li>Improved NGINX configuration<\/li>\n<li>Networking optimisations<\/li>\n<li>More efficient worker orchestration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And because the hardware generation stayed the same, these improvements <strong>scale efficiently across every site on the platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Real PHP Execution Performance<\/h2>\n<p>We measured raw PHP execution using <strong>admin-ajax.php<\/strong> \u2014 one of the most common execution paths inside WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.php-execution-redis-off.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.php-execution-redis-off.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.php-execution-redis-off-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.php-execution-redis-off-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.php-execution-redis-off-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Without Redis<\/h3>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Average TTFB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>vs Old Infra<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">412ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">442ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">314ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>24% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">288ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>35% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">286ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>35% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Running the <strong>exact same PHP version<\/strong> on the new infrastructure reduced execution time by up to <strong>35%<\/strong>. This confirms the improvement comes from the <strong>execution platform itself<\/strong>, not just PHP upgrades.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.php-execution-redis-on.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.php-execution-redis-on.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.php-execution-redis-on-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.php-execution-redis-on-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.php-execution-redis-on-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>With Redis Enabled<\/h3>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Average TTFB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>vs Old Infra<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">353ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">329ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">351ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Equivalent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">247ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>25% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">248ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>25% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>On PHP 8.2 and 8.5 with Redis, execution drops to under 250ms \u2014 a <strong>25% improvement<\/strong> over the old infrastructure.<\/p>\n<h2>The Hidden Win: Response Consistency<\/h2>\n<p>Averages only tell half the story. What they hide is the experience your visitors actually have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.response-consistency.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.response-consistency.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.response-consistency-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.response-consistency-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3.response-consistency-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look at the old infrastructure lines. On PHP 8.2, response times ranged from 332ms to <strong>961ms<\/strong> across just 10 identical requests \u2014 a <strong>2.9\u00d7 swing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now look at the new infrastructure lines. Flat. Predictable. Consistent.<\/p>\n<p>New 8.2 stayed between 265ms and 326ms \u2014 a <strong>1.2\u00d7 swing<\/strong>. New 8.5 was even tighter at <strong>1.1\u00d7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Response time variance reduced by up to 60%. No more random slow loads.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every request is predictable. <strong>That\u2019s what your visitors actually feel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What This Means<\/h2>\n<p>Performance isn\u2019t just about milliseconds.<\/p>\n<p>The real metric is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 How quickly a PHP worker finishes and becomes available again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If workers free up faster:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More requests can be processed<\/li>\n<li>Fewer requests queue<\/li>\n<li>Traffic spikes are handled more smoothly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is why the platform now handles load <strong>more efficiently even when raw execution time appears similar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>WordPress Backend Performance<\/h2>\n<p>We measured PHP execution time from <strong>inside the PHP process itself<\/strong> \u2014 using REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT to capture the full WordPress bootstrap including all 33 plugins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.php-execution-redis-on.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.php-execution-redis-on.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.php-execution-redis-on-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.php-execution-redis-on-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4.php-execution-redis-on-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>PHP Internal (Redis ON)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>vs Old Infra<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">195ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">209ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">142ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>27% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">131ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>37% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">131ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>37% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Internal PHP execution dropped from 209ms to <strong>131ms<\/strong> on the new infrastructure \u2014 a <strong>37% improvement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For agencies managing multiple sites, this means faster editing, quicker WooCommerce operations, and less waiting between actions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Performance improvements aren\u2019t just visible to visitors \u2014 they\u2019re felt by the people managing the sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>WordPress AJAX Frontend Performance<\/h2>\n<p>The AJAX benchmark measures the full round-trip \u2014 the closest measure to what a real browser experiences.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.WWP-AJAX-redis-on.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.WWP-AJAX-redis-on.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.WWP-AJAX-redis-on-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.WWP-AJAX-redis-on-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5.WWP-AJAX-redis-on-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>AJAX Round-Trip (Redis ON)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>vs Old Infra<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">208ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">224ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">151ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>27% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">139ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>38% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">139ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>38% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Live search, cart popups, real-time filtering, form validation \u2014 anything that fires an AJAX request benefits directly. Up to <strong>38% faster<\/strong> across the board.<\/p>\n<h2>Cached Page Delivery<\/h2>\n<p>Cached pages bypass PHP entirely and are served directly by NGINX.<\/p>\n<p>This makes cached performance a direct reflection of the <strong>web server and networking layer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.cached-page-delivery-nginx.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.cached-page-delivery-nginx.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.cached-page-delivery-nginx-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.cached-page-delivery-nginx-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.cached-page-delivery-nginx-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Cached TTFB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>vs Old Infra<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">4.9ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Old 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">5.3ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 7.4<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">3.2ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>35% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">3.1ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>42% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">New 8.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">3.6ms<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>33% faster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Cached responses are now delivered in approximately <strong>3ms<\/strong> \u2014 down from ~5ms on the old infrastructure. A <strong>42% improvement<\/strong> in content delivery speed.<\/p>\n<p>These improvements come from optimised NGINX configuration, kernel networking improvements, better connection handling, and improved request scheduling.<\/p>\n<h2>Uncached Page Generation<\/h2>\n<p>Dynamic pages require full WordPress execution \u2014 PHP boots, plugins load, database queries run, and the page assembles from scratch.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7.uncached-delivery-redis-off.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7.uncached-delivery-redis-off.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7.uncached-delivery-redis-off-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7.uncached-delivery-redis-off-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7.uncached-delivery-redis-off-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On PHP 7.4, uncached page generation improved by <strong>24%<\/strong> (785ms \u2192 599ms). On PHP 8.2, it improved by <strong>16%<\/strong> (815ms \u2192 686ms).<\/p>\n<p>But the real story is underneath: while the total page time improves moderately, the <strong>PHP worker finishes faster<\/strong> and becomes available sooner. This means the server can handle more concurrent requests before workers start queuing.<\/p>\n<h2>Redis Object Cache Results<\/h2>\n<p>After baseline testing was completed, Redis Object Cache was enabled and all tests were repeated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8.dynamic-delivery-redis-on.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8.dynamic-delivery-redis-on.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8.dynamic-delivery-redis-on-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8.dynamic-delivery-redis-on-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8.dynamic-delivery-redis-on-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.redis-impact-new-infrastructure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.redis-impact-new-infrastructure.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.redis-impact-new-infrastructure-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.redis-impact-new-infrastructure-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9.redis-impact-new-infrastructure-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Redis dramatically reduces database load by serving repeated queries from memory. 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