The average WordPress site sits on a traditional PHP development stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) …only there is no such thing as an average WordPress site!

In this talk Tim will take you through 3 different software combinations to show how its as important to pay attention to what WordPress is sitting on top of as it is to customise and optimise themes and plugins. From Nginx to running PHP through HipHop Virtual Machine, to Memcache and Elasticsearch there is so much more to it than a dull LAMP stack.