A Deep Dive into WordPress Performance: Reducing Noise Instead of Adding Horsepower
Rather than adding horsepower, reducing noise — bots, images, useless requests — proved the most effective lever on AWS WordPress.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare Tunnel, WAF and CDN: CloudFront alternatives for WordPress on AWS.
Experiment #3 — AWS EC2 + Cloudflare Tunnel + Cloudflare Security
Replace CloudFront with Cloudflare Tunnel + WAF. Zero-trust access, hidden origin, and trade-offs vs pure AWS.
Experimenting with AWS Architectures to Host WordPress Securely and at Minimal Cost
Experiments hosting WordPress on AWS under strict constraints: maximum security, minimum cost, and minimum maintenance.