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For all its superficial simplicity, WordPress is a complex beast and getting more complicated with each update and new wave of plug-ins. At its core, WordPress is just a set of .php scripts and a single database. What could go wrong?
Database issues can dramatically slow WP sites. And every task you do creates cruft in the database, from iterations (drafts) of your posts, to metadata messes and comment confusion. It rapidly becomes overwhelming if sites are in production for daily use. Complicating matters are images, and WP makes multiple copies of every uploaded image in multiple sizes. And those simple .php scripts get very complicated when users through multiple themes and plug-ins at them, few of them working well together.
WP Optimiser is new tool that takes on speed issues in WordPress and attacks potential database problems with a minimum of complexity. Its companion software, Viper Cache, adds crushing speeds to sites with a minimum of hassle.