I also like WP Rocket's database cleaning tool: https://wp-rocket.me/. Source: about 1 year ago

This will have a serious impact based on that kind of database. A good caching plug-in like WP Rocket should help with the overheads and speed things up. If you have server side caching like memcached or lighspeed make sure you are utilising it. Source: about 1 year ago

Purchase a license from the WP Rocket website (https://wp-rocket.me/). Source: about 1 year ago

Sounds like your colleague bought a nulled/"GPL free" copy of WP Rocket - probably not purchased from https://wp-rocket.me/. Source: over 1 year ago

One of the most beloved WordPress caching plugins is WP Rocket. They’ve managed to take something complex and make it extremely easy, yet still powerful and configurable. They have also made it easy to integrate with a CDN in just a few clicks. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

I recently came across SlickStrack, which is a utility for setting up WordPress on Ubuntu LTS. It sets it up with Nginx and some other configs, by which it attempts to enforce some best practices with regards to speed and security. Source: over 2 years ago

Just start from scratch, that will give you more practice, install your ssh, and then run a script from https://slickstack.io/. Source: almost 3 years ago