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MariaDB 10.11 vs 11.4 for WordPress: Should you update? YES! [Benchmark]

March 26, 2026 by Marcin Dudek

I benchmarked MariaDB 10.11 vs 11.4 on identical WordPress + WooCommerce environments. The results: 40x faster subquery updates, 8x faster date queries, and 4-10% faster page loads. Here are the real numbers.

Best WooCommerce Configurator Plugins 2026 (Performance Tested)

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 by Marcin Dudek

I installed 16 WooCommerce configurator plugins on a clean site and measured the real page weight impact. Some add zero overhead. One adds 860KB of JavaScript to every product page.