Scaling A BuddyPress Community

SCALINGCommunity

A BUDDYPRESS

paul@buddypress.org | @pgibbs

SCALINGquantity vs concurrency

SCALINGquantity vs concurrency

PEOPLE vs SITE FEATURES

SOLUTIONSTWO PROBLEMS, BUT MANY

MWPWBB BPISJAP

MWPWBB BPISJAPMake WordPress Work Better Because BuddyPress Is Just A Plugin

MWPWBB BPISJAP

https://gist.github.com/paulgibbs/5311939

Make WordPress Work Better Because BuddyPress Is Just A Plugin

Object Caching: APC / Memcached*Page Caching: Batcache

ALL THE BUDDYPRESS THINGSPrivate Messaging, Extended Profiles, Activity Streams, Friend Connections, User Groups, Members, Site Tracking, Forums.

& features from other plugins

ALL THE BUDDYPRESS THINGSPrivate Messaging, Extended Profiles, Activity Streams, Friend Connections, User Groups, Members, Site Tracking, Forums.

& features from other plugins

COMMUNITY ROADMAP

CREATE FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY GROWTH

HAVE A REALISTIC LAUNCH PLAN

SCALE YOUR DEV TEAM & SITE ADMINSTRATORS

DON’T PANIC

DON’T PANICWANT TO GROW AS BIG AS CNN?

WORRY ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET THERE

HELP US HELP YOUTalk to us about your pain points.We’ll make things better.

https://BUDDYPRESS.TRAC.Wordpress.org/ticket/4045

SCALINGCommunity

QUESTIONS ?

paul@buddypress.org | @pgibbs